OpenSAML user discussion

[Brent Putman <>]

Hi,
Scott just beat me to it, but ... Yeah, you can't build a BaseID 
directly "as-is" because its type as specified in the schema 
(BaseIDAbstractType) is abstract.  In order to have a BaseID element, 
you have to derive a new concrete type with whatever additions to the 
content model you need, and then extend the (also abstract) impl, 
marshaller and unmarshaller classes in OpenSAML accordingly.  (Actually 
just noticed that the marshaller/unmarshaller aren't currently abstract, 
I will fix shortly).  And then create a custom builder which builds a 
BaseID element, with your new BaseID type impl and with the right 
explicit xsi:type.    See the recent list theads on the 
KeyInfoConfirmationDataType and metadata extensions, which are somewhat 
similar.

--Brent



 wrote:
> Hi
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> I have downloaded the latest code.
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> But there is not a BaseIDBuilder class (like there are for other classes) to 
> build a BaseID object and the BaseIdImpl class is abstract.
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> How should I created an instance of a BaseID class?
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> Thanks
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> Regards
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> Matthew Webb
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