OpenSAML user discussion

[Chad La Joie <>]

No, the schema says it can be a string or an XML element.

Rachana Ananthakrishnan wrote:
> Hi,
>  
> Thanks. This API allows only string to be set as value of attribute. But
> really the attribute value can be any Java object that is serializable,
> right? 
>  
> Rachana
>
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> Subject: [OpenSAML] Attribute Values in XACMLAuthzQuery
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> Hi Rachana,
>
> I see that my guide is wrong on that point. I made a attribute value like it
> done in saml, but in saml the attribute value is defined like this
>
> <element name="AttributeValue" type="anyType" nillable="true"/>
>
> But in xacml like this 
>
> <xs:element name="AttributeValue" type="xacml-context:AttributeVa 
> lueType"/>
> <xs:complexType name="AttributeValueType" mixed="true">
>  <xs:sequence>
>  <xs:any namespace="##any" processContents="lax" minOccurs="0"
>  maxOccurs="unbounded"/>
>  </xs:sequence>
>  <xs:anyAttribute namespace="##any" processContents="lax"/>
>  </xs:complexType>
>
> So the correct way of creating a attribute value is like this
>
> AttributeValueTypeImplBuilder attributeValueBuilder =
> (AttributeValueTypeImplBuilder) builderFactory
>         .getBuilder(AttributeValueType.DEFAULT_ELEMENT_NAME);
>
>     AttributeValueType actionAttributeValue = attributeValueBuilder
>         .buildObject();
>
>     actionAttributeValue.setValue(actionString);
>
> Then the output is correct
>
>  <xacml-context:Attribute AttributeId="urn:action" Issuer="issuer">
>          <xacml-context:AttributeValue>action</xacml-context:AttributeValue>
>       </xacml-context:Attribute>

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