OpenSAML user discussion

["Rachana Ananthakrishnan" <>]

Ok, CDATA or any XML Element. So how should the API be used? I see two
relevant methods: setValue() which allows a string and another
getUnknownXMLObjects(). It is expected that these two methods be used to set
Attribute Value?

Rachana

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Chad La Joie 
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> Sent: Wednesday, June 04, 2008 3:38 PM
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> Subject: Re: [OpenSAML] Attribute Values in XACMLAuthzQuery
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> 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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> > From: 
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> >  On 
> Behalf Of Håkon
> > Sagehaug
> > Sent: Wednesday, June 04, 2008 4:21 AM
> > To: 
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> > Subject: [OpenSAML] Attribute Values in XACMLAuthzQuery
> > 
> > 
> > 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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