OpenSAML user discussion

[Chad La Joie <>]

The library does not support mixed content.  So you use either one or 
the other methods to set what you want.  Either a string or XML conent.

Rachana Ananthakrishnan wrote:
> 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 [mailto:] 
> > Sent: Wednesday, June 04, 2008 3:38 PM
> > To: 
> >
> > Subject: Re: [OpenSAML] Attribute Values in XACMLAuthzQuery
> >
> > 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
> > >
> > >
> > >   _____  
> > >
> > > From:  [mailto:] On 
> > Behalf Of Håkon
> > > Sagehaug
> > > Sent: Wednesday, June 04, 2008 4:21 AM
> > > To: 
> > >
> > > 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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