Shibboleth Developers

Walter,

I made all the changes that we talked about and I summerize it below.  I
compiled and tested it but did not commit it to CVS.  I am not sure if
this is the best time to introduce these changes  as we are about to
release alpha 2.5 and I am leaving town.  It might be better if I send you
the changed files and you check them in after the release is done or
should we wait till I come back.

Notice that these changes would require some changes in the GUI Arp util too.

Parviz

P.S.  Here are the changes/improvements:

Changed ArpRepository class to take a "class name" and a "Properties
object" instead of repository type and a data string.  This makes the
addition of new repository implementations completely dynamic.  One can
write a different implementation for ARP repository (as long as it
implements ArpFactory Interface) and just pass in the name of the class in
the config file.  Properties object is created from all of the servlet
config key-value pairs and is passed to the implementation.  This way new
implementations can get configuration values which are set in servlet
config file.

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> Ok,
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> I'll volunteer.  When are you leaving town?  Would you like to talk on
> the phone about this today?
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> - -Walter
>
>
> Parviz Dousti wrote:
> | Yep!  I agree.  Serializing arps was the cheapest and fastest way to
> get | things going At the time there were too many unanswered questions
> and I | did not want to complicate this part of it.
> |
> | I tried to structure the code to make it easy to add and use other
> kind | of repositories.     One that we have talked about in the past is
> a SQL | database.  Any volunteers :-)
> |
> | Parviz
> |
> | --On Tuesday, July 30, 2002 4:09 PM -0400 Walter Hoehn
> | 
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> |> The incompatibility is in the marshalling/unmarshalling.  The Arp |>
> classes  currently use Java Serialization to store ARPs.  I have |>
> mentioned this before, but I think this is not a good idea.  For now, it
> |> isn't a big deal to just give people a new APR, since there are only
> a |> couple of folks in the test.  Furthermore, they are only using an
> one |> ARP for the whole site.  Down the road, if someone has 2,000 user
> |> created ARPs, we can't just say "create new ARPs".  It is true that
> we |> could create tools to convert between ARP formats, but I think it
> is a |> mistake to obscure this data from humans when there isn't any
> reason to. |>
> |> - -Walter
> |>
> |>
> |> Derek Atkins wrote:
> |> | Is there an upgrade tool to convert from the old to new ARPs? |> |
> Or is this an ephemeral, in-core ARP only that is not compatible? |> |
> |> | -derek
> |> |
> |> | Parviz Dousti 
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> |> |
> |> |
> |> |>I checked in the change that we talked about on Monday.  Now you
> can |> |>specify a "title" or "comment" for the ArpResource object.  I
> changed |> |>ArpUtil (command line util) to support the new feature.
> Please notice |> |>the following important issues:
> |> |>
> |> |>
> |> 1- Since we changed the Arp object, none of the previously
> |> |>created ARPs can be used.  You have to create new ones with the new
> |> |>ArpUtil program. (Same goes for Arp GUI once Barbara uses new
> classes). |> |>
> |> |>
> |> 2- If you use the command line interface and want to add
> |> |>resources with TITLE, you must somehow skip the blank spaces in the
> |> |>title.  Just putting quotes around it is not enough.  I'll see if I
> |> |>can find a way around it.
> |> |>
> |> |>
> |> I also checked in a new "admin" arp for distribution.
> |> |>
> |> |>Parviz
> |> |>
> |> |>
> |> |
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> |> - --
> |> - -------------------------
> |> Walter F. Hoehn, Jr
> |> Systems Programmer
> |> Columbia University - EPIC
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