Shibboleth Developers

["Scott Cantor" <>]

> The thing I'm not clear on (maybe Walter can help) is the connection
> between SampleConnector and resolver.xml.  In the latter, the
> attributes are fully qualified but the connector refers only to the
> short name.  How does the resolver associate the two?

Data connector plugins (like the sample) provide "raw" JNDI attributes,
typically with just a short name that's unique within the systems providing
data to the AA.

Attribute plugins use a sourceName XML attribute to map a JNDI attribute
into a fully qualified, verbose, ten-times the size it should be SAML
attribute.

So the sourceName is usually just foo and then we perform our magic and turn
it into urn:mace:dir:attribute-def:foo and I sleep better, so that's good.

-- Scott