edu.internet2.middleware.shibboleth.common.attribute

Interface AttributeAuthority<ContextType extends AttributeRequestContext>

Type Parameters:

ContextType - contextual information expected by the attribute authority

All Known Subinterfaces:

SAML1AttributeAuthority, SAML2AttributeAuthority

All Known Implementing Classes:

ShibbolethSAML1AttributeAuthority, ShibbolethSAML2AttributeAuthority

public interface AttributeAuthority<ContextType extends AttributeRequestContext>

Interface for an attribute authority. An attribute authority will pull attribute information for the principal specified in the request context. If no principal is specified it is assumed that the authority implementation will be able to derive the principal from other data within the request context.

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
Map<String,BaseAttribute>	getAttributes(ContextType requestContext) Gets the attributes for the principal identified in the request.

Method Detail

getAttributes

Map<String,BaseAttribute> getAttributes(ContextType requestContext)
                                        throws AttributeRequestException

Gets the attributes for the principal identified in the request.

Parameters:

requestContext - contextual information for the attribute request

Returns:

the request attributes keyed by the attributes' IDs.

Throws:

AttributeRequestException - thrown if there is a problem retrieving the attributes