se.litsec.eidas.opensaml.ext.attributes

Class AttributeUtils

java.lang.Object

se.litsec.eidas.opensaml.ext.attributes.AttributeUtils

public class AttributeUtils
extends Object

Utility methods for handling attributes and attribute values.

Author:

Martin Lindström (martin.lindstrom@litsec.se)

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static <T extends XMLObject> void	addAttributeValue(Attribute attribute, T value) Utility method that adds an XML object as a value to an Attribute.
static Attribute	createAttribute(String name, String friendlyName) Creates an Attribute with the given name (and friendly name) and with a name format of .
static Attribute	createAttribute(String name, String friendlyName, String nameFormat) Utility method that creates an Attribute given its name, friendly name and name format.
static <T extends XMLObject> T	createAttributeValueObject(Class<T> clazz) Creates an AttributeValue object of the given class.
static <T extends XMLObject> T	createAttributeValueObject(QName schemaType, Class<T> clazz) Creates an AttributeValue object of the given class and schema type.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Method Detail

createAttribute

public static Attribute createAttribute(String name,
                                        String friendlyName,
                                        String nameFormat)

Utility method that creates an Attribute given its name, friendly name and name format.

Parameters:

name - the attribute name

friendlyName - the attribute friendly name (may be null)

nameFormat - the name format

Returns:

an Attribute object

createAttribute

public static Attribute createAttribute(String name,
                                        String friendlyName)

Creates an Attribute with the given name (and friendly name) and with a name format of .

Parameters:

name - the attribute name

friendlyName - the attribute friendly name (may be null)

Returns:

an Attribute object

See Also:

createAttribute(String, String, String)

createAttributeValueObject

public static <T extends XMLObject> T createAttributeValueObject(Class<T> clazz)

Creates an AttributeValue object of the given class. The type of the attribute value will be the field that is declared as TYPE_NAME of the given class.

After the object has been constructed, its setter methods should be called to setup the value object before adding it to the attribute itself.

Type Parameters:

T - the type

Parameters:

clazz - the type of attribute value

Returns:

the attribute value

See Also:

createAttributeValueObject(QName, Class)

createAttributeValueObject

public static <T extends XMLObject> T createAttributeValueObject(QName schemaType,
                                                                 Class<T> clazz)

Creates an AttributeValue object of the given class and schema type.

After the object has been constructed, its setter methods should be called to setup the value object before adding it to the attribute itself.

Type Parameters:

T - the type

Parameters:

schemaType - the schema type that should be assigned to the attribute value, i.e., xsi:type="eidas:CurrentFamilyNameType"

clazz - the type of the attribute value

Returns:

the attribute value

See Also:

createAttributeValueObject(Class)

addAttributeValue

public static <T extends XMLObject> void addAttributeValue(Attribute attribute,
                                                           T value)

Utility method that adds an XML object as a value to an Attribute.

Example:

 Attribute attr = 
   AttributeUtils.createAttribute("http://eidas.europa.eu/attributes/naturalperson/CurrentFamilyName", "FamilyName");
 CurrentFamilyNameType value = AttributeUtils.createAttributeValueObject(CurrentFamilyNameType.class);
 value.setValue("Lindström");
 AttributeUtils.addAttributeValue(attr, value);
 

Type Parameters:

T - the type

Parameters:

attribute - the attribute to update

value - the value to add