Metadata support: Supported resolver query semantics; Iteration

[Tom Scavo]

On Mon, Aug 12, 2013 at 5:19 PM, Brent Putman <putmanb at georgetown.edu> wrote:
> This is the first of probably several discussion items regarding
> metadata support in v3.

Oh, my favorite topic :-)

> Did/do we have any intention of supporting queries using the
> MetadataResolver API that *don't* include an EntityIdCriterion?

Entity attributes are the way of the future, right?

> For example:
> 1) return all EntityDescriptors that have a certain role (e.g.
> IDPSSODescriptor)
> 2) return all EntityDescriptors that have at least 1 role that supports
> SAML 2 protocol

All such characteristics can be described in terms of entity attributes.

> I'm inclined to say no, don't support, unless we have a real use case.

Give me a day or two to think about it...

Thanks,

Tom