Attribute/IdPAttribute

Tom Zeller tzeller at dragonacea.biz
Thu Sep 26 15:58:23 EDT 2013


>>How about a convention that interfaces in the IdP are named of the
>>form "IdP<Type>", meaning add IdPAttribute and IdPRequestedAttribute
>>as interfaces, as well as IdPDataConnector and IdPAttributeDefinition,
>>and I guess IdPAttributeResolver and IdPAttributeFilter if we think
>>so.
>
> Regarding the others you mention, that's not actually so crazy because my
> SP has both a resolver and filter too, not to mention anyway that what
> those resolve and filter in the IdP would actually be "IdPAttribute"
> anyway. It probably is less about convention there and more about just
> being accurate.

I think I will take a step back from using "IdP" as a prefix for
interfaces in general.

However, I think IdPAttribute and IdPRequestedAttribute interfaces
will help the attribute mapper, without requiring refactoring of
Attribute.


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