Function use in the IdP

[Cantor, Scott]

On 11/20/14, 1:39 PM, "Rod Widdowson" <rdw at steadingsoftware.com> wrote:


>
>I could of course just add that configuration to the specific filter, but 
>it
>occurs to me that we might be better to do this at a level above, which is
>to say to add new MetadataFilterType called SpringFilter
>
>So something like:
>
>	<MetadataProvider [...]>
>		<MetadataFilter xsi:type="SpringFilter"
>ref="MySpringDefinedBean">
>      </MetadatProvider>
>
>The implementation might be slightly ugly (I'd probably need to summon up 
>a
>singleton Chain), but it would be a more general solution.
>
>Thoughts?  Or am I over-gilding the lilly?

Why would a chain be needed?

I don't know if we need it for this release, but I think your suggestion 
highlights something worth doing across all the xsi:type'd plugin points 
eventually.

-- Scott