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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 3/29/16 5:15 PM, Tom Scavo wrote:<br>
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I added some material on the backing file to the wiki:
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://wiki.shibboleth.net/confluence/x/kQInAQ">https://wiki.shibboleth.net/confluence/x/kQInAQ</a>
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Sorry that I did not get to this thread sooner, I was otherwise
occupied. I was/am unclear whether Scott's and Rod's comments are
about the SP or the IDP or both. But based on the other longish
note I just sent, what you put in the IDP30 space is incorrect. The
backing file is not only used at startup. It's used anytime the
HTTP GET fails. The code that consumes the output of the
fetchMetadat() operation does not know from where the data came,
it's completely transparent to the caller.<br>
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The idea of at startup time loading first from the backing file, for
efficiency, and then letting the regular refresh process kick off to
do HTTP fetch is an interesting one. I would have to look and see
whether that is easy or hard. The code is already very complicated,
and special casing the startup would be at best need to be carefully
done. It might also require some API additions or changes to
accomplish.<br>
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This thread has gotten convoluted, and I'm not sure where else to
jump in. But this is how the Java side works.<br>
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