Configuring a file-backed HTTP resource for attribute filters

[Rod Widdowson]

> The bean definition from the file-backed http resource page on the wiki
> makes sense, but I'm not sure where to put it and how to make it work
> alongside the existing local file resource.

It's entirely up to you how you structure this.

For a one off configuration I'd just bung it inline:

    <util:list id ="shibboleth.AttributeFilterResources">
        <value>%{idp.home}/conf/attribute-filter.xml</value>
        <bean
class="net.shibboleth.ext.spring.resource.FileBackedHTTPResource"
              c:client-ref="shibboleth.FileCachingHttpClient" 
 
c:url="http://another.server.example.org/path/to/different/file.xml"
 
c:resource="/var/shibboleth/caches/resourcecache/differentFile.xml"/>

    </util:list>

But you can have the bean declared in a separate file (global.xml or another
file) and have a <ref bean="whatever"/> inside the <util:list>.  The
service.properties beans are probably of more interest to people setting up
automated installations (like federations).

/R