Opinion on grouper/shib options

[Jim Fox]

Just FYI, there is an example data connector extension on the Shib 3 
contrib page.  You might get some ideas from it.

Jim


On Fri, 4 Sep 2015, O'Dowd, Josh wrote:

> Date: Fri, 4 Sep 2015 09:30:15
> From: "O'Dowd, Josh" <Josh.O'Dowd at mso.umt.edu>
> To: Shib Users <users at shibboleth.net>
> Reply-To: Shib Users <users at shibboleth.net>
> Subject: RE: Opinion on grouper/shib options
> 
> That actually sounds great, if you guys pull it off.  In the meantime, I will proceed with creating the data connector extension in the v2 fashion.  Thanks.
>
> -Josh
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: users [mailto:users-bounces at shibboleth.net] On Behalf Of Cantor, Scott
> Sent: Friday, September 04, 2015 10:24 AM
> To: Shib Users
> Subject: Re: Opinion on grouper/shib options
>
> On 9/4/15, 12:21 PM, "users on behalf of O'Dowd, Josh" <users-bounces at shibboleth.net on behalf of Josh.O'Dowd at mso.umt.edu> wrote:
>
>> I'm not sure I am following...  Are you saying I should not proceed, due to unavailability of API classes such as:
>> edu.internet2.middleware.shibboleth.common.attribute.resolver.provider.
>> dataConnector.BaseDataConnector
>> edu.internet2.middleware.shibboleth.common.config.attribute.resolver.da
>> taConnector.BaseDataConnectorBeanDefinitionParser
>> edu.internet2.middleware.shibboleth.common.config.attribute.resolver.da
>> taConnector.BaseDataConnectorFactoryBean
>
> No, I was referring to the Spring parsing classes, not the resolver itelf. Those base classes all exist (well, classes exist, they're all different).
>
> As far as the Spring stuff is concerned, we were just discussing the issue of extensions on the dev call and it may be possible to start by wiring up a custom data connector in Spring alone, in a separate beans file in the resolver and reference that in the rest of the resolver config. Rod was going to look into that.
>
> The main problem with extensions has always been the need for a schema and a Spring parser, none of which has anything to do with the functionality you're trying to build.
>
> -- Scott
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