AACLI's representation of eduPersonTargetedID in JSON

[Alex Stuart]

Hello,

The combination of AACLI's default JSON output and the UK federation's continuing use of eduPersonTargetedID gives rise to a recurring question to the UK federation helpdesk. I'd like to update AACLI's documentation page [1] to explain this FAQ but there's a specific term I can't express properly.

The default output includes elements like:

  {
    "name": "eduPersonTargetedID",
    "values": [
              "XMLObjectAttributeValue{value=org.opensaml.saml.saml2.core.impl.NameIDImpl at ffff9bb}"          ]
  }

We're often asked why the value of this attribute is changing. Obviously, the value of eduPersonTargetedID doesn't change, but the value after the @ changes in this representation, so I've been explaining that it looks like AACLI is outputting a reference to an object. Is there a specific set of words for this?

Thanks,
Alex

[1] https://wiki.shibboleth.net/confluence/display/IDP30/AACLI

—
Alex Stuart
UK federation support team
alex.stuart at jisc.ac.uk



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