org.identityconnectors.framework.common.objects

Class AttributeInfo

java.lang.Object

org.identityconnectors.framework.common.objects.AttributeInfo

public final class AttributeInfo
extends Object

AttributeInfo is meta data responsible for describing an Attribute. It can be programmatically determined at runtime or statically constructed. The class determines if an Attribute is required, readable, writable, or nullable. In also includes the native type and name. It is recommended that date fields be represented as a long with time zone UTC. It should be up to the display or separate attributes if the time zone is necessary.

Nested Class Summary

Nested Classes

Modifier and Type	Class and Description
static class	AttributeInfo.Flags Enum of modifier flags to use for attributes.
static class	AttributeInfo.Subtypes Enumeration of pre-defined attribute subtypes.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
boolean	equals(Object obj)
Set<AttributeInfo.Flags>	getFlags() Returns the set of flags associated with the attribute.
String	getName() The name of the attribute.
String	getNativeName() The native name of the attribute.
String	getSubtype() Optional subtype of the attribute.
Class<?>	getType() The basic type associated with this attribute.
int	hashCode()
boolean	is(String name) Determines if the name parameter matches this AttributeInfo.
boolean	isCreateable() Determines if the attribute is writable on create.
boolean	isMultiValued() Determines if this attribute can handle multiple values.
boolean	isReadable() Determines if the attribute is readable.
boolean	isRequired() Determines whether this attribute is required for creates.
boolean	isReturnedByDefault() Determines if the attribute is returned by default.
boolean	isUpdateable() Determines if the attribute is writable on update.
String	toString()

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, finalize, getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Method Detail

getName

public String getName()

The name of the attribute. This the attribute name as it is known by the framework. It may be derived from the native attribute name. Or it may be one of the special names such as __NAME__ or __PASSWORD__.

Returns:

the name of the attribute its describing.

getType

public Class<?> getType()

The basic type associated with this attribute. All primitives are supported.

Returns:

the native type if uses.

getSubtype

public String getSubtype()

Optional subtype of the attribute. This defines a subformat or provides more specific definition what the attribute contains. E.g. it may define that the attribute contains case-insensitive string, URL, LDAP distinguished name and so on. The subtype may contain one of the pre-defined subtypes (a value form the Subtype enumeration). The subtype may also contain an URI that specifies a custom subtype that the connector recognizes and it is not defined in the pre-defined subtype enumeration.

Returns:

attribute subtype.

getNativeName

public String getNativeName()

The native name of the attribute. This is the attribute name as it is known by the resource. It is especially useful for attributes with special names such as __NAME__ or __PASSWORD__. In this case the nativeName will contain the real name of the attribute. The nativeName may be null. In such a case it is assumed that the native name is the same as name.

Returns:

the native name of the attribute its describing.

getFlags

public Set<AttributeInfo.Flags> getFlags()

Returns the set of flags associated with the attribute.

Returns:

the set of flags associated with the attribute

isReadable

public boolean isReadable()

Determines if the attribute is readable.

Returns:

true if the attribute is readable else false.

isCreateable

public boolean isCreateable()

Determines if the attribute is writable on create.

Returns:

true if the attribute is writable on create else false.

isUpdateable

public boolean isUpdateable()

Determines if the attribute is writable on update.

Returns:

true if the attribute is writable on update else false.

isRequired

public boolean isRequired()

Determines whether this attribute is required for creates.

Returns:

true if the attribute is required for an object else false.

isMultiValued

public boolean isMultiValued()

Determines if this attribute can handle multiple values. There is a special case with byte[] since in most instances this denotes a single object.

Returns:

true if the attribute is multi-value otherwise false.

isReturnedByDefault

public boolean isReturnedByDefault()

Determines if the attribute is returned by default. Indicates if an Attribute will be returned during SearchApiOp, SyncApiOp or GetApiOp inside a ConnectorObject by default. The default value is true.

Returns:

false if the attribute should not be returned by default.

is

public boolean is(String name)

Determines if the name parameter matches this AttributeInfo.

equals

public boolean equals(Object obj)

Overrides:

equals in class Object

hashCode

public int hashCode()

Overrides:

hashCode in class Object

toString

public String toString()

Overrides:

toString in class Object