Package org.identityconnectors.framework.common.objects

Class Attribute

java.lang.Object

org.identityconnectors.framework.common.objects.Attribute

Direct Known Subclasses:

Name, Uid

public class Attribute
extends Object

Represents a named collection of values within a target object, although the simplest case is a name-value pair (e.g., email, employeeID). Values can be empty, null, or set with various types. Empty and null are supported because it makes a difference on some resources (in particular database resources).

The developer of a Connector should use an AttributeBuilder to construct an instance of Attribute.

The precise meaning of an instance of Attribute depends on the context in which it occurs.

• When an object is read or is returned by search, an Attribute represents the complete state of an attribute of the target object, current as of the point in time that the object was read.
• When an Attribute is supplied to the update operation, the Attribute represents a change to the corresponding attribute of the target object:
  • For calls to update, the Attribute contains the complete, intended state of the attribute.
  • When the update type is addAttributeValues, the Attribute contains values to append.
  • When the update type is removeAttributeValues, the Attribute contains values to remove.
• When an Attribute is used to build a Filter that is an argument to search, an Attribute represents a subset of the current state of an attribute that will be used as a search criterion. Specifically, the Attribute names the attribute to match and contains the values to match.

TODO: define the set of allowed values

Since:

1.0

Author:

Will Droste

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
boolean	attributeEquals(Object obj)	Business-level equals that checks name, value and completeness.
boolean	equals(Object obj)
protected void	extendToStringMap(Map<String,Object> map)
AttributeValueCompleteness	getAttributeValueCompleteness()
String	getName()
List<Object>	getValue()
int	hashCode()
boolean	is(String name)	Determines if the 'name' matches this Attribute.
String	toString()

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Method Detail

getName

public String getName()

getValue

public List<Object> getValue()

getAttributeValueCompleteness

public AttributeValueCompleteness getAttributeValueCompleteness()

is

public boolean is(String name)

Determines if the 'name' matches this Attribute.

Parameters:

name - case insensitive string representation of the attribute's name.

Returns:

true if the case insentitive name is equal to that of the one in Attribute.

hashCode

public int hashCode()

Overrides:

hashCode in class Object

toString

public String toString()

Overrides:

toString in class Object

extendToStringMap

protected void extendToStringMap(Map<String,Object> map)

equals

public boolean equals(Object obj)

Overrides:

equals in class Object

attributeEquals

public final boolean attributeEquals(Object obj)

Business-level equals that checks name, value and completeness. For Attribute it is the same as equals(Object), but may ignore fields in subclasses.