Package org.identityconnectors.framework.common.objects

Class ObjectClass

java.lang.Object

org.identityconnectors.framework.common.objects.ObjectClass

public final class ObjectClass
extends Object

An instance of ObjectClass specifies a category or type of ConnectorObject. This class predefines some common object-classes, such as ACCOUNT and GROUP.

Since:

1.0

Author:

Will Droste

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field	Description
static ObjectClass	ACCOUNT	Represents a human being in the context of a specific system or application.
static String	ACCOUNT_NAME	This constant defines a specific value of ObjectClass that is reserved for ACCOUNT.
static ObjectClass	ALL	Represents all collections that contains any object.
static String	ALL_NAME	This constant defines a specific value of ObjectClass that is reserved for ALL.
static ObjectClass	GROUP	Represents a collection that contains an object (such as an account).
static String	GROUP_NAME	This constant defines a specific value of ObjectClass that is reserved for GROUP.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
ObjectClass(String type)	Create a custom object class.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
boolean	equals(Object obj)
String	getDisplayNameKey()	Convenience method to build the display name key for an object class.
String	getObjectClassValue()	Get the name of the object class.
int	hashCode()
boolean	is(String name)	Determines if the 'name' matches this ObjectClass.
String	toString()

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

ACCOUNT_NAME

public static final String ACCOUNT_NAME

This constant defines a specific value of ObjectClass that is reserved for ACCOUNT.

GROUP_NAME

public static final String GROUP_NAME

This constant defines a specific value of ObjectClass that is reserved for GROUP.

ALL_NAME

public static final String ALL_NAME

This constant defines a specific value of ObjectClass that is reserved for ALL.

ACCOUNT

public static final ObjectClass ACCOUNT

Represents a human being in the context of a specific system or application.

When an attribute matching this constant is found within a ConnectorObject, this indicates that the ConnectorObject represents a human being (actual or fictional) within the context of a specific system or application.

Generally, an Account object records characteristics of a human user (such as loginName, password, user preferences or access privileges) that are relevant only to (or primarily to) a specific system or application.

GROUP

public static final ObjectClass GROUP

Represents a collection that contains an object (such as an account).

When an attribute matching this constant is found within a ConnectorObject, this indicates that the ConnectorObject represents a group.

ALL

public static final ObjectClass ALL

Represents all collections that contains any object.

This constant allowed to use in operation SyncOp.getLatestSyncToken(ObjectClass) and SyncOp.sync(ObjectClass, SyncToken, SyncResultsHandler, OperationOptions) any other operation throws UnsupportedOperationException

Constructor Detail

ObjectClass

public ObjectClass(String type)

Create a custom object class.

Parameters:

type - string representation for the name of the object class.

Method Detail

getObjectClassValue

public String getObjectClassValue()

Get the name of the object class. (For example, the name of ACCOUNT is the value defined by ACCOUNT_NAME, which is "__ACCOUNT__".)

getDisplayNameKey

public String getDisplayNameKey()

Convenience method to build the display name key for an object class.

Returns:

The display name key.

is

public boolean is(String name)

Determines if the 'name' matches this ObjectClass.

Parameters:

name - case-insensitive string representation of the ObjectClass's type.

Returns:

true if the case-insensitive name is equal to that of the one in this ObjectClass.

hashCode

public int hashCode()

Overrides:

hashCode in class Object

equals

public boolean equals(Object obj)

Overrides:

equals in class Object

toString

public String toString()

Overrides:

toString in class Object