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Sun Identity Manager Deployment Guide

Defining Resource Object Features

The <ObjectFeatures> section specifies a list of one or more features supported by this object type, where each object feature is directly tied to the implementation of the associated object type method in the resource adapter.

Each ObjectFeature definition must contain the name attribute, which specifies a feature name. The create and update features can specify a form attribute, which defines the resource form used to process create and update features. If you do not specify a form attribute, Identity Manager processes the create and update features with the same form used by all resources of a given type.

The following table describes the object feature mappings.

Table 9–28 Object Feature Mappings

Object Feature 

Method 

Supports Form Attribute? 

create 

createObject

Yes 

delete 

deleteObject

No 

find 

listObjects

No 

list 

listObjects

No 

rename 

updateObject

No 

saveas 

createObject

No 

update 

updateObject

Yes 

view 

getObject

No 

In the following example, the <ObjectFeatures> section includes all supported object features. Your resource adapter can support all of these features or just a subset of features. The more object features your adapter supports, the richer the object management function within Identity Manager.

Example 9–10 <ObjectFeatures> Section Including all Supported Object Features


 <ObjectFeatures>\n"+
   <ObjectFeature name=’create’ form=’My Create Position Form’/>
   <ObjectFeature name=’update’ form=’My Update Position Form’/>
   <ObjectFeature name=’create’/>\n"+
   <ObjectFeature name=’delete’/>\n"+
   <ObjectFeature name=’rename’/>\n"+
   <ObjectFeature name=’saveas’/>\n"+
   <ObjectFeature name=’find’/>\n"+
   <ObjectFeature name=’list’/>\n"+
   <ObjectFeature name=’view’/>\n"+
</ObjectFeatures>\n"+