com.sun.identity.saml.assertion
Class AttributeDesignator

java.lang.Object
  com.sun.identity.saml.assertion.AttributeDesignator

Direct Known Subclasses:

Attribute

public class AttributeDesignator
extends Object

The AttributeDesignator element identifies an attribute name within an attribute namespace. The element is used in an attribute query to request that attribute values within a specific namespace be returned.

Field Summary

protected String	_attributeName
protected String	_attributeNameSpace

Constructor Summary

protected	AttributeDesignator() Default constructor
	AttributeDesignator(Element element) Constructs an attribute designator element from an existing XML block.
	AttributeDesignator(String name, String nameSpace) Constructs an instance of AttributeDesignator.

Method Summary

String	getAttributeName() Returns attribute name from the AttributeDesignator.
String	getAttributeNamespace() Returns attribute name space from the AttributeDesignator.
String	toString() Returns a String representation of the <saml:AttributeDesignator> element.
String	toString(boolean includeNS, boolean declareNS) Returns a String representation of the <saml:AttributeDesignator> element.

Field Detail

_attributeName

protected String _attributeName

_attributeNameSpace

protected String _attributeNameSpace

Constructor Detail

AttributeDesignator

protected AttributeDesignator()

Default constructor

AttributeDesignator

public AttributeDesignator(Element element)
                    throws SAMLException

Constructs an attribute designator element from an existing XML block.

Parameters:

element - representing a DOM tree element.

Throws:

SAMLException - if that there is an error in the sender or in the element definition.

AttributeDesignator

public AttributeDesignator(String name,
                           String nameSpace)
                    throws SAMLException

Constructs an instance of AttributeDesignator.

Parameters:

name - the name of the attribute.

nameSpace - the namespace in which AttributeName elements are interpreted.

Throws:

SAMLException - if there is an error in the sender or in the element definition.

Method Detail

getAttributeName

public String getAttributeName()

Returns attribute name from the AttributeDesignator.

Returns:

A String representing the attribute name.

getAttributeNamespace

public String getAttributeNamespace()

Returns attribute name space from the AttributeDesignator.

Returns:

A String representing the attribute name space.

toString

public String toString()

Returns a String representation of the <saml:AttributeDesignator> element.

Overrides:

toString in class Object

Returns:

A string containing the valid XML for this element.

toString

public String toString(boolean includeNS,
                       boolean declareNS)

Returns a String representation of the <saml:AttributeDesignator> element.

Parameters:

includeNS - Determines whether or not the namespace qualifier is to the Element when converted

declareNS - Determines whether or not the namespace is declared within the Element.

Returns:

A string containing the valid XML for this element.