com.sun.identity.saml.assertion
Class Attribute

java.lang.Object
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  +--com.sun.identity.saml.assertion.AttributeDesignator
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        +--com.sun.identity.saml.assertion.Attribute

public class Attribute

extends AttributeDesignator

The element specifies an attribute of the assertion subject. The element is an extension of the element that allows the attribute value to be specified.

Constructor Summary

Attribute(org.w3c.dom.Element element)
This constructor builds an attribute element from an existing XML block

Attribute(java.lang.String name, java.lang.String nameSpace, java.util.List values)
Constructor

Attribute(java.lang.String name, java.lang.String nameSpace, java.lang.String attributeValue)
Constructor

Method Summary

void	addAttributeValue(org.w3c.dom.Element element) Add AttributeValue to the Attribute
void	addAttributeValue(java.lang.String value) Add AttributeValue to the Attribute
java.util.List	getAttributeValue() Get AttributeValue from the Attribute
java.lang.String	toString() Create a String representation of the element
java.lang.String	toString(boolean includeNS, boolean declareNS) Create a String representation of the element

Methods inherited from class com.sun.identity.saml.assertion.AttributeDesignator

getAttributeName, getAttributeNamespace

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

equals, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

Attribute

public Attribute(org.w3c.dom.Element element)
          throws SAMLException

This constructor builds an attribute element from an existing XML block

Parameters:

element - : representing a DOM tree element

Throws:

SAMLException: - An SAMLException implies that there is an error in the sender or in the element definition.

Attribute

public Attribute(java.lang.String name,
                 java.lang.String nameSpace,
                 java.util.List values)
          throws SAMLException

Constructor

Parameters:

name: - A String representing AttributeName (the name of the attribute).

nameSpace: - A String representing the namespace in which AttributeName elements are interpreted.

values:A - List of DOM element representing the AttributeValue object

Throws:

SAMLException: - An SAMLException implies that there is an error in the sender or in the element definition.

Attribute

public Attribute(java.lang.String name,
                 java.lang.String nameSpace,
                 java.lang.String attributeValue)
          throws SAMLException

Constructor

Parameters:

name: - A String representing AttributeName (the name of the attribute).

nameSpace: - A String representing the namespace in which AttributeName elements are interpreted.

attributeValue: - A String representing an AttributeValue object

Throws:

SAMLException: - An SAMLException implies that there is an error in the sender or in the element definition.

Method Detail

getAttributeValue

public java.util.List getAttributeValue()
                                 throws SAMLException

Get AttributeValue from the Attribute

Returns:

A list of DOM Element representing the AttributeValue block

addAttributeValue

public void addAttributeValue(java.lang.String value)
                       throws SAMLException

Add AttributeValue to the Attribute

Parameters:

value - : A String representing AttributeValue

addAttributeValue

public void addAttributeValue(org.w3c.dom.Element element)
                       throws SAMLException

Add AttributeValue to the Attribute

Parameters:

attributeValue - : An Elemnt object representing AttributeValue

toString

public java.lang.String toString()

Create a String representation of the element

Overrides:

toString in class AttributeDesignator

Returns:

A string containing the valid XML for this element

toString

public java.lang.String toString(boolean includeNS,
                                 boolean declareNS)

Create a String representation of the element

Overrides:

toString in class AttributeDesignator

Parameters:

includeNS - : Determines whether or not the namespace qualifier is prepended 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