net.shibboleth.idp.saml.attribute.mapping

Interface AttributeMapper<InType,OutType extends IdPAttribute>

Type Parameters:

InType - the type which is to be inspected and mapped

OutType - some sort of representation of an IdP attribute

All Superinterfaces:

Component, IdentifiedComponent

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractSAMLAttributeDesignatorMapper, AbstractSAMLAttributeMapper

public interface AttributeMapper<InType,OutType extends IdPAttribute>
extends IdentifiedComponent

This attribute defines the mechanism to go from something into an (IdP) IdPAttribute.
Implementations of this interface will be paired with implementations of AttributesMapper.

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
Map<String,OutType>	mapAttribute(InType input) Map the SAML attribute to the required output type.

Methods inherited from interface net.shibboleth.utilities.java.support.component.IdentifiedComponent

getId

Method Detail

mapAttribute

@Nonnull
@NonnullElements
Map<String,OutType> mapAttribute(@Nonnull
                                                       InType input)

Map the SAML attribute to the required output type.

If the input contains values to be decoded, failure to decode any values results in a failure to map the input at all.

Parameters:

input - the SAML attribute

Returns:

the appropriate map of names to output type