Package org.opensaml.saml.common.profile

Interface NameIdentifierGenerator<NameIdType extends SAMLObject>

Type Parameters:

NameIdType - type of object produced

All Known Subinterfaces:

FormatSpecificNameIdentifierGenerator<NameIdType>, SAML1NameIdentifierGenerator, SAML2NameIDGenerator

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractNameIdentifierGenerator, AbstractSAML1NameIdentifierGenerator, AbstractSAML2NameIDGenerator

public interface NameIdentifierGenerator<NameIdType extends SAMLObject>

Interface for a component that produces SAML NameIdentifier and/or NameID objects for inclusion in assertion subjects.

Such a component typically consumes attribute information produced about the subject and transforms it (possibly via identity function) into use as a subject identifier. This operation is essentially the inverse of a subject canonicalization flow that operates on SAML identifiers and turns them back into principal names.

A component may be self-contained and need not depend on any other subject information, depending on the nature of the identifier.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
NameIdType	generate(ProfileRequestContext profileRequestContext, String format)	Generate an identifier object.

Method Detail

generate

@Nullable
NameIdType generate(@Nonnull
                    ProfileRequestContext profileRequestContext,
                    @Nonnull @NotEmpty
                    String format)
             throws SAMLException

Generate an identifier object.

Parameters:

profileRequestContext - the current profile request context

format - the identifier format to generate

Returns:

the identifier object, or null

Throws:

SAMLException - if an error occurs generating an identifier