Package org.ow2.authzforce.core.pdp.api.value

Interface AttributeValue

All Superinterfaces:

PrimitiveValue, Value

All Known Implementing Classes:

AnyUriValue, Base64BinaryValue, BaseTimeValue, BooleanValue, DateTimeValue, DateValue, DayTimeDurationValue, DnsNameWithPortRangeValue, DoubleValue, DurationValue, HexBinaryValue, IntegerValue, IpAddressValue, NumericValue, Rfc822NameValue, SimpleValue, StringParseableValue, StringValue, TimeValue, X500NameValue, XPathValue, YearMonthDurationValue

public interface AttributeValue
extends PrimitiveValue

The base type for all primitive/non-bag attribute values used in a policy or request/response. It is similar to AttributeValueType except it is turned into an interface for more flexibility and it is not JAXB-annotated. Yet, it is designed to be mappable to an AttributeValueType. Values of all standard XACML primitive datatypes extend this. Contrary to PrimitiveValue, this does not represent Functions which are not attribute values. If you want to provide a new type of AttributeValue, i.e. new datatype, extend AttributeValueFactory to provide a factory for it. All implementations must implement/override #equals(Object) and #hashCode() properly.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
List<Serializable>	getContent()	Get the value content as specified by XmlMixed, i.e.
Map<QName,String>	getXmlAttributes()	Get the attributes attached to the value as specified by XmlAnyAttribute, or any kind of attributes/metadata defined by some markup language that this value type is designed to be (de)serialized (from) to.

Method Detail

getContent

List<Serializable> getContent()

Get the value content as specified by XmlMixed, i.e. a list, each item of which may be a String, a JAXBElement, a instance of a class annotated with @XmlRootElement, or a Element. In addition, in the two latter cases, the item must also be Serializable.

Returns:

(possibly mixed) content; not null (must be empty if no content)

getXmlAttributes

Map<QName,String> getXmlAttributes()

Get the attributes attached to the value as specified by XmlAnyAttribute, or any kind of attributes/metadata defined by some markup language that this value type is designed to be (de)serialized (from) to. The primary use of this is (de)serialization of XML attributes. Each key is an attribute's QName and the associated value is the attribute's string value. One example of such XML attribute in XACML standard is the xpathExpression value which has an XPathCategory attribute.

Returns:

(possibly mixed) content ; not null (must be empty if no attribute)