com.sun.xacml.attr
Class X500NameAttribute

java.lang.Object
  com.sun.xacml.attr.AttributeValue
      com.sun.xacml.attr.X500NameAttribute

All Implemented Interfaces:

Evaluatable

public class X500NameAttribute

extends AttributeValue

Representation of an X500 Name.

Since:

1.0

Field Summary

static String

identifier Official name of this type

Constructor Summary

X500NameAttribute(X500Principal value)
Creates a new X500NameAttribute that represents the value supplied.

Method Summary

String	encode() Encodes the value in a form suitable for including in XML data like a request or an obligation.
boolean	equals(Object o) Returns true if the input is an instance of this class and if its value equals the value contained in this class.
static X500NameAttribute	getInstance(Node root) Returns a new that represents the X500 Name at a particular DOM node.
static X500NameAttribute	getInstance(String value) Returns a new X500NameAttribute that represents the X500 Name value indicated by the string provided.
X500Principal	getValue() Returns the name value represented by this object
int	hashCode() Returns the hashcode value used to index and compare this object with others of the same type.

Methods inherited from class com.sun.xacml.attr.AttributeValue

encode, encode, encodeWithTags, evaluate, evaluatesToBag, getChildren, getType, isBag

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, finalize, getClass, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

identifier

public static final String identifier

Official name of this type

See Also:

Constant Field Values

Constructor Detail

X500NameAttribute

public X500NameAttribute(X500Principal value)

Creates a new X500NameAttribute that represents the value supplied.

Parameters:

value - the X500 Name to be represented

Method Detail

getInstance

public static X500NameAttribute getInstance(Node root)
                                     throws IllegalArgumentException

Returns a new that represents the X500 Name at a particular DOM node.

Parameters:

root - the Node that contains the desired value

Returns:

a new X500NameAttribute representing the appropriate value

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - if value is improperly specified

getInstance

public static X500NameAttribute getInstance(String value)
                                     throws IllegalArgumentException

Returns a new X500NameAttribute that represents the X500 Name value indicated by the string provided.

Parameters:

value - a string representing the desired value

Returns:

a new X500NameAttribute representing the appropriate value

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - if value is improperly specified

getValue

public X500Principal getValue()

Returns the name value represented by this object

Returns:

the name

equals

public boolean equals(Object o)

Returns true if the input is an instance of this class and if its value equals the value contained in this class. This method deviates slightly from the XACML spec in the way that it handles RDNs with multiple attributeTypeAndValue pairs and some additional canonicalization steps. This method uses the procedure used by javax.security.auth.x500.X500Principal.equals(), while the XACML spec uses a slightly different procedure. In practice, it is expected that this difference will not be noticeable. For more details, refer to the javadoc for X500Principal.equals() and the XACML specification.

Parameters:

o - the object to compare

Returns:

true if this object and the input represent the same value

hashCode

public int hashCode()

Returns the hashcode value used to index and compare this object with others of the same type. Typically this is the hashcode of the backing data object.

Returns:

the object's hashcode value

encode

public String encode()

Description copied from class: AttributeValue

Encodes the value in a form suitable for including in XML data like a request or an obligation. This must return a value that could in turn be used by the factory to create a new instance with the same value.

Specified by:

encode in class AttributeValue

Returns:

a String form of the value