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SAML1AttributeTranscoderConfiguration

Overview

A set of built-in transcoders supporting SAML 1 <Attribute> and <AttributeDesignator> objects is provided that support the most frequently needed value types. Most of them support a common set of properties, documented below; a few other properties are defined for specific transcoder types. Since they largely all do the same thing in the same way, they're documented here together.

A particular property of the SAML schema is that <AttributeDesignator> cannot have values while <Attribute> MUST have them, so there are some built-in enforcement checks.

Note that <AttributeDesignator> elements can be mapped to and from IdPRequestedAttribute objects but the conversion is lossy due to the lack of an isRequired property in SAML and the inability to express requested values.

Common Properties

In addition to the generic properties, all SAML 1 transcoders support the following:

Name

Req?

Type

Default

Description

Name

Req?

Type

Default

Description

saml1.name

Y

String

 

The <Attribute> AttributeName  to map to and from

saml1.namespace

 

String

urn:mace:shibboleth:1.0:attributeNamespace:uri

The <Attribute> AttributeNamespace to map to and from

saml1.encodeType

 

Boolean

true                                                                               

Whether to encode values with an xsi:type attached

Note the default for “saml1.namespace” above. If your desired inbound or outbound syntax does not include the AttributeName XML Attribute or relies on a different value, then you MUST set it explicitly in the rule.

Transcoder Types

There are 4 built-in subtypes of SAML 1 transcoders, as follows. Each one is predefined as a Spring bean for use in rules using the "short" name of the class, as enumerated in the TranscodingRuleConfiguration reference section.

SAML1StringAttributeTranscoder

The simplest and most commonly used transcoder, it supports encoding and decoding internal values from and to the StringAttributeValue class. It supports no additional properties.

SAML1ScopedStringAttributeTranscoder

It supports encoding and decoding internal values from and to the ScopedStringAttributeValue class. It supports the following additional properties (all optional):

Name

Type

Default

Description

Name

Type

Default

Description

saml1.scopeType

"inline" or "attribute"

"attribute"

The "style"/syntax with which to encode and decode the scope portion

saml1.scopeAttributeName

String

Scope

The name of the XML attribute to encode and decode the scope portion when saml1.scopeType is "attribute"

saml1.scopeDelimiter

String

@

The character(s) to use to separate the value and scope when saml1.scopeType is "inline"

SAML1ByteAttributeTranscoder

It supports encoding and decoding internal values from and to the ByteAttributeValue class, with a base64 transform applied. It supports no additional properties.

SAML1XMLObjectAttributeTranscoder

It supports encoding and decoding internal values from and to the XMLObjectAttributeValue class. It supports the following additional properties (all optional):

Name

Type

Default

Description

Name

Type

Default

Description

saml1.includeAttributeValue

Boolean

false

When decoding, controls whether the decoded XMLObject is actually the <AttributeValue> element itself, or its child element