com.ibm.itim.dataservices.extensions
Interface IPersonExtension

public interface IPersonExtension

This interface provides a plug-in extension to retrieve extended attributes for a person. The plug-in is responsible for retrieving the value of the specified attribute. This interface is used in particular to retrieve the value of the person's picture URI (erImageURI), if configured.

Method Summary

java.lang.Object	getAttributeValue(Person person, java.lang.String attrName) Constructs the value for the specified attribute using the person's data
java.util.Collection<java.lang.String>	getDependentAttributes(java.lang.String categoryName, java.lang.String profileName, java.lang.String attrName) Gets the required attributes needed to construct the attribute value

Method Detail

getDependentAttributes

java.util.Collection<java.lang.String> getDependentAttributes(java.lang.String categoryName,
                                                              java.lang.String profileName,
                                                              java.lang.String attrName)

Gets the required attributes needed to construct the attribute value

Parameters:

categoryName - Category name ("*" means all categories)

profileName - Profile name ("*" means all profiles)

attrName - Attribute name

Returns:

Collection of attributes needed to construct attribute value

getAttributeValue

java.lang.Object getAttributeValue(Person person,
                                   java.lang.String attrName)

Constructs the value for the specified attribute using the person's data

Parameters:

Person - Person object

attrName - Attribute name

Returns:

Attribute value (may be a collection if multiple)