Marvin,

PersonDirectory has a number of merging PersonAttributeDaos that may do what
you need.

-Scott

-Scott Battaglia
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On Wed, Oct 29, 2008 at 11:43 AM, Marvin S. Addison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> There does not appear to be a feature in CAS 3.3 that allows chaining
> of attribute repositories.  It would be very beneficial to allow
> CredentialsToPrincipalResolver instances to consult a number of
> IPersonAttributeDao instances for attributes about the authenticated
> principal:
>
> <bean class="CredentialsToLDAPAttributePrincipalResolver">
>  <property name="credentialsToPrincipalResolver">
>    <bean class="X509CertificateCredentialsToIdentifierPrincipalResolver">
>      <property name="identifier" value="$UID" />
>    </bean>
>  </property>
>  <property name="filter" value="(uid=%u)" />
>
>  <!-- The attribute used to define the new Principal ID -->
>  <property name="principalAttributeName" value="uupid" />
>
>  <property name="searchBase" value="ou=People,dc=vt,dc=edu" />
>  <property name="contextSource" ref="edAuthContextSource" />
>  <property name="attributeRepositories>
>    <list>
>      <ref bean="primaryLdapRepository" />
>      <ref bean="secondaryLdapRepository" />
>    </list>
>  </property>
> </bean>
>
> I realize that for CredentialsToLDAPAttributePrincipalResolver it may
> only make sense to consult LDAP repositories, but the true power of
> chained attribute sources lies in arbitrary data sources (e.g. RDBMS,
> statically-configured).  The Shib Java IDP supports this feature, and
> I can say from experience that it's powerful.
>
> Please speak up if you think this feature would be beneficial.  We may
> have a requirement to support multiple attribute sources, and would be
> willing to contribute our solution if there's interest.
>
> Thanks,
> Marvin
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