package at.gv.egovernment.moa.id.auth.data;

/**
 * A SAML-Attribute to be appended to the final SAML-Assertion 
 * that will be passed to the online application. 
 */
public interface ExtendedSAMLAttribute {
  /**
   * Add this attribute only to the SAML-Assertion
   * passed to the online application, but not to 
   * the AUTH-Block.
   */
  public final static int NOT_ADD_TO_AUTHBLOCK = 0;
  /**
   * Add this attribute to both, the AUTH-Block and the
   * final SAML-Assertion passed to the online application.
   */
  public final static int ADD_TO_AUTHBLOCK = 1;
  /**
   * Add this attribute to only the AUTH-Block, but not
   * to the final SAML-Assertion passed to the online application.
   */
  public final static int ADD_TO_AUTHBLOCK_ONLY = 2;
  
  /**
   * The value of the SAML-Attribute. This must be either a
   * <code>org.w3c.Element</code> or a <code>java.lang.String</code> 
   * object. Each other type will be ignored. <br>
   * If, for example, the type of the actual SAML-Attribute is a
   * <code>&lt;xsd:boolean&gt;</code> the value must be either the String
   * <code>&quot;true&quot;</code> or <code>&quot;false&quot;</code>. 
   * Or the <code>&lt;xsd:integer&gt;</code> number <code>273</code> 
   * has to be the String <code>&quot;273&quot;</code>.
   *   
   * @return The value of the SAML-Attribute. Must not be <code>null</code>.
   */
  public Object getValue();
  
  /**
   * The name of the SAML-Attribute.
   * 
   * @return The name of the SAML-Attribute. Must not be <code>null</code>. 
   */
  public String getName();
  
  /**
   * The namespace of the SAML-Attribute. 
   * An application will use the context specific namespace URI for the attribute it returns. 
   * However, if the application cannot explicitely assign a namespace URI, the 
   * {@link at.gv.egovernment.moa.util.Constants#MOA_NS_URI default} MOA namespace URI
   * should be used.
   * 
   * @return The namespace of the SAML-Attribute. Must not be <code>null</code>.
   */
  public String getNameSpace(); 
  
  /**
   * Specifies if this SAML-Attribute should be added to the AUTH-Block.
   * <br>
   * Depending on the returned value, this SAML-Attribute should be only added to the
   * final SAML-Assertion passed to the online application (0), to both, the final 
   * assertion and the AUTH-Block (1) or to the AUTH-Block only (2).
   * 
   * @return <ul>
   *         <li>0 - add this SAML-Attribute to the final SAML-Assertion only</li>
   *         <li>1 - add this SAML-Attribute to both, the final SAML-Assertion and the
   *             AUTH-Block</li>
   *         <li>2 - add this SAML-Attribute to the AUTH-Block only
   *         </ul>        
   */
  public int getAddToAUTHBlock();

}