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# [[IdAS Context Provider Registry]] --this is the API to manage add/remove/configure [[Context Provider]]s. It also allows [[ContextRef|ContextRefs]] to be registered.  Registered contexts are in some sense pre-configured by one or more Context Factories, so that a user can query its metadata (including schema and policy) without creating an IContext instance.
 
# [[IdAS Context Provider Registry]] --this is the API to manage add/remove/configure [[Context Provider]]s. It also allows [[ContextRef|ContextRefs]] to be registered.  Registered contexts are in some sense pre-configured by one or more Context Factories, so that a user can query its metadata (including schema and policy) without creating an IContext instance.
 
# A set of interfaces that are implemented by each [[Context Provider]] (see Context Provider Interface below)
 
# A set of interfaces that are implemented by each [[Context Provider]] (see Context Provider Interface below)
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===Context Provider Interface===
 
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* See the '''org.eclipse.higgins.idas project''' in the [http://dev.eclipse.org/viewcvs/index.cgi/org.eclipse.higgins/plugins/org.eclipse.higgins.idas/?cvsroot=Technology_Project CVS repository] for the full API. The bullets below give a quick overview of the major interfaces and methods.  (In cases where they disagree, the CVS repository takes precedence over this page.)
 
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* ContextFactory
 
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** Responsible for the creation of IContext instances that implement a specific type of [[Context]].
 
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** Responsible for associating a [[ContextRef]] with the data source (or sources) encapsulated by the designated context.
 
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* IContext
 
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** Implementation of a specific type of [[Context]].
 
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** A user must "open" a context, which involves authenticating to the data source, before accessing its data.
 
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** Includes methods to search for [[Digital Subject|Digital Subjects]] using context-specific attributes.
 
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* IDigitalSubject
 
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** Implementation of a specific type of [[Digital Subject]].
 

Revision as of 16:17, 2 September 2007

IdAS is a thin layer over a set of Context Providers that it manages

The IdAS API has two parts:

  1. IdAS Context Provider Registry --this is the API to manage add/remove/configure Context Providers. It also allows ContextRefs to be registered. Registered contexts are in some sense pre-configured by one or more Context Factories, so that a user can query its metadata (including schema and policy) without creating an IContext instance.
  2. A set of interfaces that are implemented by each Context Provider (see Context Provider Interface below)
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