RE: [higgins-dev] Two proposed IdAS changes

["Paul Trevithick" <paul@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Jim wrote:
> 
> 1) We have a need for an IdAS consumer to be able to open a context
> using some authN materials, and then read the attributes of the DS
> representing the identity in the authN materials used to open the
> context.  These authN materials don't contain the cuid of the DS.  They
> may or may not contain attributes which could be used to search for the
> DS but this can't be relied on.  Therefore, we propose that
> IContext.open return a String which is the cuid of the DS representing
> the identity in the authN materials used to open the context (if any).
> The string may be null when the identity is not represented by any
> specific DS in the context.
> 
> Existing CP's and IdAS consumers would need to be updated for this change.

+1