org.forgerock.openam.radius.common

Class AttributeFactory

java.lang.Object

org.forgerock.openam.radius.common.AttributeFactory

public final class AttributeFactory
extends Object

Translates the attribute type code held in the first octet of the on-the-wire representation of a specific radius attribute into the corresponding java object used to interact with attribute fields of that type.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static Attribute	createAttribute(byte[] data) Performs the translation based upon the first octed in the passed in on-the-wire representation.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Method Detail

createAttribute

public static Attribute createAttribute(byte[] data)

Performs the translation based upon the first octed in the passed in on-the-wire representation.

Parameters:

data - the raw octets received in a radius packet on the wire for the attribute including leading attribute type code octet and length octet.

Returns:

the corresponding subclass of the Attribute class or an instance of the com.sun.identity.authentication.modules.radius.client.UnknownAttribute class if the field type is unrecognized and hence not supported.