[security-dev] IDM: Support for XML configuration

[Anil Saldhana]

Marek,
   we need an xml configuration for IDM. We have not started with it.  
We will be using Stax parsing (and not JAXB).  The xml configuration 
will be used by users if they incorporate idm (and nothing else from the 
PL stack).

For the project PicketLink, we need one xml configuration file (if an 
user wants) - authentication,authorization,federation,social, idm etc 
can be configured in one file. For this, we will be extending the 
federation 2.1 stax parsing to encompass the other components. We have 
picketlink.xml as the config file in 2.x

Integrating projects such as RESTEasy, JBoss AS, GateIn etc will have 
their own configuration that deals with the IDM configuration API directly.

Regards,
Anil

On 01/16/2013 05:03 PM, Marek Posolda wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I am seeing in IDM testsuites that currently there is support only for 
> programmatic IDM configuration. Is there some plan to build IDM 
> IdentityManager also from XML configuration? Maybe I can start on it 
> if nobody else is working on it?
>
> I am adding some example configuration file into attachment with some 
> proposal how it could possibly looks like. Note that nothing is final 
> and some things are still missing (especially configuration of realms, 
> tiers etc.)
>
> What do you think?
>
> Thanks,
> Marek