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Subject: Re: [xacml] Make "*-on-and-only" an AttributeDescription option
>> Sorry, yes, I meant AttributeDesignator. -Anne > >Then, I am opposed to this modification. Why do you want it? >To cut down on XML characters one has to type? %^D > >The type of the <*AttributeDesignator> construct would then be overloaded >to represent a Bag or a singleton depending on this attribute. That would >have typing issues with the <*Match> constructs as they take ><*AttributeDesignator>s that must have type Bag. > >Granted, that the type can be figured out by the looking at this >attribute, but in effect it is really a different construct all together, >i.e. one with the "*-one-and-only" function applied. > >This modification will not add any functionality. It is merely a >convienience, and furthermore with typing issues. > >If we were to have it, it should be named differently and appropriately, >especially since it will not be able to be applied within a <*Match> >construct. I'm convinced. I think cutting down on XML characters is worthwhile if minimal additional complexity is involved. It looks like the complexity is not minimal, however, so consider this proposal dropped. Thanks, Anne -- Anne H. Anderson Email: Anne.Anderson@Sun.COM Sun Microsystems Laboratories 1 Network Drive,UBUR02-311 Tel: 781/442-0928 Burlington, MA 01803-0902 USA Fax: 781/442-1692
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