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 * $Id: FSAttributePlugin.java,v 1.3 2008/06/25 05:46:52 qcheng Exp $
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package com.sun.identity.federation.services;

import com.sun.identity.federation.message.FSSubject;
import java.util.List;

/**
 * <p>
 * The interface <code>FSAttributePlugin</code> is a plugin for adding the
 * AttributeStatements into the <code>Assertion</code> by the Identity Provider
 * during the Single Sign-on process. The implementation of this plugin
 * must return list of SAML <code>AttributeStatement</code>s.
 * </p>
 * @supported.all.api
 * @deprecated This SPI is deprecated.
 * @see com.sun.identity.federation.services.FSRealmAttributePlugin
 */ 
public interface FSAttributePlugin {

    /**
     * Gets the list of AttributeStatements.
     * @param hostProviderID Hosted ProviderID.
     * @param remoteProviderID Remote ProviderID.
     * @param subject <code>FSSubject</code> to use in the statements
     * @param token session object
     * @return List A list of SAML <code>AttributeStatement<code>s.
     * @deprecated This method is deprecated.
     * @see com.sun.identity.federation.services.FSRealmAttributePlugin
     */
    public List getAttributeStatements(
        String hostProviderID,
        String remoteProviderID,
        FSSubject subject,
        Object token);
}