core:AttributeAlter
This filter can be used to substitute and replace different parts of the attribute value based on regular expressions.
1 Parameters
class- This is the name of the filter.
It must be
'core:AttributeAlter'. subject- The attribute in which the search is preformed. This parameter is REQUIRED and the filter will throw an exception if this parameter is not set.
pattern- The regular expression used. This parameter is REQUIRED and the filter will throw an exception if this parameter is not set. It is not possible to use backreference.
replacement- The value used to replace the searched value.
This parameter is REQUIRED if
%replaceis not used. If%replaceis used andreplacementis not set, then the matched text is used instead. target- The target attribute where the replaced attribute value is put.
This parameter is OPTIONAL.
If this parameter is not set
subjectis used astarget. %replace- Indicate whether the searched part should be replaced or the whole value. this parameter is OPTIONAL.
2 Examples
Change the domain on the mail attribute (when both the new and old domain is known):
10 => array(
'class' => 'core:AttributeAlter',
'subject' => 'mail',
'pattern' => '/olddomain.com/',
'replacement' => 'newdomain.com',
),
Change the domain on the mail attribute (when new domain is known):
10 => array(
'class' => 'core:AttributeAlter',
'subject' => 'mail',
'pattern' => '/(?:[A-Za-z0-9-]+\.)+[A-Za-z]{2,6}$/',
'replacement' => 'newdomain.com',
),
Set the eduPersonPrimaryAffiliation based on users distinguishedName:
10 => array(
'class' => 'core:AttributeAlter',
'subject' => 'dn',
'pattern' => '/OU=Staff/',
'replacement' => 'staff',
'target' => 'eduPersonPrimaryAffiliation',
),
Change the eduPersonPrimaryAffiliation:
10 => array(
'class' => 'core:AttributeAlter',
'subject' => 'eduPersonPrimaryAffiliation',
'pattern' => '/Student in school/',
'replacement' => 'student',
'%replace',
),
Get the domain of the email and put it in a seperat attribute:
10 => array(
'class' => 'core:AttributeAlter',
'subject' => 'mail',
'pattern' => '/(?:[A-Za-z0-9-]+\.)+[A-Za-z]{2,6}$/',
'target' => 'domain',
'%replace',
),