5.1 ID Client

The ID client can be used inside of DirXML style sheets calling the getNextID function of the com.novell.ncs.idsrv.IDClient Java class.

xmlns:id=http://www.novell.com/nxsl/java/com.novell.idm.idprovider.IDClient

To obtain the next available ID from an ID Policy object in the Identity Vault, the ID client uses the following parameters to communicate with the ID Provider driver:

Parameter

Description

Sample

$RMIServer

RMI server host address.

localhost

$RMIPort

RMI server port.

1099

$UIDRule

ID Policy object name to retrieve an ID from.

uniqueCN

$IDClient

ID Client name to identify this client at the RMI server.

Client-No2

$Tracelevel

Trace level.

You use the trace level setting to see specific trace information in the DirXML ID Servers main screen.

The trace level is a bit mask and can be combined.

Trace values and levels:

  • 0 = off
  • 1 = low
  • 2 = medium
  • 3 = high
  • 4 = exceptions

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To generate the IDs by XPATH expression, use the following command: 

id: getNextID('IP_OF_RMI_SERVER','PORT','POLICY_NAME','CLIENT_NAME',TRACE_LEVEL

The XPATH expression will look like this:

<arg-string>
    <token-xpath expression="id:getNextID('172.17.1.3','1199','MYUID','DBUSERS',0)"/>
</arg-string>