OpenSAML user discussion

[Farrukh Najmi <>]

Please forgive my newbie questions as I try to understand what opensaml 
toolkit provides.

Lets assume I were to generate Java binding classes from the SAML 1.1 
XML Schema files. I assume that I will be able to use the JAXB generated 
binding classes to:

a) Create SAML 1.1 Request/Response XML (Marshal Java to XML use case)

b) Process SAML 1.1 Request/Response XML(Marshal from XML to Java use case)

Alternatively, I could use opensaml toolkit which certainly allows me to 
(a) and (b) above.

I am curious what other advantages the opensaml toolkit would provide 
above and beyond (a) and (b) when compared with the JAXB based approach 
described above.
Thanks in advance for clarifying this for me.

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Regards,
Farrukh