OpenSAML user discussion

[Brent Putman <>]

Neill Miller wrote:
> Hello Brent,
>
> Thanks!  Could you describe a little more about implementing the XMLObject 
> providers for my custom type?  I'm new to the library and am not familiar 
> with that terminology.  I realize treating the object as text isn't the way 
> to go, but I'm having a hard time trying to get the type built any other 
> way.  I'd like to try the first method you mentioned, but am not sure where 
> to start.  Grepping the code, I see a lot of references to 
> 'XMLObjectProvider*' in the test cases, but I'm not sure how that applies 
> to this case.
>
>   

An XMLObject is the fundamental interface in the OpenSAML stack. 
Generally, you have an XMLObject implementation for each XML element
and/or type that you want to support.  I'd suggest consulting the
developer's guide, if you haven't already.

https://spaces.internet2.edu/display/OpenSAML/OSTwoDeveloperManual


Mostly what you need to know is in the "Creating New Components"
section, in the "Creating a new SAML Object" +  Marshaller, Unmarshaller
sections.  Note that a SAMLObject is just a specialization in
java-opensaml2 of the base type XMLObject defined in java-xmltooling.