OpenSAML user discussion

[Neill Miller <>]

Hello Brent,

Ok, now I'm just confused.  I've been following the directions for creating a 
new SAML object at the link you pointed to and am already extending XMLObject 
(well, ValidatingXMLObject actually).  I've implemented the interface, the 
impl, the builder, the marshaller, the unmarshaller, and even have the stubs 
for the validator (but haven't really done much with it) -- all based on the 
XS* types included in the library.

My interface is defined as follows:

public interface XSMyType extends ValidatingXMLObject {

The impl is defined as follows:

public class XSMyTypeImpl extends AbstractValidatingXMLObject implements 
XSMyType {

So what is it exactly that my type is missing and needs to get this done?

thanks,
-Neill.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Brent Putman" 
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To: "Neill Miller" 
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Sent: Monday, February 9, 2009 1:12:45 PM GMT -06:00 US/Canada Central
Subject: Re: [OpenSAML] OpenSAML 2.0 custom data type help



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.