OpenSAML user discussion

["Mark Barnes" <>]

Thank you for your response, Scott.

 

I am looking at Shibboleth SP now.

 

One of the first things I noted is that, when using Java Servlets, the use of Apache is required.  We don't use Apache.  I'm not sure if we can make that switch or not.

 

Are there any examples of using OpenSAML directly by the service itself that you can point me to?

 

---Mark

 

From: [mailto:] On Behalf Of Cantor, Scott E.
Sent: 07 January, 2011 8:51 PM
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Subject: Re: [OpenSAML] Questions - Just starting out with OpenSAML

 

 

 

On Jan 7, 2011, at 8:24 PM, "Mark Barnes" <> wrote:

It looks like OpenSAML will the perfect solution.

 

I would strongly urge you to adopt a complete SP implementation, whether it's Shibboleth or otherwise. It's not a good use of time to reproduce all that work, nor are you likely to end up with a comparable feature set or maturity level of code.

I have downloaded the source and binaries for OpenSAML 2.3.1, and have been reading the user's manual at https://spaces.internet2.edu/display/OpenSAML/OSTwoUserManual. I must admit to being quite confused.

The gap between this toolkit and a mature SP is enormous, so get used to that feeling.

The first example in the user's manual uses class BasicParserPool in package org.opensaml.xml.parse, but I can't seem find this package or even org.opensaml.xml .  I browsed the jar file and the source and I just don't see it.

 

There are two other libraries that opensaml depends on, openws and xmltooling. I believe the presumption now is that one is using maven to pull in all the right components and automate the process.

 

-- Scott