Shibboleth Developers

[Franck Borel <>]

Hi Chad,

Chad La Joie schrieb:
> No more than what the comment already tells you.  Is your question about 
> what a service is, in the IdP?

Yep, tell me what is a service in the IdP?
What is this service for?

Thanks

-- Franck

> Franck Borel wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > there is a new element in the service.xml of the IdP 2 RC3:
> >
> > <Service
> > id="shibboleth.ServiceServletContextAttributeExporter"
> > depends-on="shibboleth.AttributeResolver shibboleth.AttributeFilterEngine
> > shibboleth.SAML1AttributeAuthority shibboleth.SAML2AttributeAuthority
> > shibboleth.RelyingPartyConfigurationManager shibboleth.HandlerManager"
> > xsi:type="ServletContextAttributeExporter" />
> >
> > In the comment line is written:
> >   <!--
> >
> >         A special service that exports all services upon which it 
> > depends into the ServletContext as an attribute
> >         with the same name as the service's ID.
> >
> >     -->
> >
> > Can you tell me a bit more, what this special service is?
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > -- Franck