Shibboleth Developers

[Chad La Joie <>]

I had begun to document the IdP architecture at the following link. 
That should answer your question.

https://spaces.internet2.edu/display/SHIB2/IdPHLA

Franck Borel wrote:
> 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

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