com.sun.identity.saml.assertion Package

This package contains the classes needed to create, manage, and integrate an XML assertion into an application. The following code example illustrates how to use the Attribute class and getAttributeValue method to retrieve the value of an attribute. From an assertion, call the getStatement() method to retrieve a set of statements. If a statement is an attribute statement, call the getAttribute() method to get a list of attributes. From there, call getAttributeValue() to retrieve the attribute value.

Example 10–3 Sample Code to Obtain an Attribute Value

// get statement in the assertion
Set set = assertion.getStatement();
//assume there is one AttributeStatement
//should check null& instanceof
AttributeStatement statement = (AttributeStatement) set.iterator().next();
List attributes = statement.getAttribute();
// assume there is at least one Attribute
Attribute attribute = (Attribute) attributes.get(0);
List values = attribute.getAttributeValue();