Application Programming Interfaces

The SAML v2 framework contains API that can be used to construct and process assertions, requests, and responses. The SAML v2 Java API packages include:

• The com.sun.identity.saml2.assertion package provides interfaces to construct and process SAML v2 assertions. It also contains the AssertionFactory, a factory class used to obtain instances of the objects defined in the assertion schema.

• The com.sun.identity.saml2.common package provides interfaces and classes used to define common SAML v2 utilities and constants.

• The com.sun.identity.saml2.protocol package provides interfaces used to construct and process the SAML v2 requests and responses. It also contains the ProtocolFactory, a factory class used to obtain object instances for concrete elements in the protocol schema.

More information can be found in Using the SAML v2 SDK in Sun OpenSSO Enterprise 8.0 Developer’s Guide and the Sun OpenSSO Enterprise 8.0 Java API Reference.