com.sun.identity.saml.assertion
Class Evidence

java.lang.Object
  com.sun.identity.saml.assertion.EvidenceBase
      com.sun.identity.saml.assertion.Evidence

public class Evidence
extends EvidenceBase

The Evidence element specifies an assertion either by reference or by value. An assertion is specified by reference to the value of the assertion's AssertionIDReference element. An assertion is specified by value by including the entire Assertion object

Constructor Summary

Evidence(Element assertionSpecifierElement)
Constructs an Evidence object from a block of existing XML that has already been built into a DOM.

Evidence(Set evidenceContent)
Constructs a new Evidence> element containing a set of Assertion objects.

Evidence(Set assertionIDRef, Set assertion)
Constructs an Evidence from a Set of Assertion and AssertionIDReference objects.

Method Summary

protected AssertionBase	createAssertion(Element assertionElement) Creates appropriate Assertion Instance
protected AssertionIDReference	createAssertionIDReference(String assertionID) Creates appropriate AssertionIDReference Instance

Methods inherited from class com.sun.identity.saml.assertion.EvidenceBase

addAssertion, addAssertionIDReference, getAssertion, getAssertionIDReference, removeAssertion, removeAssertionIDReference, toString, toString

Constructor Detail

Evidence

public Evidence(Element assertionSpecifierElement)
         throws SAMLException

Constructs an Evidence object from a block of existing XML that has already been built into a DOM.

Parameters:

assertionSpecifierElement - A org.w3c.dom.Element representing DOM tree for Evidence object.

Throws:

SAMLException - if it could not process the Element properly, implying that there is an error in the sender or in the element definition.

Evidence

public Evidence(Set evidenceContent)
         throws SAMLException

Constructs a new Evidence> element containing a set of Assertion objects.

Parameters:

evidenceContent - A set of Assertion and AssertionIDReference objects to be put within the Evidence element. The same Set contains both type of elements.

Throws:

SAMLException - if the Set is empty or has invalid object.

Evidence

public Evidence(Set assertionIDRef,
                Set assertion)
         throws SAMLException

Constructs an Evidence from a Set of Assertion and AssertionIDReference objects.

Parameters:

assertionIDRef - Set of AssertionIDReference objects.

assertion - Set of Assertion objects.

Throws:

SAMLException - if either Set is empty or has invalid object.

Method Detail

createAssertion

protected AssertionBase createAssertion(Element assertionElement)
                                 throws SAMLException

Description copied from class: EvidenceBase

Creates appropriate Assertion Instance

Specified by:

createAssertion in class EvidenceBase

Parameters:

assertionElement - the assertion Element

Returns:

the assertion instance

Throws:

SAMLException

createAssertionIDReference

protected AssertionIDReference createAssertionIDReference(String assertionID)
                                                   throws SAMLException

Description copied from class: EvidenceBase

Creates appropriate AssertionIDReference Instance

Specified by:

createAssertionIDReference in class EvidenceBase

Parameters:

assertionID - the assertion ID String

Returns:

the AssertionIDReference instance

Throws:

SAMLException