com.sun.identity.saml.protocol
Class AuthenticationQuery

java.lang.Object
  com.sun.identity.saml.protocol.Query
      com.sun.identity.saml.protocol.SubjectQuery
          com.sun.identity.saml.protocol.AuthenticationQuery

public class AuthenticationQuery

extends SubjectQuery

This concrete class extends from the abstract base class SubjectQuery. It represents the query for an authentication assertion. It corresponds to the <samlp:AuthenticationQueryType> in the SAML protocol schema.

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class com.sun.identity.saml.protocol.Query

ATTRIBUTE_QUERY, AUTHENTICATION_QUERY, AUTHORIZATION_DECISION_QUERY, NOT_SUPPORTED_QUERY

Constructor Summary

AuthenticationQuery(org.w3c.dom.Element element)
This constructor is used to build an Authentication Query from a DOM tree that was built from the XML string.

AuthenticationQuery(Subject subject)
Constructor.

AuthenticationQuery(Subject subject, java.lang.String authMethod)
Constructor.

Method Summary

java.lang.String	getAuthenticationMethod() Returns the AuthenticationMethod.
int	getQueryType() Returns the type of this query.
java.lang.String	toString() Translates the AuthenticationQuery to an XML document String based on the AuthenticationQuery schema described above.
java.lang.String	toString(boolean includeNS, boolean declareNS) Creates a String representation of the element.

Methods inherited from class com.sun.identity.saml.protocol.SubjectQuery

getSubject

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

equals, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

AuthenticationQuery

public AuthenticationQuery(org.w3c.dom.Element element)
                    throws SAMLException

This constructor is used to build an Authentication Query from a DOM tree that was built from the XML string.

Parameters:

element - the DOM tree element which contains an Authentication Query.

Throws:

SAMLException - when an error occurs.

AuthenticationQuery

public AuthenticationQuery(Subject subject,
                           java.lang.String authMethod)
                    throws SAMLException

Constructor.

Parameters:

subject - the Subject of the AuthenticationQuery.

authMethod - the AuthenticationMethod in string format. It could be null.

Throws:

SAMLException

AuthenticationQuery

public AuthenticationQuery(Subject subject)
                    throws SAMLException

Constructor.

Parameters:

subject - The Subject of the AuthenticationQuery.

Throws:

SAMLException

Method Detail

getAuthenticationMethod

public java.lang.String getAuthenticationMethod()

Returns the AuthenticationMethod.

Returns:

AuthenticationMethod in string format; or null if there is none.

getQueryType

public int getQueryType()

Returns the type of this query.

Specified by:

getQueryType in class Query

Returns:

Query.AUTHENTICATION_QUERY.

toString

public java.lang.String toString()

Translates the AuthenticationQuery to an XML document String based on the AuthenticationQuery schema described above.

Returns:

An XML String representing the AuthenticationQuery.

toString

public java.lang.String toString(boolean includeNS,
                                 boolean declareNS)

Creates a String representation of the element.

Specified by:

toString in class Query

Parameters:

includeNS - Determines whether or not the namespace qualifier is prepended to the Element when converted

declareNS - Determines whether or not the namespace is declared within the Element.

Returns:

A string containing the valid XML for this element