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.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Modifier	Constructor and Description
protected	AuthenticationQuery() Default Constructor
	AuthenticationQuery(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, String authMethod) Constructor.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
String	getAuthenticationMethod() Returns the AuthenticationMethod.
int	getQueryType() Returns the type of this query.
String	toString() Translates the AuthenticationQuery to an XML document String based on the AuthenticationQuery schema described above.
String	toString(boolean includeNS, boolean declareNS) Returns a String representation of the <samlp:AuthenticationQuery> element.

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

getSubject

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

AuthenticationQuery

protected AuthenticationQuery()

Default Constructor

AuthenticationQuery

public AuthenticationQuery(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,
                           String authMethod)
                    throws SAMLException

Constructor.

Parameters:

subject - the Subject of the AuthenticationQuery. May not be null.

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

Throws:

SAMLException - If subject was null.

AuthenticationQuery

public AuthenticationQuery(Subject subject)
                    throws SAMLException

Constructor.

Parameters:

subject - The Subject of the AuthenticationQuery. May not be null.

Throws:

SAMLException - If subject was null.

Method Detail

getAuthenticationMethod

public 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 String toString()

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

Overrides:

toString in class Object

Returns:

An XML String representing the AuthenticationQuery.

toString

public String toString(boolean includeNS,
                       boolean declareNS)

Returns a String representation of the <samlp:AuthenticationQuery> 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