Package org.opensaml.saml2.metadata.provider

Class for retrieving, filtering, and querying metadata.

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Interface Summary

Interface	Description
MetadataFilter	A metadata filter is used to process a metadata document after it has been unmarshalled into object.
MetadataProvider	A local store into which metadata can be loaded and queried.
ObservableMetadataProvider	A metadata provider that provides event notification to observers.
ObservableMetadataProvider.Observer	An observer of metadata provider changes.

Class Summary

Class	Description
AbstractMetadataProvider	An abstract, base, implementation of a metadata provider.
AbstractObservableMetadataProvider	An observable base implementation of metadata providers.
AbstractReloadingMetadataProvider	Base class for metadata providers that cache and periodically refresh their metadata.
BaseMetadataProvider	Base class for metadata providers.
ChainingMetadataProvider	A metadata provider that uses registered providers, in turn, to answer queries.
DOMMetadataProvider	A MetadataProvider implementation that retrieves metadata from a DOM Element as supplied by the user.
EntityRoleFilter	A filter the removes roles, from an entity descriptor.
FileBackedHTTPMetadataProvider	A URL metadata provider that caches a copy of the retrieved metadata to disk so that, in the event that the metadata may not be pulled from the URL it may be pulled from disk using the last fetched data.
FilesystemMetadataProvider	A metadata provider that pulls metadata from a file on the local filesystem.
HTTPMetadataProvider	A metadata provider that pulls metadata using an HTTP GET.
MetadataFilterChain	A filter that allows the composition of MetadataFilters.
RequiredValidUntilFilter	A metadata filter that requires the presence of a validUntil attribute on the root element of the metadata document.
ResourceBackedMetadataProvider	A metadata provider that reads metadata from a {#link Resource.
SchemaValidationFilter	A metadata filter that schema validates an incoming metadata file.
SignatureValidationFilter	A metadata filter that validates XML signatures.

Exception Summary

Exception	Description
FilterException	An exception thrown during the evaluation of a MetadataFilter.
MetadataProviderException	Exception thrown by a MetadataProvider.

Package org.opensaml.saml2.metadata.provider Description

Class for retrieving, filtering, and querying metadata.

Information on using this library can be found in the User's Manual and information on extending its functionality can be found in the Developer's Manual.

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