Evidence (Metro Web Services Interoperability Technology Implementation Bundle 3.0.1-b02 API)

java.lang.Object
- com.sun.xml.wss.saml.internal.saml20.jaxb20.EvidenceType
- - com.sun.xml.wss.saml.assertion.saml20.jaxb20.Evidence

All Implemented Interfaces:

Evidence
```
public class Evidence
extends EvidenceType
implements Evidence
```
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

Field Summary

Fields
Modifier and Type Field Description

protected static Logger log
- Fields inherited from class com.sun.xml.wss.saml.internal.saml20.jaxb20.EvidenceType
  assertionIDRefOrAssertionURIRefOrAssertion

Constructor Summary

Constructors
Constructor	Description
`Evidence(EvidenceType eveType)`
`Evidence(List assertionIDRef, List assertion)`	Constructs an Evidence from a Set of `Assertion` and `AssertionIDReference` objects.

Method Summary

All Methods Static Methods Concrete Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`static EvidenceType`	`fromElement(Element element)`	Constructs an `Evidence` object from a block of existing XML that has already been built into a DOM.

Methods inherited from class com.sun.xml.wss.saml.internal.saml20.jaxb20.EvidenceType
getAssertionIDRefOrAssertionURIRefOrAssertion

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

- Field Detail
  - log
```
protected static final Logger log
```
- Constructor Detail
  - Evidence
```
public Evidence(List assertionIDRef,
                List assertion)
```
    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.
  - Evidence
```
public Evidence(EvidenceType eveType)
```
- Method Detail
  - fromElement
```
public static EvidenceType fromElement(Element element)
                                throws SAMLException
```
    Constructs an Evidence object from a block of existing XML that has already been built into a DOM.
    
    Parameters:
    
    element - 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.