[keycloak-dev] Future direction of PicketLink SAML capabilities post-merge

[jboss.atomicknight at xoxy.net]

Thanks for the prompt response! Looking forward to the new improvements!

-Abraham


On Fri, Mar 20, 2015 at 5:24 PM, Bill Burke - bburke at redhat.com wrote:
>
> We will still continue to have a SAML SP adapter, but the APIs/SPIs will
> change.  We will have an SPFilter as well as tomcat, jetty, eap 6.x, and
> Wildfly integrated adapters for SAML.
>
> On 3/20/2015 4:50 PM, jboss.atomicknight at xoxy.net wrote:
> > Hi there,
> >
> > I'm writing with regard to the announcement about PicketLink merging
> > into Keycloak, particularly as it pertains to the SAML capabilities and
> > APIs currently offered by PicketLink today.
> >
> >  From what I understand, the focus of Keycloak has historically been to
> > provide a standalone application/appliance that runs "out of process"
> > relative to an application utilizing those capabilities. In contrast,
> > PicketLink has been focused on lower-level APIs that are intended to be
> > integrated "in process" relative to the application. Is this
> > understanding correct? If so, will the combined project continue to
> > support both approaches?
> >
> > More specifically, my company has developed an application that relies
> > on PicketLink's SAML APIs to provide SAML support as part of a larger
> > security subsystem. This uses the SPFilter class and the associated
> > SAML2Handler classes to handle SAML messages, but adapts the
> > inputs/outputs to plug into the existing security infrastructure (not
> > built using PicketLink). Going forward, will these parts of the merged
> > codebase still be supported as first class Java APIs? Or will they be
> > replaced by web service APIs or other equivalent endpoints?
> >
> > Thanks in advance for your help.
> >
> > -Abraham
> >
> >
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