Configuring delegation plugin: rules/constraints/syntax problem in relying-party.xml

[Brent Putman]

On 4/25/12 3:39 PM, Karla Borecky wrote:
> Thank you - that was very helpful. So do the sequences have to appear
> in the order listed: for example
>
> the TrustEngines have to come before the SecurityPolicy-s?


Yes, exactly.


> It see that the TrustEngine elements contain references to Credential
> elements, and SecurityPolicy elements refer to TrustEngines, but I
> wasn't sure if the file was actually parsed in order like that, i.e.
> before you can refer to X, it has to be defined 'above.'

No, the order of reference does not matter, you can use a reference to
something "before" it is defined/declared, in document order.  Spring
just parses the whole file and then sorts it all out.