Caching of attributes retrieved by attribute query in the SP

[Peter Schober]

* jonde973 <jonas.dehlin.crap at gmail.com> [2012-12-14 11:25]:
> Are the attributes retrieved via an attribute query using the "Query
> AttributeResolver" cached by the SP? If so, is it possible to
> disable the caching?

They are part of the session at the SP so resources have access to
them as long as the session is valid. Regarding how much data is kept
there and for how long cf.
https://wiki.shibboleth.net/confluence/display/SHIB2/NativeSPSessionCache
https://wiki.shibboleth.net/confluence/display/SHIB2/NativeSPStorageService
IIRC there also is a more conceptual page explaining how all settings
work together somewhere,
-peter