Exception when creating the signature using OpenSAML lib

[Brent Putman]

I just noticed this is on the Shib users list.  Please move all followup
to Shib dev list.

On 10/31/12 6:07 PM, Yaowen Tu wrote:
> Thanks Brent. Are you suggesting simply use:
>             prepareSignatureParams(signature, signingCredential, null,
> null);?
>

The last param, yes.  The next to last (security configuration) it
doesn't matter, it will use the default one if you pass null.

> I have tried this, and after creating a signed object, when I try to
> validate it, I got this exception:
>
> org.opensaml.xml.validation.ValidationException: Apache XMLSignature
> does not exist on SignatureImpl
>     at
> org.opensaml.security.SAMLSignatureProfileValidator.validateSignatureImpl(SAMLSignatureProfileValidator.java:70)
>     at
> org.opensaml.security.SAMLSignatureProfileValidator.validate(SAMLSignatureProfileValidator.java:56)
>     at com.actuate.server.saml.SAML.validateSignature(SAML.java:202)

Ok, but this doesn't have anything to do with the earlier issue.  Are
you sure you are actually adding the the Signature to the object you are
signing.

>
> So should I try to create a "XMLSignature" manager or try to resolve
> this problem?
>

No, that is completely unrelated.