SAML Assertion in Servlet

[Peter Schober]

* Per Jørgen Vigdal <Per.Jorgen.Vigdal at evry.com> [2016-05-26 13:04]:
> Is there a way to get hold of the whole SAML Assertion in my servlet.
> Something like this :
> String SAMLAssertion  = request.getHeader("SAMLAssertion");

Assuming your Java servlet is using the Shibboleth SP the answer can
be found here (second result when searching the SHIB2 wiki space for
"assertion"):
https://wiki.shibboleth.net/confluence/display/SHIB2/NativeSPAssertionExport
which also includes the "algorithm" to use, in prose.
-peter