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Overview

The XML Agent Content Helper API for Java supplements the CA SiteMinder Agent API for Java. A custom agent that is built using these two APIs can protect any URL-bound application (such as a Web service), performing the following functions on XML messages posted to that application:

• Extract credentials for authentication and authorization decisions
• Extract body and header content for use in authorization decisions
• Add SAML assertion responses

To build custom XML-enabled agents you need to intersperse functions from the two APIs to provide the necessary functionality.