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Property Method—Sets or Retrieves Metadata Property

The Property method sets or retrieves the specified SAML 2.0 metadata property for this Service Provider.

Note: After modifying one or more Service Provider properties using this method, call the PolicyMgtSAMLServiceProvider‑>Save method to write the changes to the policy store.

Syntax

The Property method has the following format:

Netegrity::PolicyMgtSAMLServiceProvider‑>Property(name[, value])

Parameters

The Property method accepts the following parameters:

name (string)

Specifies the property to set or retrieve.

Note: For a complete list of Service Provider metadata properties, see the method PolicyMgtAffDomain‑>CreateSAMLServiceProvider.

value (string)

(Optional) Specifies a new value for the property.

Return Value

The Property method returns one of the following values:

• property_value

  Specifies the property's new or existing value.

• undef

  Specifies that the call is unsuccessful.