December 19, 2008
Single Sign-On for SugarCRM Through a SAML-Based Integration of OpenSSO and simpleSAMLphp With PHP-based SugarCRM as an example, this article shows you how to enforce SSO in a PHP environment. The process integrates OpenSSO, Sun's open-source Web access management project, with an application in the LAMP [Linux, Apache, MySQL, and PHP] or SAMP [Solaris and AMP] stack. Here, simpleSAMLphp acts as the front end for SugarCRM.
December 19, 2008
Customizing JAXB In this Tech Tip, you'll learn several ways of customizing or extending the default behavior of JAXB.
December 12, 2008
Protecting Java EE Applications With OpenSSO Policy Agents, Part 1: Basic Steps Writing security code and configuring the security model for Web applications can be cumbersome. The open-source project OpenSSO offers many security-related capabilities for applications: authentication, authorization, single sign on, identity services, security for Web services. This article describes how to easily protect Web applications with the OpenSSO Policy Agents in just a few steps.
December 12, 2008
OSGi Versus JSR 277 Sun VP of Client Software Jeet Kaul presents this thoughts on OSGi and
JSR 277, the Java Module System specification.
December 12, 2008
Getting Started With JRuby on Rails for Sun GlassFish Enterprise Server v3 Prelude This tutorial provides step-by-step instructions for the basic tasks involved with using JRuby on GlassFish. Learn how to install JRuby and how to create a simple application and deploy it to the GlassFish server. (Registration required.)
December 05, 2008
Federated Single Sign-On for Google Apps in OpenSSO Federating single sign-on with OpenSSO is fast, straightforward, and intuitive. This article describes the process for highly popular Googl e Apps.
December 05, 2008
Guide to GlassFish High Availability This white paper presents flexible reference configurations that demonstrate how you can deploy business services to meet various availability requirements using GlassFish, Solaris 10 containers, and Sun Fire T2000 servers. (Registration required.)
December 05, 2008
Charles Nutter Discusses JVM Language Summit JRuby core developer Charlie Nutter gives his views on the first annual JVM Language Summit.
December 05, 2008
Call For Papers Now Open Stand out from the crowd -
show what you know. Submit your paper for the 2009 JavaOne Conference on
these topics: Rich Media Applications and Interactive Content, Mobility,
Services, and Core Technology. Deadline for submissions is December 19,
2008. The conference is June 2-5, 2009 in San Francisco, CA.
November 21, 2008
GlassFish and MySQL, Part 2: Building a CRUD Web Application With Data Persistence Learn how to use the NetBeans IDE with GlassFish and MySQL to build a create, read, update, and delete (CRUD) application.
November 21, 2008
Tech Tips Quiz Here's a short quiz that tests your knowledge of some topics covered in recent Enterprise Java Technologies Tech Tips.
November 21, 2008
Screencast: Build a Simple Web Application Using Eclipse and GlassFish v3 Prelude This screencast shows you how to create a simple Web application using JavaServer Pages and servlets in Eclipse 3.4, debug it, and rapidly deploy it directly on GlassFish v3 Prelude. Watch other Java EE screencasts too.
November 19, 2008
NetBeans IDE 6.5 Now Available Development simplified with the NetBeans IDE 6.5! Rapidly create web, enterprise, desktop, and mobile applications with Java, PHP, JavaScript, Ruby, Groovy, and C/C++.
November 19, 2008
GlassFish v3 Prelude Screencasts Watch two new screencasts: Develop, Run, and Debug Rails Applications Using NetBeans IDE and GlassFish v3 Prelude and Create a Simple Web Application Using NetBeans IDE 6.5 and GlassFish v3 Prelude.
November 14, 2008
GlassFish and MySQL, Part 1: A Perfect Combination for Web Applications Learn why the combination of GlassFish and MySQL is a perfect choice for developing and deploying web applications.
November 14, 2008
GlassFish Update Center Find and install additional applications for GlassFish v2. View all modules or see the most popular or most recent modules.
November 14, 2008
Configuring JSON for RESTful Web Services in Jersey 1.0 This Tech Tip shows you how to build a Jersey-based web application that returns information in JavaScript Object Notation (JSON) format.
November 12, 2008
Multilingual Java EE SDKs Now Available Update 6 versions of the Java EE 5 SDKs and Java Application Platform SDKs now offer multilingual support. Documentation for the SDKs is available in Japanese and Simplified Chinese and in several languages for the application server. Download the SDKs now.
November 06, 2008
GlassFish v3 Prelude Released Sun GlassFish Enterprise Server v3 Prelude improves productivity with rapid deployment technology and modular architecture based on OSGi. Read the overview and download it now.
November 06, 2008
GlassFish v3 Prelude Videos Learn more about GlassFish v3 Prelude in these three videos: Introducing GlassFish v3 Prelude, What's New in GlassFish v3 Prelude?, and Java EE 6 and GlassFish.
October 21, 2008
Java Application Platform SDK Update 6 Released This latest free-for-use, production-ready SDK includes these updates:
Portlet Container 2.0 Update 1 and Web Services for Remote Portlets 2.0
Beta. The SDK bundles with Java SE (JDK) 6 have been enhanced with JDK 6
Update 10. Read the overview
and download the
SDKs now.
October 21, 2008
NetBeans IDE 6.5 Release Candidate Now Available Rapidly create web, enterprise, desktop, and mobile applications with
Java, PHP, JavaScript, Ruby, Groovy, and C/C++.
October 17, 2008
From the Trenches at Sun Identity, Part 8: Quality Assurance In this interview, Indira Thangasamy, senior quality engineering manager for Sun OpenSSO Enterprise, offers insights on the behind-the-scenes testing harness and processes that ensure a high-quality product.
October 17, 2008
Using WS-Trust Support in Metro to Secure Web Services In this Tech Tip, learn about the support in Metro for WS-Trust and its Security Token Service (STS) framework, and see how easy it is to take advantage of this support to secure a web service using Metro and the NetBeans IDE.
October 10, 2008
Deploying OpenSSO on GlassFish Application Server Go open source for identity management! Deployment of OpenSSO on GlassFish application server results in an ideal environment for developing secure Web applications. This article describes the basic deployment process.
October 03, 2008
Getting Started With the NetBeans BlueJ Plugin This article gets you started using the NetBeans BlueJ plugin by loading an existing project, and then creating a new project that uses drag-and-drop features to create a graphical user interface (GUI).
October 03, 2008
Securing Attachments With Metro 1.3 In this Tech Tip, you will learn how to secure a SOAP Messages with Attachments (SwA) attachment using the Metro 1.3 Web services stack.
September 26, 2008
From the Trenches at Sun Identity, Part 7: Security for Web Services What are Web services and why are the data they transmit highly insecure? How do you protect the data interactions? What role does OpenSSO play? Sidharth Mishra, technical product manager for identity management at Sun, answers those questions in this interview.
September 19, 2008
Enterprise Tech Tips Survey Give us your feedback on the Enterprise Tech Tips--what you like, what you don't like, what you'd like to see in future tips. Please respond by September 30 so the Tech Tips can better serve your needs.
September 12, 2008
RESTful Web Services and Comet Users can interact remotely with a Comet web application. Learn how to build one with Dojo, Java EE technologies, and GlassFish.
September 12, 2008
Last Chance to Enter: Project SailFin and Ericsson Application Competition Create or enhance an IMS client-server application for a chance to win US$5,000 or a Sony Ericsson phone. Competition ends on September 30. Enter now.
September 05, 2008
True Abstraction: Composite UI Components in JSF 2.0 -- Part 1 This Tech Tip introduces a powerful new feature in JavaServer Faces (JSF) 2.0 technology: composite user interface (UI) components. This feature allows you to turn any collection of page markup into a JSF UI component--with attached validators, converters, action listeners, and value change listeners--for use by page authors.
September 05, 2008
Integrating Applications With OpenSSO Learn the four ways in which to integrate web applications with OpenSSO: through the Policy Agent, a reverse proxy, the client SDK, and identity services. In addition, this article features a Ruby on Rails sample application and shows you how to secure its login process with identity services.
August 29, 2008
From the Trenches at Sun Identity, Part 6: Identity Services for Securing Web Applications In this interview, Sun identity architect Aravindan Ranganathan explains why OpenSSO's identity services are an ideal architecture for protecting applications from unauthorized access. He also describes the related tasks, the benefits, and the plans for integrating identity services with the federation capability in OpenSSO.
August 22, 2008
Download NetBeans IDE 6.5 Beta Rapidly create web, enterprise, desktop, and mobile applications with Java, C/C++ , JavaScript, Ruby, Groovy, and now PHP. Get NetBeans IDE 6.5 Beta today.
August 22, 2008
Setting Up OpenDS 1.0.0 as a Naming Service for the OpenSolaris OS, Part 2 of 2: Advanced Configurations To complete the process, configure for UNIX user authentication and for Digest-MD5 or CRAM-MD5 authentication before setting up the clients. This article walks you through the procedures and describes how to optimize for performance and edit Java settings. Read Part 1.
August 15, 2008
Building an Ajax-Enabled Web Application Using Phobos and jMaki This Tech Tip shows you how to use Phobos and jMaki to create a simple Ajax-enabled web application. Phobos is a lightweight, scripting-friendly, web application environment. jMaki is a lightweight framework for creating Web 2.0 applications with standards-based technologies such as CSS, HTML, and JavaScript.
August 15, 2008
Securing Applications With Identity Services, Part 4: Single Sign-On and Logout Learn how to achieve SSO and logout by means of OpenSSO-supported REST operations. By way of demonstration, this article hosts a sample application, accompanied by the related setup procedures and code segments.
August 08, 2008
Combining Groovy, Grails, MySQL, and the Java Persistence API This Tech Tip shows you how to create an online catalog application using the Groovy language, the G rails framework, the MySQL database, the Java Persistence API, and the GlassFish application server.
August 08, 2008
Sun Announces OpenDS Standard Edition (SE) 1.0 Commercial support and indemnification is now available for OpenDS, Sun's open-source, LDAP directory server that's written in the Java language. Also read about the many ways in which you can participate in OpenDS.
August 01, 2008
From the Trenches at Sun Identity, Part 5: Support for OpenSSO Sun is offering full support and indemnification for its open web access management and federation project. In this interview, senior product manager Nick Wooler describes the background, the support model, and the gains for developers.
July 28, 2008
Using P6Spy and the GlassFish Connection Pool to Trace Database Operations This Tech Tip demonstrates how to use a tool called P6Spy to trace the database requests issued by an application running with the GlassFish v2 application server.
July 28, 2008
Setting Up OpenDS 1.0.0 as a Naming Service for the OpenSolaris OS, Part 1 of 2: Basic Steps Take advantage of the newly shipped OpenDS, an open-source, LDAP directory server written in the Java language. This series explains, step by step, the intuitive setup procedure for OpenDS on the OpenSolaris OS.
July 18, 2008
Virtualization Support in Sun Middleware Here's the answer to the question "Can I deploy Sun Java Enterprise System in the various virtualization environments?" This article also features Q&As of interest.
July 18, 2008
Java EE SDKs Refreshed The Java EE 5 SDK and Java Application Platform SDK bundles that include
Java SE (JDK) 6 have been updated with JDK 6 Update 7. Download the
latest versions.
July 11, 2008
Beyond LAMP: SAMP... LGPJ... LAMJ... LAMP: It's not just for Linux any more! Develop using your OS, language, app server, database, and IDE of choice.
July 03, 2008
Preventing Non-Repeatable Reads in JPA Using EclipseLink In this Tech Tip, you'll learn how to prevent non-repeatable reads through the Java Persistence API (JPA) and JPA extensions provided by the EclipseLink framework.
July 03, 2008
GlassFish and MySQL GlassFish and MySQL provide enterprise features at open source prices--the reliability, scalability and flexibility you need at the cost you want.
June 27, 2008
Sun Java System Access Manager FAQ: Performance and Sizing, Policy, Session Failover and Deployment, and Agents Besides helpful tips on performance optimization and configurations,
these Q&As also offer best practices and resolutions for error scenarios.
June 20, 2008
Using jMaki With PHP on OpenSolaris This Tech Tip shows you how to create a PHP web application that incorporates jMaki widgets, communicates with a MySQL database, and runs in the OpenSolaris OS.
June 13, 2008
From the Trenches at Sun Identity, Part 4, Virtual Federation, a Pioneering Way for Exchanging Authentication Data Sun identity architect Rajeev Angal describes the challenges enterprises face with federation and explains how virtual federation, a unique capability in the upcoming Sun Federated Access Manager, effectively resolves all the issues.
June 13, 2008
Second Segment of Access Manager FAQ on SAML Read more tips and guidelines: resolving errors, enabling basic authentication, mapping the SAML 2.0 Authentication Context, differentiating between the Post Profile and the Artifact Profile.
June 06, 2008
Java EE SDKs With Multilingual Support Update 5 versions of the Java EE 5 SDKs and Java Application Platform SDKs now offer multilingual support. Download the SDKs now. Documentation for the SDKs is available in Japanese and Simplified Chinese and in several languages for the application server.
June 06, 2008
GlassFish v3 Video GlassFish architect Jerome Dochez discusses the new modularity and extensibility features in GlassFish v3 that make the application server highly customizable and give it a fast startup time.
May 30, 2008
GlassFish Podcast Jean-Francois Arcand discusses the Comet paradigm, its availability in GlassFish v2 and v3, standardization in the forthcoming Servlet 3.0 specification, and more. See The Aquarium for additional information about Comet.
May 30, 2008
GlassFish v3 TP2 Quick Start Tutorial Watch this screencast to learn about how to install the GlassFish v3 TP2 Application Server software, GlassFish Update Tool, and Admin Console GUI and deploy and undeploy applications.
May 24, 2008
Tech Tips Quiz Here's a short quiz that tests your knowledge of some topics covered in recent Enterprise Java Technologies Tech Tips. You can find the answers at the end of the quiz.
May 16, 2008
Updated: Securing Applications With Identity Services, Part 1: Authentication Learn how to configure OpenSSO so as to authenticate users with identity-service interfaces that support SOAP with WSDL and REST. This updated article reflects the latest UI and parameters for the REST operations.
May 09, 2008
Creating a Java EE Appliance on OpenSolaris At the JavaOne conference, Sun technical evangelists Peter Karlsson and Chuk-Munn Lee discussed how to build a Java EE platform-based appliance with the GlassFish application server on OpenSolaris.
May 08, 2008
Java-Centricity -- Java Technology at the Hub of Your Digital Life This year's technical general session hosted by Sun Distinguished Engineer and Chief Technology Officer for Software, Bob Brewin, highlighted what's new in the Java EE and Java SE platforms. It was also spiced up by a variety of cool JavaFX-driven demos.
May 07, 2008
An Overview and Demonstration of OpenSSO and Federation At CommunityOne 2008, Sun's identity management experts describe the latest model of effecting single sign-on and the process of federating across enterprises with OpenSSO.
May 07, 2008
A Rundown on OpenDS Ludovic Poitou, community lead for OpenDS; and Jim Yang, project lead for Penrose, a Java technology-based directory server, presented at CommunityOne on the topic, "Getting Started on OpenDS." This recap summarizes the goals, status, installation, and extensibility of OpenDS, also the infrastructure of Penrose, whose default provider is OpenDS.
May 06, 2008
NetBeans Day at CommunityOne In only four years, the number of active NetBeans IDE users has increased steadily to 450,000. And an enthusiastic crowd of them attended NetBeans Day at CommunityOne. Read this recap.
May 05, 2008
Project SailFin and Ericsson Application Competition Create or enhance an IMS client-server application for a chance to win USD $5,000 or a Sony Ericsson phone.
May 05, 2008
Preview GlassFish v3 Technology Preview 2 gives you an early look at GlassFish v3 and its modular, lightweight, and extensible architecture. This milestone release contains web-tier technologies and the Java Persistence AP I from Java EE 5. In addition, you can use the Update Center to access new early access versions of EJB 3.1 and the JAX-RS API. Try it today.
May 02, 2008
Securing Applications With Identity Services, Part 3: User Attributes Identity services are interfaces that support authentication, authorization, and other related services with SOAP or REST technology. This article steps you through the procedure for obtaining, through the attribute service, the attributes of users whose tokens are passed in service calls.
May 02, 2008
Adding Authentication Mechanisms to the GlassFish Servlet Container This Tech Tip will show you how to implement and configure new authentication mechanisms in the GlassFish v2 servlet container.
April 28, 2008
Java Application Platform SDK Update 5 Released This latest free-for-use, production-ready SDK includes updates to Sun Java System Application Server (GlassFish), Open ESB, Portlet Container, and more. Download it now and read the overview for details.
April 28, 2008
URL Redirection in Sun Java System Application Server This article uses examples to show how to configure web application URLs in Sun Java System Application Server or GlassFish.
April 28, 2008
Working With jMaki Events This Tech Tip covers the jMaki event mechanism. You'll learn about the concepts that underlie the event mechanism and how to take advantage of the event mechanism to easily interact with widgets.
April 18, 2008
Using MySQL and Memcached on the GlassFish Application Server Use GlassFish to host a web application backed by MySQL and memcached.
April 18, 2008
From the Trenches at Sun Identity, Part 3: Federated Access Management Simplified Senior product line manager Daniel Raskin discusses the background for merging two of Sun's access and federation management products and the new capabilities that focus on simplicity, ease of use, efficiency, and convenience.
April 18, 2008
MySQL Conference & Expo Coverage
Re ad about sessions from the MySQL Conference, including topics like joins, database administration, Ruby and MySQL, embedded MySQL applications, blob streaming, and more.
April 11, 2008
Web Services Security Video In this interview, three key members of the Metro Web Services Security team discuss the support for web services security in the Metro web services stack.
April 11, 2008
Net Talk: An Overview of GlassFish In this webcast, Sun Distinguished Engineer Eduardo Pelegri-Llopart delves into the basics of GlassFish, why it is important, and how organizations are using GlassFish in their IT environments.
April 04, 2008
Better Programming With Java EE: A Conversation With Java Champion Adam Bien Java Champion Adam Bien talks about the challenges and intricacies of Java EE, ways to conduct large-scale IT projects, and the joys of developing.
April 04, 2008
Secure Conversations for Web Services With Metro In this Tech Tip, you'll learn the basics of WS-SecureConversation, a web services specification designed to enable secure communication between web services. The tip also presets an example that demonstrates how to enable secure conversations for a web service through the WS-SecureConversation support in Metro.
April 04, 2008
From the Trenches at Sun Identity, Part 2: OpenSSO, a Thriving Community Sun federation architect Pat Patterson reflects on OpenSSO, Sun's open-source project for single sign-on, outlining its mission, adoption, challenges, future, and an unexpected boon to Sun. OpenSSO is a twin of Sun Java System Access Manager.
April 04, 2008
New! GlassFish Admin Training Bundle Get all the training you need to install, configure, and administer the GlassFish application server. This web-based training bundle even includes downloadable labs.
March 27, 2008
GlassFish With MySQL Cobundle Released Sun Java System Application Server 9.1 Update 1 (GlassFish v2 UR1) is now available bundled with the MySQL Community Server open-source databas e. Read the Release Notes and this blog for details. Download it now.
March 27, 2008
From the Trenches at Sun Identity, Part 1: Access Management for Web Applications In this interview, Jamie Nelson, Sun's director of engineering for access and federation management, points out a major oversight in Web development, elaborates on the current state of single sign-on, and suggests the right tool and the right platform for securing application access.
March 21, 2008
Rails Powered by GlassFish Tired of putting together and managing all the pieces of a Ruby-on-Rails deployment? Simplify your life by developing and deploying with JRuby on GlassFish.
March 21, 2008
Java EE SDKs Refreshed Update 4 versions of the Java EE 5 SDKs and Java Application Platform SDKs now offer multilingual support. The "+ JDK" bundles also include the latest Java SE 6 (JDK) Update 5. Download the SDKs now.
March 21, 2008
Referencing Multiple Web Services From An Application Client This Tech Tip describes how to develop an application client that references multiple web services that implement any combination of web services programming models.
March 21, 2008
GlassFish Sweepstakes Ends March 23 Last chance for your chance to win an iPhone! Download GlassFish and enter the sweepstakes now.
March 14, 2008
Two New FAQ Segments for Sun Java System Access Manager Here are Q&As on identity management and the service management SDK. The topics range from configurations to the Identity Repository to realms to attributes.
March 14, 2008
OpenSolaris and LAMP Development In this interview, Kuldip Oberoi, Sun's group manager of OpenSolaris and LAMP development, explains how Project Indiana relates to development and distribution, how OpenSolari s supports much more than Java development, and why it's a great time to be a developer.
March 07, 2008
Federated Identity Through the Eyes of the Deployer What identity-related challenges do application deployers face? What questions must you ponder before adopting a standardized solution? Find the answers, along with tips and guidelines, in this article.
March 07, 2008
Adding Voice to Java EE With SIP Servlets This Tech Tip covers some of the basic concepts underlying Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) and SIP servlets. It also presents a sample application that uses SIP servlets and HTTP servlets to provide Voice-over-IP (VoIP) phone service.
March 07, 2008
Building and Running OpenDS With NetBeans IDE In only a few steps, you can build, debug, and run OpenDS--the open-source project for Sun's next-generation directory services products--in the NetBeans IDE. This article walks you through the process with screen shots.
February 29, 2008
Sun and MySQL: How It Stacks Up for Developers MySQL, the world's most popular open-source database, fills an important niche in Sun's software stack. With Sun's reach and resources, MySQL is poised for even wider adoption.
February 29, 2008
Consuming a MySQL Database in a RESTful Web Service Learn how to use the NetBeans IDE to expose a MySQL database as a RESTful web service endpoint.
February 29, 2008
Perl Scripts Offer Quick, Accurate Installation and Configuration of Sun Java System Directory Server Automation eradicates manual, duplicate tasks and achieves efficiency, accuracy, and uniformity. Through an example, this article shows you how to automate installation and configuration of Sun Java System Directory Server with Perl scripts.
February 29, 2008
Deploying JRuby on Rails WAR on Sun Java System Web Server Such a deployment ensures the coexistence of JRuby on Rails with Java technology-based Web applications and accords you the benefits of Sun Java System Web Server: scalability, per formance, security, and monitoring and clustering capabilities. Learn the steps here.
February 22, 2008
Authenticate With Sun Java System Access Manager and ActivIdentity 4TRESS Authentication Server A win-win integration story: You can now adopt 4TRESS one-time password (OTP) authentication schemes in Access Manager and thus secure applications with a wider range of OTP schemes in an Access Manager-protected environment.
February 22, 2008
Extended Persistence Context in Stateful Session Beans This Tech Tip illustrates an application that uses a stateful session bean and an entity manager with an extended persistence context.
February 15, 2008
Sun Technical Specialist on Identity and OpenSSO Extensions Paul Bryan talks with Marina Sum about his background in identity development, the history and future of Sun Java System Access Manager, OpenID, the subproject OpenSSO Extensions, and the solutions for phishing.
February 15, 2008
Video: Sun's Open-Source Application Server--GlassFish Discover the latest Java EE technology with Sun's open-source application server called GlassFish. Learn more about the communities, projects, and resources available.
February 07, 2008
Java Application Platform SDK Update 4 Released This free-for-use, production-ready SDK includes the latest technologies from Sun Java System Application Server (GlassFish), Portlet Container, Acce ss Manager, and Open ESB. Read the
February 01, 2008
Tech Tip: Building Kerberos-Based Secure Services Using Metro This Tech Tip shows how to build secure web services and clients using the Kerberos support in Metro.
January 25, 2008
Updated for NetBeans 6.0: Web Applications to Sun Java System Web Server With NetBeans IDE This revised article reflects the UI for NetBeans 6.0, which contains all the necessary tools for developing desktop, enterprise, web, and mobile applications.
January 25, 2008
Tech Tip: Using JAX-WS With Maven This tip demonstrates how to use the JAX-WS Maven plugin to develop web services.
January 23, 2008
Connect and Participate With GlassFish Try GlassFish for a chance to win an iPhone. This sweepstakes ends on March 23, 2008. Submit your entry today.
January 18, 2008
Developing Secure Applications With Sun Java System Access Manager, Part 2: Advanced Authorization As a sequel to
January 18, 2008
Sang Shin on Open ESB Java Evangelist Sang Shin discusses how Open ESB fosters enterprise agility in developing new applications.
January 11, 2008
GlassFish v2: Open for Business Find out why the open-source GlassFish v2 application server is a good choice for handling critical business applications and the demands of a production environment.
January 11, 2008
Enterprise Tech Tips Quiz Test your knowledge of some topics covered in recent Enterprise Java Technologies Tech Tips.
January 04, 2008
JSFTemplating and Woodstock: Compon ent Authoring Made Easy Frustrated with the complexities of writing a JavaServer Faces component? With the help of the JSFTemplating and Woodstock projects, you can write a component with only two files.
January 04, 2008
New Section for Sun Java System Access Manager and Sun Java System Federation Manager FAQ: Liberty Alliance and Security Assertion Markup Language Read about the support for SAML, Liberty Alliance-based and other federation standards, the identity-based services in Access Manager, the utilities for creating and maintaining federated connections, the components in Federation Manager, and many other pertinent topics.
