RequestGenerator (OpenSAML 4.x utility extensions - 2.1.0)

Type Parameters:

T - the request type

I - the type of the input required by this generator

All Known Subinterfaces:

AuthnRequestGenerator<I>

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractAuthnRequestGenerator, AbstractRequestGenerator
```
public interface RequestGenerator<T extends RequestAbstractType,I extends RequestGeneratorInput>
```
Base interface for a SAML request generator.

Author:

Martin Lindström (martin.lindstrom@litsec.se)

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`RequestHttpObject<T>`	`generateRequest(I input, PeerMetadataResolver metadataResolver)`	Generates a SAML request message.
`String`	`getEntityID()`	Returns the entityID for the Service Provider this request generator is serving.
`String`	`getName()`	Returns the display name (for logging etc).

- Method Detail
  - generateRequest
```
RequestHttpObject<T> generateRequest(I input,
                                     PeerMetadataResolver metadataResolver)
                              throws RequestGenerationException
```
    Generates a SAML request message.
    
    Parameters:
    
    input - the request input
    
    metadataResolver - resolver for finding the metadata for the receiving entity
    
    Returns:
    
    a request object
    
    Throws:
    
    RequestGenerationException - for errors during request generation
  - getEntityID
```
String getEntityID()
```
    Returns the entityID for the Service Provider this request generator is serving.
    
    Returns:
    
    the entityID
  - getName
```
String getName()
```
    Returns the display name (for logging etc).
    
    Returns:
    
    the name