spring-security/docs/modules/ROOT/pages/servlet/saml2/opensaml.adoc

= OpenSAML Support

Spring Security provides an API for implementing SAML 2.0 features, and it also provides a default implementation using OpenSAML.

Because Spring Security supports more than one version of OpenSAML at the same time, the components use the following naming convention:

* Any component that is usable across all supported versions is named `OpenSamlXXX`.
* Any component that targets OpenSAML 4.x is named `OpenSaml4XXX`
* Any component that targets OpenSAML 5.x is named `OpenSaml5XXX`

`spring-security-config` selects between these implementations by default by discovering which version your application is currently using.
For example, if you are using OpenSAML 4, Spring Security will use the `OpenSaml4XXX` components.

== Selecting OpenSAML 4

Spring Security depends on OpenSAML 4 by default, so you need do nothing to begin using it other than importing the `spring-security-saml` dependency.

== Selecting OpenSAML 5

To use OpenSAML, you should override the `opensaml` dependencies as follows:

[tabs]
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Maven::
+
[source,maven,role="primary"]
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<dependencies>
    <dependency>
        <groupId>org.springframework.security</groupId>
        <artifactId>spring-security-saml2-service-provider</artifactId>
        <exclusions>
            <exclusion>
                <groupId>org.opensaml</groupId>
                <artifactId>*</artifactId>
            </exclusion>
        </exclusions>
    </dependency>
    <dependency>
        <groupId>org.opensaml</groupId>
        <artifactId>opensaml-saml-api</artifactId>
        <version>5.1.2</version>
    </dependency>
    <dependency>
        <groupId>org.opensaml</groupId>
        <artifactId>opensaml-saml-impl</artifactId>
        <version>5.1.2</version>
    </dependency>
</dependencies>
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Gradle::
+
[source,gradle,role="secondary"]
----
dependencies {
    constraints {
        implementation "org.opensaml:opensaml-core-api:5.1.2"
        implementation "org.opensaml:opensaml-core-impl:5.1.2"
        implementation "org.opensaml:opensaml-saml-api:5.1.2"
        implementation "org.opensaml:opensaml-saml-impl:5.1.2"
    }

    // ...

    implementation ('org.springframework.security:spring-security-saml2-service-provider') {
        exclude group: "org.opensaml", module: "opensaml-core"
    }

    // ...
}
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[NOTE]
The exclusion is necessary because OpenSAML 5 splits `opensaml-core` into `opensaml-core-api` and `opensaml-core-impl`