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Selection of an element can be named-based, or in V2.5 and above, can rely on an extensible matching mechanism called an EntityMatcher.

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If the Name attribute is not present, then a type attribute must be used to indicate the type of EntityMatcher to apply, and other content will be required based on the type of matcher to specify how to match.

Prior to V2.5, only the Name matching option is supported.

<ApplicationDefaults ...
    authType="TLS"
    artifactEndpointIndex="1"
    signing="false"
    encryption="false"
    requireConfidentiality="true"
    requireTransportAuth="true"
    signedAssertions="false"
    chunkedEncoding="false"
    connectTimeout="15" timeout="30"
    >

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    <RelyingParty Name="SpecialFederation" keyName="special.example.org"/>

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</ApplicationDefaults>

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• Name (string)
  • For name-based matching, this is the value used to match against the IdP's entityID or parent group names. As of V2.5, this attribute is optional and can be omitted in favor of a type attribute.

• type (string) (Version 2.5 and Above)
  • For extensible matching, specifies the type of EntityMatcher to use. Refer to the associated documentation for additional required content.

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