/**
* Constructs an instance of <code>Attribute</code>.
*
* @param name The name of the attribute.
* @param nameSpace The namespace in which <code>AttributeName</code> elements are interpreted.
* @param attributeValue an <code>AttributeValue</code> object.
* @exception SAMLException if there is an error in the sender or in the element definition.
*/
public Attribute(String name, String nameSpace, String attributeValue) throws SAMLException {
super(name, nameSpace);
String escapeAttVal =
SystemConfigurationUtil.getProperty(SAMLConstants.ESCAPE_ATTR_VALUE, "true");
boolean escapeAtt = "true".equalsIgnoreCase(escapeAttVal) ? true : false;
if (escapeAtt) {
this.addAttributeValue(XMLUtils.escapeSpecialCharacters(attributeValue));
} else {
this.addAttributeValue(attributeValue);
}
}
