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Interface IPHint</H2>
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<DT><B>All Superinterfaces:</B> <DD>org.opensaml.common.SAMLObject, org.opensaml.xml.validation.ValidatingXMLObject, org.opensaml.xml.XMLObject</DD>
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<DT><PRE>public interface <B>IPHint</B><DT>extends org.opensaml.common.SAMLObject</DL>
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IPHint.

 See IdP Discovery and Login UI Metadata Extension Profile.
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<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../../../edu/internet2/middleware/shibboleth/wayf/idpdisco/IPHint.html#DEFAULT_ELEMENT_LOCAL_NAME">DEFAULT_ELEMENT_LOCAL_NAME</A></B></CODE>

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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Element local name.</TD>
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Gets the Hint.</TD>
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setHint</H3>
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void <B>setHint</B>(<A HREF="http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.5.0/docs/api/java/lang/String.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.lang">String</A>&nbsp;newHint)</PRE>
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