# SamlMetadataDocument

A SAML metadata document.

- Source: [`aws-iam/lib/saml-provider.ts`](https://github.com/aws/aws-cdk/blob/v2.274.0/packages/aws-cdk-lib/aws-iam/lib/saml-provider.ts#L54)

## Example

```ts
vpc.addClientVpnEndpoint('Endpoint', {
  cidr: '10.100.0.0/16',
  serverCertificateArn: 'arn:aws:acm:us-east-1:123456789012:certificate/server-certificate-id',
  // Mutual authentication
  clientCertificateArn: 'arn:aws:acm:us-east-1:123456789012:certificate/client-certificate-id',
  // User-based authentication
  userBasedAuthentication: ec2.ClientVpnUserBasedAuthentication.federated(samlProvider),
});
```

## Initializer

```ts
new SamlMetadataDocument()
```

## Properties

- `xml`: string (required) — The XML content of the metadata document.

## Methods

- `fromFile(path: string): SamlMetadataDocument // chainable` (static) — Create a SAML metadata document from a XML file.

- `fromXml(xml: string): SamlMetadataDocument // chainable` (static) — Create a SAML metadata document from a XML string.