ByteArrayOutputStream byteArrayOutputStrm = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
DOMImplementationRegistry registry = DOMImplementationRegistry.newInstance();
DOMImplementationLS impl =
(DOMImplementationLS) registry.getDOMImplementation("LS");
LSSerializer writer = impl.createLSSerializer();
LSOutput output = impl.createLSOutput();
output.setByteStream(byteArrayOutputStrm);
writer.write(element, output);
return byteArrayOutputStrm.toString();
} catch (Exception e) {
log.error("Error Serializing the SAML Response");