org.bouncycastle.asn1

Class DERGeneralString

java.lang.Object

org.bouncycastle.asn1.ASN1Object

org.bouncycastle.asn1.ASN1Primitive

org.bouncycastle.asn1.DERGeneralString

All Implemented Interfaces:

ASN1Encodable, ASN1String, Encodable

public class DERGeneralString
extends ASN1Primitive
implements ASN1String

ASN.1 GENERAL-STRING data type.

This is an 8-bit encoded ISO 646 (ASCII) character set with optional escapes to other character sets.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
DERGeneralString(java.lang.String string) Construct a GeneralString from the passed in String.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static DERGeneralString	getInstance(ASN1TaggedObject obj, boolean explicit) Return a GeneralString from a tagged object.
static DERGeneralString	getInstance(java.lang.Object obj) Return a GeneralString from the given object.
byte[]	getOctets() Return a byte array representation of our contained String.
java.lang.String	getString() Return a Java String representation of our contained String.
int	hashCode()
java.lang.String	toString()

Methods inherited from class org.bouncycastle.asn1.ASN1Primitive

equals, fromByteArray, toASN1Primitive

Methods inherited from class org.bouncycastle.asn1.ASN1Object

getEncoded, getEncoded, hasEncodedTagValue

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, finalize, getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

DERGeneralString

public DERGeneralString(java.lang.String string)

Construct a GeneralString from the passed in String.

Parameters:

string - the string to be contained in this object.

Method Detail

getInstance

public static DERGeneralString getInstance(java.lang.Object obj)

Return a GeneralString from the given object.

Parameters:

obj - the object we want converted.

Returns:

a DERBMPString instance, or null.

Throws:

java.lang.IllegalArgumentException - if the object cannot be converted.

getInstance

public static DERGeneralString getInstance(ASN1TaggedObject obj,
                                           boolean explicit)

Return a GeneralString from a tagged object.

Parameters:

obj - the tagged object holding the object we want

explicit - true if the object is meant to be explicitly tagged false otherwise.

Returns:

a DERGeneralString instance.

Throws:

java.lang.IllegalArgumentException - if the tagged object cannot be converted.

getString

public java.lang.String getString()

Return a Java String representation of our contained String.

Specified by:

getString in interface ASN1String

Returns:

a Java String representing our contents.

toString

public java.lang.String toString()

Overrides:

toString in class java.lang.Object

getOctets

public byte[] getOctets()

Return a byte array representation of our contained String.

Returns:

a byte array representing our contents.

hashCode

public int hashCode()

Specified by:

hashCode in class ASN1Primitive