Package org.bouncycastle.asn1

Class ASN1Null

java.lang.Object

org.bouncycastle.asn1.ASN1Object

org.bouncycastle.asn1.ASN1Primitive

org.bouncycastle.asn1.ASN1Null

All Implemented Interfaces:

ASN1Encodable, Encodable

Direct Known Subclasses:

DERNull

public abstract class ASN1Null
extends ASN1Primitive

A NULL object - use DERNull.INSTANCE for populating structures.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
static ASN1Null	getInstance(Object o)	Return an instance of ASN.1 NULL from the passed in object.
int	hashCode()
String	toString()

Methods inherited from class org.bouncycastle.asn1.ASN1Primitive

encodeTo, encodeTo, equals, equals, 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

Method Details

getInstance

public static ASN1Null getInstance(Object o)

Return an instance of ASN.1 NULL from the passed in object.

Accepted inputs:

• null → null
• ASN1Null object
• a byte[] containing ASN.1 NULL object

Parameters:

o - object to be converted.

Returns:

an instance of ASN1Null, or null.

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - if the object cannot be converted.

hashCode

public int hashCode()

Specified by:

hashCode in class ASN1Primitive

toString

public String toString()

Overrides:

toString in class Object