Class 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 Details

    • DERGeneralString

      public DERGeneralString(String string)
      Construct a GeneralString from the passed in String.
      Parameters:
      string - the string to be contained in this object.
  • Method Details

    • getInstance

      public static DERGeneralString getInstance(Object obj)
      Return a GeneralString from the given object.
      Parameters:
      obj - the object we want converted.
      Returns:
      a DERBMPString instance, or null.
      Throws:
      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:
      IllegalArgumentException - if the tagged object cannot be converted.
    • getString

      public 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 String toString()
      Overrides:
      toString in class 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