BEROctetString (Bouncy Castle Cryptography 1.79 API Specification)

java.lang.Object
- org.bouncycastle.asn1.ASN1Object
- - org.bouncycastle.asn1.ASN1Primitive
  - - org.bouncycastle.asn1.ASN1OctetString
    - - org.bouncycastle.asn1.BEROctetString

All Implemented Interfaces:

ASN1Encodable, ASN1OctetStringParser, InMemoryRepresentable, Encodable
```
public class BEROctetString
extends ASN1OctetString
```
ASN.1 OctetStrings, with indefinite length rules, and constructed form support.
The Basic Encoding Rules (BER) format allows encoding using so called "constructed form", which DER and CER formats forbid allowing only "primitive form".
This class always produces the constructed form with underlying segments in an indefinite length array. If the input wasn't the same, then this output is not faithful reproduction.

See ASN1OctetString for X.690 encoding rules of OCTET-STRING objects.

Constructor Summary

Constructors
Constructor	Description
`BEROctetString(byte[] string)`	Create an OCTET-STRING object from a byte[]
`BEROctetString(byte[] string, int segmentLimit)`	Create an OCTET-STRING object from a byte[]
`BEROctetString(ASN1OctetString[] elements)`	Multiple `ASN1OctetString` data blocks are input, the result is constructed form.
`BEROctetString(ASN1OctetString[] elements, int segmentLimit)`	Multiple `ASN1OctetString` data blocks are input, the result is constructed form.

Method Summary
- Methods inherited from class org.bouncycastle.asn1.ASN1OctetString
  getInstance, getInstance, getLoadedObject, getOctets, getOctetsLength, getOctetStream, hashCode, parser, 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
- Methods inherited from interface org.bouncycastle.asn1.ASN1Encodable
  toASN1Primitive

- Constructor Detail
  - BEROctetString
```
public BEROctetString(byte[] string)
```
    Create an OCTET-STRING object from a byte[]
    
    Parameters:
    
    string - the octets making up the octet string.
  - BEROctetString
```
public BEROctetString(ASN1OctetString[] elements)
```
    Multiple ASN1OctetString data blocks are input, the result is constructed form.
    
    Parameters:
    
    elements - an array of OCTET STRING to construct the BER OCTET STRING from.
  - BEROctetString
```
public BEROctetString(byte[] string,
                      int segmentLimit)
```
    Create an OCTET-STRING object from a byte[]
    
    Parameters:
    
    string - the octets making up the octet string.
    
    segmentLimit - the number of octets stored in each DER encoded component OCTET STRING.
  - BEROctetString
```
public BEROctetString(ASN1OctetString[] elements,
                      int segmentLimit)
```
    Multiple ASN1OctetString data blocks are input, the result is constructed form.
    
    Parameters:
    
    elements - an array of OCTET STRING to construct the BER OCTET STRING from.
    
    segmentLimit - the number of octets stored in each DER encoded component OCTET STRING.