ContentIdentifier (Bouncy Castle Library 1.85 API Specification)
Date: 2026-07-12

org.bouncycastle.asn1.ess

## Class ContentIdentifier

- java.lang.Object
- - org.bouncycastle.asn1.ASN1Object
  - - org.bouncycastle.asn1.ess.ContentIdentifier

- All Implemented Interfaces:
    ASN1Encodable, Encodable

      public class ContentIdentifier
      extends ASN1Object

- - ### Constructor Summary

    Constructors
    Constructor and Description
    `ContentIdentifier(byte[] value)` Create from byte array representing the identifier.

  - ### Method Summary

    All Methods Static Methods Instance Methods Concrete Methods
    Modifier and Type | Method and Description
    --- | ---
    `static ContentIdentifier` | `getInstance(java.lang.Object o)`
    `ASN1OctetString` | `getValue()`
    `ASN1Primitive` | `toASN1Primitive()` The definition of ContentIdentifier is ContentIdentifier ::= OCTET STRING id-aa-contentIdentifier OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { iso(1) member-body(2) us(840) rsadsi(113549) pkcs(1) pkcs9(9) smime(16) id-aa(2) 7 }

    - ### Methods inherited from class org.bouncycastle.asn1.ASN1Object

      `encodeTo, encodeTo, equals, getEncoded, getEncoded, hasEncodedTagValue, hashCode`

    - ### Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

      `clone, finalize, getClass, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait`

- - ### Constructor Detail

    - #### ContentIdentifier

          public ContentIdentifier(byte[] value)

      Create from byte array representing the identifier.

  - ### Method Detail

    - #### getInstance

          public static ContentIdentifier getInstance(java.lang.Object o)

    - #### getValue

          public ASN1OctetString getValue()

    - #### toASN1Primitive

          public ASN1Primitive toASN1Primitive()

      The definition of ContentIdentifier is

           ContentIdentifier ::=  OCTET STRING

      id-aa-contentIdentifier OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { iso(1) member-body(2) us(840) rsadsi(113549) pkcs(1) pkcs9(9) smime(16) id-aa(2) 7 }
      Specified by:
        `toASN1Primitive` in interface `ASN1Encodable`
      Specified by:
        `toASN1Primitive` in class `ASN1Object`
      Returns:
        a primitive representation of this object.