ASN1ExternalParser (Bouncy Castle Library 1.85 API Specification)
Date: 2026-07-12

org.bouncycastle.asn1

## Interface ASN1ExternalParser

- All Superinterfaces:
    ASN1Encodable, InMemoryRepresentable
  All Known Implementing Classes:
    DERExternalParser

      public interface ASN1ExternalParser
      extends ASN1Encodable, InMemoryRepresentable

  Parser DER EXTERNAL tagged objects.

- - ### Method Summary

    All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
    Modifier and Type | Method and Description
    --- | ---
    `ASN1Encodable` | `readObject()` Read the next object in the parser.

    - ### Methods inherited from interface org.bouncycastle.asn1.ASN1Encodable

      `toASN1Primitive`

    - ### Methods inherited from interface org.bouncycastle.asn1.InMemoryRepresentable

      `getLoadedObject`

- - ### Method Detail

    - #### readObject

          ASN1Encodable readObject()
                            throws java.io.IOException

      Read the next object in the parser.
      Returns:
        an ASN1Encodable
      Throws:
        `java.io.IOException` - on a parsing or decoding error.