ASN1Dump (Bouncy Castle Library 1.85 API Specification)
Date: 2026-07-12

org.bouncycastle.asn1.util

## Class ASN1Dump

- java.lang.Object
- - org.bouncycastle.asn1.util.ASN1Dump

- Direct Known Subclasses:
    DERDump

      public class ASN1Dump
      extends java.lang.Object

  Utility class for dumping ASN.1 objects as (hopefully) human friendly strings.

- - ### Constructor Summary

    Constructors
    Constructor and Description
    `ASN1Dump()`

  - ### Method Summary

    All Methods Static Methods Concrete Methods
    Modifier and Type | Method and Description
    --- | ---
    `static java.lang.String` | `dumpAsString(java.lang.Object obj)` dump out a DER object as a formatted string, in non-verbose mode.
    `static java.lang.String` | `dumpAsString(java.lang.Object obj, boolean verbose)` Dump out the object as a string.

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

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

- - ### Constructor Detail

    - #### ASN1Dump

          public ASN1Dump()

  - ### Method Detail

    - #### dumpAsString

          public static java.lang.String dumpAsString(java.lang.Object obj)

      dump out a DER object as a formatted string, in non-verbose mode.
      Parameters:
        `obj` - the ASN1Primitive to be dumped out.
      Returns:
        the resulting string.

    - #### dumpAsString

          public static java.lang.String dumpAsString(java.lang.Object obj,
                                                      boolean verbose)

      Dump out the object as a string.
      Parameters:
        `obj` - the object to be dumped
        `verbose` - if true, dump out the contents of octet and bit strings.
      Returns:
        the resulting string.