com.lowagie.bc.asn1
Class DERVisibleString

java.lang.Object
  extended by com.lowagie.bc.asn1.DERObject
      extended by com.lowagie.bc.asn1.DERVisibleString
All Implemented Interfaces:
DEREncodable, DERString, DERTags

public class DERVisibleString
extends DERObject
implements DERString

DER VisibleString object.


Field Summary
(package private)  String string
           
 
Fields inherited from interface com.lowagie.bc.asn1.DERTags
APPLICATION, BIT_STRING, BMP_STRING, BOOLEAN, CONSTRUCTED, ENUMERATED, EXTERNAL, GENERAL_STRING, GENERALIZED_TIME, GRAPHIC_STRING, IA5_STRING, INTEGER, NULL, NUMERIC_STRING, OBJECT_IDENTIFIER, OCTET_STRING, PRINTABLE_STRING, SEQUENCE, SEQUENCE_OF, SET, SET_OF, T61_STRING, TAGGED, UNIVERSAL_STRING, UTC_TIME, UTF8_STRING, VIDEOTEX_STRING, VISIBLE_STRING
 
Constructor Summary
DERVisibleString(byte[] string)
          basic constructor - byte encoded string.
DERVisibleString(String string)
          basic constructor
 
Method Summary
(package private)  void encode(DEROutputStream out)
           
 boolean equals(Object o)
           
static DERVisibleString getInstance(ASN1TaggedObject obj, boolean explicit)
          return a Visible String from a tagged object.
static DERVisibleString getInstance(Object obj)
          return a Visible String from the passed in object.
 byte[] getOctets()
           
 String getString()
           
 
Methods inherited from class com.lowagie.bc.asn1.DERObject
getDERObject
 
Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait
 

Field Detail

string

String string
Constructor Detail

DERVisibleString

public DERVisibleString(byte[] string)
basic constructor - byte encoded string.


DERVisibleString

public DERVisibleString(String string)
basic constructor

Method Detail

getInstance

public static DERVisibleString getInstance(Object obj)
return a Visible String from the passed in object.

Throws:
IllegalArgumentException - if the object cannot be converted.

getInstance

public static DERVisibleString getInstance(ASN1TaggedObject obj,
                                           boolean explicit)
return a Visible String 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.
Throws:
IllegalArgumentException - if the tagged object cannot be converted.

getString

public String getString()
Specified by:
getString in interface DERString

getOctets

public byte[] getOctets()

encode

void encode(DEROutputStream out)
      throws IOException
Specified by:
encode in class DERObject
Throws:
IOException

equals

public boolean equals(Object o)
Overrides:
equals in class Object