Package org.bouncycastle.asn1

Class ASN1GeneralString

java.lang.Object

org.bouncycastle.asn1.ASN1Object

org.bouncycastle.asn1.ASN1Primitive

org.bouncycastle.asn1.ASN1GeneralString

All Implemented Interfaces:

ASN1Encodable, ASN1String, Encodable

Direct Known Subclasses:

DERGeneralString

public abstract class ASN1GeneralString
extends ASN1Primitive
implements ASN1String

ASN.1 GENERAL-STRING data type.

This is an 8-bit encoded ISO 646 (ASCII) character set with optional escapes to other character sets.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
static ASN1GeneralString	getInstance(Object obj)	Return a GeneralString from the given object.
static ASN1GeneralString	getInstance(ASN1TaggedObject taggedObject, boolean explicit)	Return a GeneralString from a tagged object.
final byte[]	getOctets()	Return a byte array representation of our contained String.
final String	getString()	Return a Java String representation of our contained String.
final int	hashCode()
String	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

Method Details

getInstance

public static ASN1GeneralString getInstance(Object obj)

Return a GeneralString from the given object.

Parameters:

obj - the object we want converted.

Returns:

an ASN1GeneralString instance, or null.

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - if the object cannot be converted.

getInstance

public static ASN1GeneralString getInstance(ASN1TaggedObject taggedObject,
 boolean explicit)

Return a GeneralString from a tagged object.

Parameters:

taggedObject - the tagged object holding the object we want

explicit - true if the object is meant to be explicitly tagged false otherwise.

Returns:

an ASN1GeneralString instance.

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - if the tagged object cannot be converted.

getString

public final String getString()

Return a Java String representation of our contained String.

Specified by:

getString in interface ASN1String

Returns:

a Java String representing our contents.

toString

public String toString()

Overrides:

toString in class Object

getOctets

public final byte[] getOctets()

Return a byte array representation of our contained String.

Returns:

a byte array representing our contents.

hashCode

public final int hashCode()

Specified by:

hashCode in class ASN1Primitive