Package org.mozilla.jss.asn1

Class CharacterString

java.lang.Object

org.mozilla.jss.asn1.CharacterString

All Implemented Interfaces:

ASN1Value

Direct Known Subclasses:

BMPString, IA5String, PrintableString, TeletexString, UniversalString, UTF8String

public abstract class CharacterString
extends java.lang.Object
implements ASN1Value

An abstract base class for all character string types in ASN.1.

Nested Class Summary

Nested Classes

Modifier and Type	Class	Description
static class	CharacterString.Template

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Modifier	Constructor	Description
protected	CharacterString(char[] chars)
protected	CharacterString(java.lang.String s)

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
void	encode(java.io.OutputStream ostream)	Write this value's DER encoding to an output stream using its own base tag.
void	encode(Tag implicitTag, java.io.OutputStream ostream)	Write this value's DER encoding to an output stream using an implicit tag.
abstract Tag	getTag()	Returns the base tag for this type, not counting any tags that may be imposed on it by its context.
char[]	toCharArray()	Converts this ASN.1 character string to an array of Java characters.
java.lang.String	toString()	Converts this ASN.1 character string to a Java String.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

CharacterString

protected CharacterString(char[] chars)
                   throws java.io.CharConversionException

Throws:

java.io.CharConversionException

CharacterString

protected CharacterString(java.lang.String s)
                   throws java.io.CharConversionException

Throws:

java.io.CharConversionException

Method Detail

getTag

public abstract Tag getTag()

Description copied from interface: ASN1Value

Returns the base tag for this type, not counting any tags that may be imposed on it by its context.

Specified by:

getTag in interface ASN1Value

Returns:

Base tag.

toString

public java.lang.String toString()

Converts this ASN.1 character string to a Java String.

Overrides:

toString in class java.lang.Object

Returns:

ASN.1 character string as String.

toCharArray

public char[] toCharArray()

Converts this ASN.1 character string to an array of Java characters.

Returns:

ASN.1 character string as character array.

encode

public void encode(java.io.OutputStream ostream)
            throws java.io.IOException

Description copied from interface: ASN1Value

Write this value's DER encoding to an output stream using its own base tag.

Specified by:

encode in interface ASN1Value

Parameters:

ostream - Output stream.

Throws:

java.io.IOException - If an error occurred.

encode

public void encode(Tag implicitTag,
                   java.io.OutputStream ostream)
            throws java.io.IOException

Description copied from interface: ASN1Value

Write this value's DER encoding to an output stream using an implicit tag.

Specified by:

encode in interface ASN1Value

Parameters:

implicitTag - Implicit tag.

ostream - Output stream.

Throws:

java.io.IOException - If an error occurred.