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org.mozilla.jss.asn1
Class CharacterString

java.lang.Object
  extended by 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
static class CharacterString.Template
           
 
Constructor Summary
protected CharacterString(char[] chars)
           
protected CharacterString(java.lang.String s)
           
 
Method Summary
 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

toString

public java.lang.String toString()
Converts this ASN.1 character string to a Java String.

Overrides:
toString in class java.lang.Object

toCharArray

public char[] toCharArray()
Converts this ASN.1 character string to an array of Java characters.


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
Throws:
java.io.IOException

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
Throws:
java.io.IOException