org.apache.directory.shared.asn1.der
Class DERString

java.lang.Object
  org.apache.directory.shared.asn1.der.DERObject
      org.apache.directory.shared.asn1.der.DERString

All Implemented Interfaces:

DEREncodable

Direct Known Subclasses:

DERBMPString, DERGeneralizedTime, DERGeneralString, DERIA5String, DERNumericString, DERPrintableString, DERTeletexString, DERUniversalString, DERUTCTime, DERUTF8String, DERVisibleString

public abstract class DERString
extends DERObject

Interface for DER string objects.

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class org.apache.directory.shared.asn1.der.DERObject

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, SET, T61_STRING, tag, TAGGED, TERMINATOR, UNIVERSAL_STRING, UTC_TIME, UTF8_STRING, value, VIDEOTEX_STRING, VISIBLE_STRING

Constructor Summary

DERString(int tag, byte[] value)
Basic DERObject constructor.

Method Summary

protected static java.lang.String	byteArrayToString(byte[] bytes) Utility method for converting byte arrays to Strings.
java.lang.String	getString() Lazy accessor.
protected static byte[]	stringToByteArray(java.lang.String string) Utility method for converting Strings to bytes.

Methods inherited from class org.apache.directory.shared.asn1.der.DERObject

encode, equals, getOctets, hashCode

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, finalize, getClass, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

DERString

DERString(int tag,
          byte[] value)

Basic DERObject constructor.

Method Detail

getString

public java.lang.String getString()

Lazy accessor.

Returns:

underlying byte array converted to a String

byteArrayToString

protected static java.lang.String byteArrayToString(byte[] bytes)

Utility method for converting byte arrays to Strings.

Parameters:

bytes -

Returns:

String

stringToByteArray

protected static byte[] stringToByteArray(java.lang.String string)

Utility method for converting Strings to bytes.

Parameters:

string -

Returns:

bytes