org.bouncycastle.asn1

Class DERPrintableString

public class DERPrintableString extends ASN1Object implements DERString

DER PrintableString object.
Constructor Summary
DERPrintableString(byte[] string)
basic constructor - byte encoded string.
DERPrintableString(String string)
basic constructor - this does not validate the string
DERPrintableString(String string, boolean validate)
Constructor with optional validation.
Method Summary
static DERPrintableStringgetInstance(Object obj)
return a printable string from the passed in object.
static DERPrintableStringgetInstance(ASN1TaggedObject obj, boolean explicit)
return a Printable String from a tagged object.
byte[]getOctets()
StringgetString()
inthashCode()
static booleanisPrintableString(String str)
return true if the passed in String can be represented without loss as a PrintableString, false otherwise.
StringtoString()

Constructor Detail

DERPrintableString

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

DERPrintableString

public DERPrintableString(String string)
basic constructor - this does not validate the string

DERPrintableString

public DERPrintableString(String string, boolean validate)
Constructor with optional validation.

Parameters: string the base string to wrap. validate whether or not to check the string.

Throws: IllegalArgumentException if validate is true and the string contains characters that should not be in a PrintableString.

Method Detail

getInstance

public static DERPrintableString getInstance(Object obj)
return a printable string from the passed in object.

Throws: IllegalArgumentException if the object cannot be converted.

getInstance

public static DERPrintableString getInstance(ASN1TaggedObject obj, boolean explicit)
return a Printable 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.

getOctets

public byte[] getOctets()

getString

public String getString()

hashCode

public int hashCode()

isPrintableString

public static boolean isPrintableString(String str)
return true if the passed in String can be represented without loss as a PrintableString, false otherwise.

Returns: true if in printable set, false otherwise.

toString

public String toString()