org.bouncycastle.asn1

Class DERIA5String

public class DERIA5String extends ASN1Object implements DERString

DER IA5String object - this is an ascii string.
Constructor Summary
DERIA5String(byte[] string)
basic constructor - with bytes.
DERIA5String(String string)
basic constructor - without validation.
DERIA5String(String string, boolean validate)
Constructor with optional validation.
Method Summary
static DERIA5StringgetInstance(Object obj)
return a IA5 string from the passed in object
static DERIA5StringgetInstance(ASN1TaggedObject obj, boolean explicit)
return an IA5 String from a tagged object.
byte[]getOctets()
StringgetString()
inthashCode()
static booleanisIA5String(String str)
return true if the passed in String can be represented without loss as an IA5String, false otherwise.
StringtoString()

Constructor Detail

DERIA5String

public DERIA5String(byte[] string)
basic constructor - with bytes.

DERIA5String

public DERIA5String(String string)
basic constructor - without validation.

DERIA5String

public DERIA5String(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 an IA5String.

Method Detail

getInstance

public static DERIA5String getInstance(Object obj)
return a IA5 string from the passed in object

Throws: IllegalArgumentException if the object cannot be converted.

getInstance

public static DERIA5String getInstance(ASN1TaggedObject obj, boolean explicit)
return an IA5 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()

isIA5String

public static boolean isIA5String(String str)
return true if the passed in String can be represented without loss as an IA5String, false otherwise.

Returns: true if in printable set, false otherwise.

toString

public String toString()