com.novell.ldap.asn1
Class ASN1OctetString

java.lang.Object
  com.novell.ldap.asn1.ASN1Object
      com.novell.ldap.asn1.ASN1OctetString

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.io.Serializable

public class ASN1OctetString

extends ASN1Object

This class encapsulates the OCTET STRING type.

See Also:

Serialized Form

Field Summary

protected static ASN1Identifier	ID ID is added for Optimization.
static int	TAG ASN.1 OCTET STRING tag definition.

Constructor Summary

ASN1OctetString(ASN1Decoder dec, java.io.InputStream in, int len)
Constructs an ASN1OctetString object by decoding data from an input stream.

ASN1OctetString(byte[] content)
Call this constructor to construct an ASN1OctetString object from a byte array.

ASN1OctetString(java.lang.String content)
Call this constructor to construct an ASN1OctetString object from a String object.

Method Summary

byte[]	byteValue() Returns the content of this ASN1OctetString as a byte array.
void	encode(ASN1Encoder enc, java.io.OutputStream out) Call this method to encode the current instance into the specified output stream using the specified encoder object.
java.lang.String	stringValue() Returns the content of this ASN1OctetString as a String.
java.lang.String	toString() Return a String representation of this ASN1Object.

Methods inherited from class com.novell.ldap.asn1.ASN1Object

getEncoding, getIdentifier, setIdentifier

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

TAG

public static final int TAG

ASN.1 OCTET STRING tag definition.

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Constant Field Values

ID

protected static final ASN1Identifier ID

ID is added for Optimization.

Id needs only be one Value for every instance, thus we create it only once.

Constructor Detail

ASN1OctetString

public ASN1OctetString(byte[] content)

Call this constructor to construct an ASN1OctetString object from a byte array.

Parameters:

content - A byte array representing the string that will be contained in the this ASN1OctetString object

ASN1OctetString

public ASN1OctetString(java.lang.String content)

Call this constructor to construct an ASN1OctetString object from a String object.

Parameters:

content - A string value that will be contained in the this ASN1OctetString object

ASN1OctetString

public ASN1OctetString(ASN1Decoder dec,
                       java.io.InputStream in,
                       int len)
                throws java.io.IOException

Constructs an ASN1OctetString object by decoding data from an input stream.

Parameters:

dec - The decoder object to use when decoding the input stream. Sometimes a developer might want to pass in his/her own decoder object

in - A byte stream that contains the encoded ASN.1

Method Detail

encode

public final void encode(ASN1Encoder enc,
                         java.io.OutputStream out)
                  throws java.io.IOException

Call this method to encode the current instance into the specified output stream using the specified encoder object.

Specified by:

encode in class ASN1Object

Parameters:

enc - Encoder object to use when encoding self.

out - The output stream onto which the encoded byte stream is written.

Throws:

java.io.IOException

byteValue

public final byte[] byteValue()

Returns the content of this ASN1OctetString as a byte array.

stringValue

public final java.lang.String stringValue()

Returns the content of this ASN1OctetString as a String.

toString

public java.lang.String toString()

Return a String representation of this ASN1Object.

Overrides:

toString in class ASN1Object