cryptix.util
Class ByteArray

java.lang.Object
  cryptix.util.ByteArray

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public class ByteArray

extends java.lang.Object

A class that represents a byte array.

Copyright © 1995-1997 Systemics Ltd on behalf of the Cryptix Development Team.
All rights reserved.

$Revision: 1.2 $

Since:

Cryptix 2.2 or earlier

Author:

Jill Baker

Field Summary

protected byte[]

data

Constructor Summary

ByteArray(byte[] buf)
Constructs a ByteArray from a copy of the data in buf.

ByteArray(byte[] buf, boolean copy)
Constructs a ByteArray from data in buf.

Method Summary

boolean	equals(java.lang.Object obj)
byte[]	getData() Returns a copy of this ByteArray's data.
int	hashCode()
int	length() Returns the length (in bytes) of this ByteArray's data.
static boolean	theSame(byte[] a, byte[] b) Deprecated. Use ArrayUtil.areEqual(a, b) instead.
byte[]	toByteArray() Deprecated. Use getData() instead.
java.lang.String	toString()

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

data

protected byte[] data

Constructor Detail

ByteArray

public ByteArray(byte[] buf,
                 boolean copy)

Constructs a ByteArray from data in buf. If copy is true, the data will be copied. Otherwise, buf will be aliased.

To construct a ByteArray from a String using ISO-Latin-1 encoding, use new ByteArray(LegacyString.toByteArray(str), false).

ByteArray

public ByteArray(byte[] buf)

Constructs a ByteArray from a copy of the data in buf.

Method Detail

length

public int length()

Returns the length (in bytes) of this ByteArray's data.

hashCode

public int hashCode()

equals

public boolean equals(java.lang.Object obj)

toString

public java.lang.String toString()

getData

public byte[] getData()

Returns a copy of this ByteArray's data.

toByteArray

public byte[] toByteArray()

Deprecated. Use getData() instead.

theSame

public static boolean theSame(byte[] a,
                              byte[] b)

Deprecated. Use ArrayUtil.areEqual(a, b) instead.