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 DERPrintableString	getInstance(Object obj) return a printable string from the passed in object.
static DERPrintableString	getInstance(ASN1TaggedObject obj, boolean explicit) return a Printable String from a tagged object.
byte[]	getOctets()
String	getString()
int	hashCode()
static boolean	isPrintableString(String str) return true if the passed in String can be represented without loss as a PrintableString, false otherwise.
String	toString()

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()