Package org.bouncycastle.asn1.x509

Class X509NameEntryConverter

  • Direct Known Subclasses:
    X509DefaultEntryConverter
    public abstract class X509NameEntryConverter
extends java.lang.Object
    It turns out that the number of standard ways the fields in a DN should be encoded into their ASN.1 counterparts is rapidly approaching the number of machines on the internet. By default the X509Name class will produce UTF8Strings in line with the current recommendations (RFC 3280).

    An example of an encoder look like below: public class X509DirEntryConverter extends X509NameEntryConverter { public ASN1Primitive getConvertedValue( ASN1ObjectIdentifier oid, String value) { if (str.length() != 0 && str.charAt(0) == '#') { return convertHexEncoded(str, 1); } if (oid.equals(EmailAddress)) { return new DERIA5String(str); } else if (canBePrintable(str)) { return new DERPrintableString(str); } else if (canBeUTF8(str)) { return new DERUTF8String(str); } else { return new DERBMPString(str); } } }

    • Method Summary

      All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods Concrete Methods 
      Modifier and Type Method Description
      protected boolean canBePrintable​(java.lang.String str)
      return true if the passed in String can be represented without loss as a PrintableString, false otherwise.
      protected ASN1Primitive convertHexEncoded​(java.lang.String str, int off)
      Convert an inline encoded hex string rendition of an ASN.1 object back into its corresponding ASN.1 object.
      abstract ASN1Primitive getConvertedValue​(ASN1ObjectIdentifier oid, java.lang.String value)
      Convert the passed in String value into the appropriate ASN.1 encoded object.

      • Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

    • Constructor Detail

      • X509NameEntryConverter

        public X509NameEntryConverter()

    • Method Detail

      • convertHexEncoded

        protected ASN1Primitive convertHexEncoded​(java.lang.String str,
                                          int off)
                                   throws java.io.IOException
        Convert an inline encoded hex string rendition of an ASN.1 object back into its corresponding ASN.1 object.
        Parameters:
        str - the hex encoded object
        off - the index at which the encoding starts
        Returns:
        the decoded object
        Throws:
        java.io.IOException

      • canBePrintable

        protected boolean canBePrintable​(java.lang.String str)
        return true if the passed in String can be represented without loss as a PrintableString, false otherwise.

      • getConvertedValue

        public abstract ASN1Primitive getConvertedValue​(ASN1ObjectIdentifier oid,
                                                java.lang.String value)
        Convert the passed in String value into the appropriate ASN.1 encoded object.
        Parameters:
        oid - the oid associated with the value in the DN.
        value - the value of the particular DN component.
        Returns:
        the ASN.1 equivalent for the value.