org.bouncycastle.asn1

Class DERUTF8String

java.lang.Object

org.bouncycastle.asn1.ASN1Object

org.bouncycastle.asn1.ASN1Primitive

org.bouncycastle.asn1.ASN1UTF8String

org.bouncycastle.asn1.DERUTF8String

All Implemented Interfaces:

ASN1Encodable, ASN1String, Encodable

public class DERUTF8String
extends ASN1UTF8String

DER UTF8String object.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
DERUTF8String(java.lang.String string) Basic constructor

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static DERUTF8String	getInstance(ASN1TaggedObject obj, boolean explicit) Deprecated. Use ASN1UTF8String.getInstance(ASN1TaggedObject, boolean) instead.
static DERUTF8String	getInstance(java.lang.Object obj) Deprecated. Use ASN1UTF8String.getInstance(Object) instead.

Methods inherited from class org.bouncycastle.asn1.ASN1UTF8String

getString, hashCode, toString

Methods inherited from class org.bouncycastle.asn1.ASN1Primitive

encodeTo, encodeTo, equals, equals, equals, fromByteArray, toASN1Primitive

Methods inherited from class org.bouncycastle.asn1.ASN1Object

getEncoded, getEncoded, hasEncodedTagValue

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

DERUTF8String

public DERUTF8String(java.lang.String string)

Basic constructor

Parameters:

string - the string to be carried in the UTF8String object,

Method Detail

getInstance

public static DERUTF8String getInstance(java.lang.Object obj)

Deprecated. Use ASN1UTF8String.getInstance(Object) instead.

Return an UTF8 string from the passed in object.

Parameters:

obj - a DERUTF8String or an object that can be converted into one.

Returns:

a DERUTF8String instance, or null

Throws:

java.lang.IllegalArgumentException - if the object cannot be converted.

getInstance

public static DERUTF8String getInstance(ASN1TaggedObject obj,
                                        boolean explicit)

Deprecated. Use ASN1UTF8String.getInstance(ASN1TaggedObject, boolean) instead.

Return an UTF8 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.

Returns:

a DERUTF8String instance, or null

Throws:

java.lang.IllegalArgumentException - if the tagged object cannot be converted.