Package org.bouncycastle.asn1

Class ASN1GeneralString

java.lang.Object
org.bouncycastle.asn1.ASN1Object
org.bouncycastle.asn1.ASN1Primitive
org.bouncycastle.asn1.ASN1GeneralString
All Implemented Interfaces:
ASN1Encodable, ASN1String, Encodable
Direct Known Subclasses:
DERGeneralString
public abstract class ASN1GeneralString extends ASN1Primitive implements ASN1String
ASN.1 GENERAL-STRING data type.

This is an 8-bit encoded ISO 646 (ASCII) character set with optional escapes to other character sets.

  • Method Details

    • getInstance

      public static ASN1GeneralString getInstance(Object obj)
      Return a GeneralString from the given object.
      Parameters:
      obj - the object we want converted.
      Returns:
      an ASN1GeneralString instance, or null.
      Throws:
      IllegalArgumentException - if the object cannot be converted.

    • getInstance

      public static ASN1GeneralString getInstance(ASN1TaggedObject taggedObject, boolean declaredExplicit)
      Return a GeneralString from a tagged object.
      Parameters:
      taggedObject - the tagged object holding the object we want
      declaredExplicit - true if the object is meant to be explicitly tagged false otherwise.
      Returns:
      an ASN1GeneralString instance.
      Throws:
      IllegalArgumentException - if the tagged object cannot be converted.

    • getTagged

      public static ASN1GeneralString getTagged(ASN1TaggedObject taggedObject, boolean declaredExplicit)

    • getString

      public final String getString()
      Return a Java String representation of our contained String.
      Specified by:
      getString in interface ASN1String
      Returns:
      a Java String representing our contents.

    • toString

      public String toString()
      Overrides:
      toString in class Object

    • getOctets

      public final byte[] getOctets()
      Return a byte array representation of our contained String.
      Returns:
      a byte array representing our contents.

    • hashCode

      public final int hashCode()
      Specified by:
      hashCode in class ASN1Primitive