package org.bouncycastle.asn1;

import java.io.IOException;

import org.bouncycastle.util.Arrays;
import org.bouncycastle.util.Strings;

ASN.1 GENERAL-STRING data type.

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

/** * ASN.1 GENERAL-STRING data type. * <p> * This is an 8-bit encoded ISO 646 (ASCII) character set * with optional escapes to other character sets. * </p> */
public class DERGeneralString extends ASN1Primitive implements ASN1String { private final byte[] string;
Return a GeneralString from the given object.
Params:
  • obj – the object we want converted.
Throws:
Returns:a DERBMPString instance, or null.
/** * Return a GeneralString from the given object. * * @param obj the object we want converted. * @exception IllegalArgumentException if the object cannot be converted. * @return a DERBMPString instance, or null. */
public static DERGeneralString getInstance( Object obj) { if (obj == null || obj instanceof DERGeneralString) { return (DERGeneralString) obj; } if (obj instanceof byte[]) { try { return (DERGeneralString)fromByteArray((byte[])obj); } catch (Exception e) { throw new IllegalArgumentException("encoding error in getInstance: " + e.toString()); } } throw new IllegalArgumentException("illegal object in getInstance: " + obj.getClass().getName()); }
Return a GeneralString from a tagged object.
Params:
  • obj – the tagged object holding the object we want
  • explicit – true if the object is meant to be explicitly tagged false otherwise.
Throws:
Returns:a DERGeneralString instance.
/** * Return a GeneralString from a tagged object. * * @param obj the tagged object holding the object we want * @param explicit true if the object is meant to be explicitly * tagged false otherwise. * @exception IllegalArgumentException if the tagged object cannot * be converted. * @return a DERGeneralString instance. */
public static DERGeneralString getInstance( ASN1TaggedObject obj, boolean explicit) { ASN1Primitive o = obj.getObject(); if (explicit || o instanceof DERGeneralString) { return getInstance(o); } else { return new DERGeneralString(((ASN1OctetString)o).getOctets()); } } DERGeneralString(byte[] string) { this.string = string; }
Construct a GeneralString from the passed in String.
Params:
  • string – the string to be contained in this object.
/** * Construct a GeneralString from the passed in String. * * @param string the string to be contained in this object. */
public DERGeneralString(String string) { this.string = Strings.toByteArray(string); }
Return a Java String representation of our contained String.
Returns:a Java String representing our contents.
/** * Return a Java String representation of our contained String. * * @return a Java String representing our contents. */
public String getString() { return Strings.fromByteArray(string); } public String toString() { return getString(); }
Return a byte array representation of our contained String.
Returns:a byte array representing our contents.
/** * Return a byte array representation of our contained String. * * @return a byte array representing our contents. */
public byte[] getOctets() { return Arrays.clone(string); } boolean isConstructed() { return false; } int encodedLength() { return 1 + StreamUtil.calculateBodyLength(string.length) + string.length; } void encode(ASN1OutputStream out) throws IOException { out.writeEncoded(BERTags.GENERAL_STRING, string); } public int hashCode() { return Arrays.hashCode(string); } boolean asn1Equals(ASN1Primitive o) { if (!(o instanceof DERGeneralString)) { return false; } DERGeneralString s = (DERGeneralString)o; return Arrays.areEqual(string, s.string); } }