package org.bouncycastle.asn1;

import java.io.IOException;

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

DER VisibleString object encoding ISO 646 (ASCII) character code points 32 to 126.

Explicit character set escape sequences are not allowed.

/** * DER VisibleString object encoding ISO 646 (ASCII) character code points 32 to 126. * <p> * Explicit character set escape sequences are not allowed. * </p> */
public class DERVisibleString extends ASN1Primitive implements ASN1String { private final byte[] string;
Return a Visible String from the passed in object.
Params:
  • obj – a DERVisibleString or an object that can be converted into one.
Throws:
Returns:a DERVisibleString instance, or null
/** * Return a Visible String from the passed in object. * * @param obj a DERVisibleString or an object that can be converted into one. * @exception IllegalArgumentException if the object cannot be converted. * @return a DERVisibleString instance, or null */
public static DERVisibleString getInstance( Object obj) { if (obj == null || obj instanceof DERVisibleString) { return (DERVisibleString)obj; } if (obj instanceof byte[]) { try { return (DERVisibleString)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 Visible String 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 DERVisibleString instance, or null
/** * Return a Visible String 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 DERVisibleString instance, or null */
public static DERVisibleString getInstance( ASN1TaggedObject obj, boolean explicit) { ASN1Primitive o = obj.getObject(); if (explicit || o instanceof DERVisibleString) { return getInstance(o); } else { return new DERVisibleString(ASN1OctetString.getInstance(o).getOctets()); } } /* * Basic constructor - byte encoded string. */ DERVisibleString( byte[] string) { this.string = string; }
Basic constructor
Params:
  • string – the string to be carried in the VisibleString object,
/** * Basic constructor * * @param string the string to be carried in the VisibleString object, */
public DERVisibleString( String string) { this.string = Strings.toByteArray(string); } public String getString() { return Strings.fromByteArray(string); } public String toString() { return getString(); } 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.VISIBLE_STRING, this.string); } boolean asn1Equals( ASN1Primitive o) { if (!(o instanceof DERVisibleString)) { return false; } return Arrays.areEqual(string, ((DERVisibleString)o).string); } public int hashCode() { return Arrays.hashCode(string); } }