Package com.oss.asn1

Class AbstractContainer

java.lang.Object

com.oss.asn1.AbstractData

com.oss.asn1.AbstractContainer

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.io.Serializable, java.lang.Cloneable

Direct Known Subclasses:

SequenceOf, SetOf

public abstract class AbstractContainer
extends AbstractData

The AbstractContainer class implements functionality common to SequenceOf and SetOf classes.

Since:

ASN.1/Java 1.0-beta A

See Also:

Serialized Form

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class com.oss.asn1.AbstractData

EQUALS, GREATER_THAN, LESS_THAN

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
java.lang.Object	clone() Clone 'this' object.
void	delete() Destroy the instance of the AbstractData.
java.util.Enumeration<AbstractData>	elements() Get an Enumeration of the elements stored in the container.
int	getSize() Return the size of the container.
int	hashCode() Returns a hash code for this object
void	remove(int index) Remove the AbstractData object identified by its index from the container.
void	removeAllElements() Remove all AbstractData object elements from the container.
int	size() Deprecated. It was replaced by the new method getSize().

Methods inherited from class com.oss.asn1.AbstractData

abstractEqualTo, equals, getTypeInfo, isEncodable, isPDU, isValid, toString, toString

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Method Detail

remove

public void remove(int index)

Remove the AbstractData object identified by its index from the container.

Parameters:

index - the index of the object to remove.

removeAllElements

public void removeAllElements()

Remove all AbstractData object elements from the container. Container becomes empty.

size

@Deprecated
public final int size()

Deprecated. It was replaced by the new method getSize().

getSize

public final int getSize()

Return the size of the container.

Returns:

number of elements in the container.

elements

public final java.util.Enumeration<AbstractData> elements()

Get an Enumeration of the elements stored in the container.

Returns:

Enumeration of the objects in the container.

clone

public java.lang.Object clone()

Clone 'this' object.

Overrides:

clone in class AbstractData

Returns:

deep copy of 'this' object.

hashCode

public int hashCode()

Returns a hash code for this object

Overrides:

hashCode in class AbstractData

Returns:

a hash code for this object

delete

public void delete()

Destroy the instance of the AbstractData. The contract of this method is to facilitate garbage collection by explicit destruction of the data that is no longer needed.

Overrides:

delete in class AbstractData