Package com.oss.asn1

Class ContainingOctetString<T extends AbstractData>

java.lang.Object

com.oss.asn1.ASN1Object

com.oss.asn1.AbstractData

com.oss.asn1.AbstractBinary

com.oss.asn1.OctetString

com.oss.asn1.ContainingOctetString<T>

Type Parameters:

T - type of contained value

All Implemented Interfaces:

PDUContainer<T>, java.io.Serializable, java.lang.Cloneable

public class ContainingOctetString<T extends AbstractData>
extends OctetString
implements PDUContainer<T>

The ContainingOctetString class represents an ASN.1 OCTET STRING that is constrained by a ContentsConstraint. The runtime presents the value of this type in two forms: interpreted (the unencoded contained value) or uninterpreted (raw octets).
For this reason the class could behave differently when compared with the OctetString class:

1. When the automatic decoding of contained values is enabled and the content constraint allows automatic decoding, the coder constructs the decoded value using the interpreted form. Hence, getDecodedValue() returns the contained value, while byteArrayValue() returns null, and getSize() returns zero. Otherwise, the value is constructed using the uninterpreted form, where byteArrayValue() and getSize() return raw octets, and getDecodedValue() returns null.
2. When the automatic encoding of contained values is enabled, the content constraint allows automatic encoding, and the input value is specified in the interpreted form, the coder automatically constructs the octets of the OCTET STRING from the contained value and writes them to the output encoding. Otherwise, the coder requires that uninterpreted form is available before encoding, and throws an exception if it is not.

Since:

ASN.1/Java 6.0

See Also:

Serialized Form

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class com.oss.asn1.AbstractData

EQUALS, GREATER_THAN, LESS_THAN

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
ContainingOctetString() The default constructor.
ContainingOctetString(byte[] value) Construct from a byte[].
ContainingOctetString(T decodedValue) Construct an instance of this class with an AbstractData object that represents an unencoded value of a contained ASN.1 type.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
ContainingOctetString	clone() Clone 'this' object.
boolean	equalTo(ContainingOctetString that) Compare 'this' object to another OctetString object to see if their contents are the same.
T	getContainedValue() Get the unencoded value of contained ASN.1 type.
T	getDecodedValue() Get the unencoded value of contained ASN.1 type.
void	setContainedValue(T decodedValue) Set the value to the interpreted form (the value of the contained ASN.1 type).
void	setDecodedValue(T decodedValue) Set the value to the interpreted form (the value of the contained ASN.1 type).

Methods inherited from class com.oss.asn1.OctetString

equalTo, getSize, getTypeName

Methods inherited from class com.oss.asn1.AbstractBinary

byteArrayValue, delete, hashCode, setValue

Methods inherited from class com.oss.asn1.AbstractData

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

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

ContainingOctetString

public ContainingOctetString()

The default constructor.

ContainingOctetString

public ContainingOctetString(byte[] value)

Construct from a byte[].

Parameters:

value - the byte[] to set 'this' object to.

ContainingOctetString

public ContainingOctetString(T decodedValue)

Construct an instance of this class with an AbstractData object that represents an unencoded value of a contained ASN.1 type.

Parameters:

decodedValue - the AbstractData object to set.

Method Detail

getDecodedValue

public final T getDecodedValue()

Get the unencoded value of contained ASN.1 type. This will be useful when automatic decoding has been used. See the method enableAutomaticDecoding() in the Coder class.

Returns:

reference to the AbstractData object representing the unencoded value of 'this' object.

setDecodedValue

public final void setDecodedValue(T decodedValue)

Set the value to the interpreted form (the value of the contained ASN.1 type). After this method is invoked the byteArrayValue() method will return null and the getSize() method will return zero.

Parameters:

decodedValue - the reference to the AbstractData object to set.

getContainedValue

public T getContainedValue()

Get the unencoded value of contained ASN.1 type. This will be useful when automatic decoding has been used. See the method enableAutomaticDecoding() in the Coder class.

Returns:

reference to the AbstractData object representing the unencoded value of 'this' object.

setContainedValue

public void setContainedValue(T decodedValue)

Set the value to the interpreted form (the value of the contained ASN.1 type). After this method is invoked the byteArrayValue() method will return null and the getSize() method will return zero.

Parameters:

decodedValue - the reference to the AbstractData object to set.

equalTo

public final boolean equalTo(ContainingOctetString that)

Compare 'this' object to another OctetString object to see if their contents are the same.

Parameters:

that - the OctetString object to compare 'this' object to.

Returns:

true if contents of both objects are the same.

clone

public ContainingOctetString clone()

Clone 'this' object.

Overrides:

clone in class OctetString

Returns:

deep copy of 'this' object.