Package com.oss.asn1

Class AbstractString

java.lang.Object

com.oss.asn1.AbstractData

com.oss.asn1.AbstractString

All Implemented Interfaces:

com.oss.asn1.Sizeable, Serializable, Cloneable

Direct Known Subclasses:

AbstractString16, AbstractString32, UTF8String

public abstract class AbstractString
extends AbstractData
implements com.oss.asn1.Sizeable

The AbstractString class provides a common ancestor for all of the ASN.1/Java string 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	Description
final int	compareTo(AbstractString that)	Compare 'this' object to another AbstractString object to determine whether the contents of 'this' object is less than, equal to, or greater than the contents of another object.
final boolean	equalTo(AbstractString that)	Compare 'this' object to another object to see if their contents are the same.
final int	getLength()	Deprecated.
abstract int	getSize()	Get the number of elements in the array of objects.
abstract void	setValue(char[] value)	Set the value of 'this' object to an array of char.
abstract void	setValue(String value)	Set the value of 'this' object to a String.
abstract String	stringValue()	Get the value of 'this' object as a String.

Methods inherited from class com.oss.asn1.AbstractData

clone, delete, equals, getTypeInfo, isEncodable, isPDU, isValid, toString, toString

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Method Details

setValue

public abstract void setValue(String value)

Set the value of 'this' object to a String.

Parameters:

value - the value to set 'this' object to.

setValue

public abstract void setValue(char[] value)

Set the value of 'this' object to an array of char.

Parameters:

value - the value to set 'this' object to.

stringValue

public abstract String stringValue()

Get the value of 'this' object as a String. This method is abstract.

Returns:

the String value of 'this' object.

getSize

public abstract int getSize()

Get the number of elements in the array of objects.

Specified by:

getSize in interface com.oss.asn1.Sizeable

Returns:

number of elements in the array.

getLength

@Deprecated
public final int getLength()

Deprecated.

Get the length of this string in characters. This method is deprecated. Use the getSize method instead.

Returns:

the length of this string.

equalTo

public final boolean equalTo(AbstractString that)

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

Parameters:

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

Returns:

true if contents of both objects are the same.

compareTo

public final int compareTo(AbstractString that)

Compare 'this' object to another AbstractString object to determine whether the contents of 'this' object is less than, equal to, or greater than the contents of another object.

Parameters:

that - AbstractString object that is compared with 'this' object

Returns:

LESS_THAN, EQUALS, GREATER_THAN values as the results of comparison.

Throws:

NullPointerException - thrown when 'that' is null.