Package com.oss.asn1

Class OctetString

java.lang.Object

com.oss.asn1.AbstractData

com.oss.asn1.AbstractBinary

com.oss.asn1.OctetString

All Implemented Interfaces:

com.oss.asn1.Sizeable, Serializable, Cloneable

Direct Known Subclasses:

ContainingOctetString

public class OctetString
extends AbstractBinary
implements com.oss.asn1.Sizeable

The OctetString class represents the ASN.1 OCTET STRING type.

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

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
OctetString()	The default constructor.
OctetString(byte[] value)	Construct from a byte[].

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
final boolean	equalTo(OctetString that)	Compare 'this' object to another OctetString object to see if their contents are the same.
final int	getSize()	Get the number of octets in the OctetString.

Methods inherited from class com.oss.asn1.AbstractBinary

byteArrayValue, clone, delete, hashCode, setValue

Methods inherited from class com.oss.asn1.AbstractData

equals, isEncodable, isPDU, isValid, toString, toString

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Details

OctetString

public OctetString()

The default constructor.

OctetString

public OctetString(byte[] value)

Construct from a byte[].

Parameters:

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

Method Details

getSize

public final int getSize()

Get the number of octets in the OctetString.

Specified by:

getSize in interface com.oss.asn1.Sizeable

Returns:

integer value indicating the number of octets.

equalTo

public final boolean equalTo(OctetString 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.