org.ldaptive.asn1
Class AbstractDERType

java.lang.Object
  org.ldaptive.asn1.AbstractDERType

Direct Known Subclasses:

AttributeValueAssertion, BooleanType, ConstructedDEREncoder, ContextType, IntegerType, OctetStringType, OidType, UuidType

public abstract class AbstractDERType
extends Object

Provides functionality common to DER types implementations.

Version:

$Revision: 2885 $ $Date: 2014-02-05 16:28:49 -0500 (Wed, 05 Feb 2014) $

Author:

Middleware Services

Constructor Summary

AbstractDERType(DERTag tag)
Creates a new abstract der type.

Method Summary

protected byte[]	encode(byte[]... items) DER encode the supplied items with the tag associated with this type.
static byte[]	readBuffer(ByteBuffer encoded) Returns a byte array containing the bytes from Buffer.limit() to Buffer.position().

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

AbstractDERType

public AbstractDERType(DERTag tag)

Creates a new abstract der type.

Parameters:

tag - to encode for this type

Method Detail

encode

protected byte[] encode(byte[]... items)

DER encode the supplied items with the tag associated with this type. If the length is greater than 127 bytes the long form is always expressed using 4 bytes.

Parameters:

items - to encode

Returns:

DER encoded items

readBuffer

public static byte[] readBuffer(ByteBuffer encoded)

Returns a byte array containing the bytes from Buffer.limit() to Buffer.position().

Parameters:

encoded - to read bytes from

Returns:

bytes