sun.security.x509

Class GeneralName

java.lang.Object

sun.security.x509.GeneralName

public class GeneralName
extends java.lang.Object

This class implements the ASN.1 GeneralName object class.

The ASN.1 syntax for this is:

 GeneralName ::= CHOICE {
    otherName                       [0]     OtherName,
    rfc822Name                      [1]     IA5String,
    dNSName                         [2]     IA5String,
    x400Address                     [3]     ORAddress,
    directoryName                   [4]     Name,
    ediPartyName                    [5]     EDIPartyName,
    uniformResourceIdentifier       [6]     IA5String,
    iPAddress                       [7]     OCTET STRING,
    registeredID                    [8]     OBJECT IDENTIFIER
 }
 

Author:

Amit Kapoor, Hemma Prafullchandra

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
GeneralName(DerValue encName) Create the object from its DER encoded value.
GeneralName(DerValue encName, boolean nameConstraint) Create the object from its DER encoded value.
GeneralName(GeneralNameInterface name) Default constructor for the class.

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
void	encode(DerOutputStream out) Encode the name to the specified DerOutputStream.
boolean	equals(java.lang.Object other) Compare this GeneralName with another
GeneralNameInterface	getName() Return the GeneralNameInterface name.
int	getType() Return the type of the general name.
int	hashCode() Returns the hash code for this GeneralName.
java.lang.String	toString() Return the name as user readable string

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, finalize, getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

GeneralName

public GeneralName(GeneralNameInterface name)

Default constructor for the class.

Parameters:

name - the selected CHOICE from the list.

Throws:

java.lang.NullPointerException - if name is null

GeneralName

public GeneralName(DerValue encName)
            throws java.io.IOException

Create the object from its DER encoded value.

Parameters:

encName - the DER encoded GeneralName.

Throws:

java.io.IOException

GeneralName

public GeneralName(DerValue encName,
           boolean nameConstraint)
            throws java.io.IOException

Create the object from its DER encoded value.

Parameters:

encName - the DER encoded GeneralName.

nameConstraint - true if general name is a name constraint

Throws:

java.io.IOException

Method Detail

getType

public int getType()

Return the type of the general name.

getName

public GeneralNameInterface getName()

Return the GeneralNameInterface name.

toString

public java.lang.String toString()

Return the name as user readable string

Overrides:

toString in class java.lang.Object

equals

public boolean equals(java.lang.Object other)

Compare this GeneralName with another

Overrides:

equals in class java.lang.Object

Parameters:

other - GeneralName to compare to this

hashCode

public int hashCode()

Returns the hash code for this GeneralName.

Overrides:

hashCode in class java.lang.Object

Returns:

a hash code value.

encode

public void encode(DerOutputStream out)
            throws java.io.IOException

Encode the name to the specified DerOutputStream.

Parameters:

out - the DerOutputStream to encode the the GeneralName to.

Throws:

java.io.IOException - on encoding errors.