com.lowagie.bc.asn1

Class ASN1Encodable

java.lang.Object

com.lowagie.bc.asn1.ASN1Encodable

All Implemented Interfaces:

DEREncodable

public abstract class ASN1Encodable
extends java.lang.Object
implements DEREncodable

Abstract Syntax Notation One (ASN.1) is a formal language for abstractly describing messages to be exchanged between distributed computer systems.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
ASN1Encodable()

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
boolean	equals(java.lang.Object o)
DERObject	getDERObject()
byte[]	getEncoded() Encodes the ASN1Encodable object.
int	hashCode()
abstract DERObject	toASN1Object() Abstract method that returns the object as an ASN1 object.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

ASN1Encodable

public ASN1Encodable()

Method Detail

getEncoded

public byte[] getEncoded()
                  throws java.io.IOException

Encodes the ASN1Encodable object.

Returns:

an encoded bytearray

Throws:

java.io.IOException

hashCode

public int hashCode()

Overrides:

hashCode in class java.lang.Object

See Also:

Object.hashCode()

equals

public boolean equals(java.lang.Object o)

Overrides:

equals in class java.lang.Object

See Also:

Object.equals(java.lang.Object)

getDERObject

public DERObject getDERObject()

Specified by:

getDERObject in interface DEREncodable

See Also:

DEREncodable.getDERObject()

toASN1Object

public abstract DERObject toASN1Object()

Abstract method that returns the object as an ASN1 object.

Returns:

an encodable object