org.ldaptive.asn1

Class DN

java.lang.Object

org.ldaptive.asn1.DN

All Implemented Interfaces:

DEREncoder

public class DN
extends Object
implements DEREncoder

A sequence of RDN values.

Author:

Middleware Services

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
DN(Collection<RDN> names) Creates a new DN.
DN(RDN... names) Creates a new DN.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static DN	decode(ByteBuffer encoded) Converts bytes in the buffer to a DN by reading from the current position to the limit.
byte[]	encode() Encode this object into it's DER type.
boolean	equals(Object o)
RDN[]	getRDNs() Returns the RDNs in this DN.
int	hashCode()
String	toString()

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

DN

public DN(Collection<RDN> names)

Creates a new DN.

Parameters:

names - RDNs in this sequence

DN

public DN(RDN... names)

Creates a new DN.

Parameters:

names - RDNs in this sequence

Method Detail

getRDNs

public RDN[] getRDNs()

Returns the RDNs in this DN.

Returns:

RDNs

encode

public byte[] encode()

Description copied from interface: DEREncoder

Encode this object into it's DER type.

Specified by:

encode in interface DEREncoder

Returns:

DER encoded object

decode

public static DN decode(ByteBuffer encoded)

Converts bytes in the buffer to a DN by reading from the current position to the limit.

Parameters:

encoded - buffer containing DER-encoded data where the buffer is positioned at the tag of the DN and the limit is set beyond the last byte of DN data.

Returns:

decoded bytes as a DN

equals

public boolean equals(Object o)

Overrides:

equals in class Object

hashCode

public int hashCode()

Overrides:

hashCode in class Object

toString

public String toString()

Overrides:

toString in class Object