AbstractDERType (LDAPTIVE PARENT 2.1.1 API)

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

Direct Known Subclasses:

AttributeValueAssertion, BooleanType, ConstructedDEREncoder, ContextType, IntegerType, NullType, OctetStringType, OidType, UuidType
```
public abstract class AbstractDERType
extends java.lang.Object
```
Provides functionality common to DER types implementations.

Author:

Middleware Services

Constructor Summary

Constructors
Constructor Description

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

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Concrete Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`protected byte[]`	`encode(byte[]... items)`	DER encode the supplied items with the tag associated with this type.

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