Package org.apache.harmony.security.x501

Class Name

java.lang.Object

org.apache.harmony.security.x501.Name

public final class Name
extends Object

X.501 Name

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field	Description
static ASN1SequenceOf	ASN1
static ASN1SetOf	ASN1_RDN	According to RFC 3280 (http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc3280.txt) X.501 Name structure is defined as follows: Name ::= CHOICE { RDNSequence } RDNSequence ::= SEQUENCE OF RelativeDistinguishedName RelativeDistinguishedName ::= SET OF AttributeTypeAndValue

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
Name(byte[] encoding)	Creates new Name instance from its DER encoding
Name(String name)	Creates new Name instance

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
byte[]	getEncoded()	Gets encoded form of DN
String	getName(String format)	Returns Relative Distinguished Name as String according the format requested
X500Principal	getX500Principal()	Returns X500Principal instance corresponding to this Name instance

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

ASN1_RDN

public static final ASN1SetOf ASN1_RDN

According to RFC 3280 (http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc3280.txt) X.501 Name structure is defined as follows: Name ::= CHOICE { RDNSequence } RDNSequence ::= SEQUENCE OF RelativeDistinguishedName RelativeDistinguishedName ::= SET OF AttributeTypeAndValue

ASN1

public static final ASN1SequenceOf ASN1

Constructor Detail

Name

public Name(byte[] encoding)
     throws IOException

Creates new Name instance from its DER encoding

Parameters:

encoding - - ASN.1 DER encoding

Throws:

IOException - - if encoding is wrong

Name

public Name(String name)
     throws IOException

Creates new Name instance

Parameters:

name - - Name as String

Throws:

IOException - - if string is wrong

Method Detail

getX500Principal

public X500Principal getX500Principal()

Returns X500Principal instance corresponding to this Name instance

Returns:

equivalent X500Principal object

getName

public String getName(String format)

Returns Relative Distinguished Name as String according the format requested

Parameters:

format - one of X500Principal.CANONICAL, X500Principal.RFC1779, or X500Principal.RFC2253, case insensitive

getEncoded

public byte[] getEncoded()

Gets encoded form of DN

Returns:

return encoding, no copying is performed