netscape.ldap.ber.stream
Class BERCharacterString

java.lang.Object
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  +--netscape.ldap.ber.stream.BERElement
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        +--netscape.ldap.ber.stream.BERCharacterString

Direct Known Subclasses:

BERNumericString, BERPrintableString, BERVisibleString

public abstract class BERCharacterString

extends BERElement

This is an abstract base class for character string types.

See Also:

Serialized Form

Field Summary

protected java.lang.String

m_value Internal variables

Fields inherited from class netscape.ldap.ber.stream.BERElement

ANY, APPLICATION, BITSTRING, BOOLEAN, CHOICE, CONSTRUCTED, CONTEXT, ENUMERATED, EOC, EXOP_REQ_OID, EXOP_REQ_VALUE, EXOP_RES_OID, EXOP_RES_VALUE, GENERALSTRING, GRAPHICSTRING, IA5STRING, INTEGER, MRA_DNATTRS, MRA_OID, MRA_TYPE, MRA_VALUE, NULL, NUMERICSTRING, OBJECTID, OCTETSTRING, PRIMITIVE, PRINTABLESTRING, PRIVATE, REAL, SASLCONTEXT, SEQUENCE, SET, SK_MATCHRULE, SK_REVERSE, SR_ATTRTYPE, TAG, TELETEXSTRING, UNIVERSAL, UTCTIME, VIDEOTEXSTRING, VISIBLESTRING

Constructor Summary

BERCharacterString()
Constructs a character string element containing a buffer.

BERCharacterString(BERTagDecoder decoder, java.io.InputStream stream, int[] bytes_read)
Constructs a character string element from an input stream (for constructed encoding)

BERCharacterString(byte[] buffer)
Constructs a character string element from a byte array.

BERCharacterString(java.io.InputStream stream, int[] bytes_read)
Constructs a character string element from an input stream (for primitive encoding)

BERCharacterString(java.lang.String string)
Constructs a character string element containing buffer.

Method Summary

abstract int	getType() Gets the element type.
java.lang.String	getValue() Gets the element value.
abstract java.lang.String	toString() Gets the string representation.
void	write(java.io.OutputStream stream) Writes BER to stream.

Methods inherited from class netscape.ldap.ber.stream.BERElement

byteToHexString, getElement, readLengthOctets, readTwosComplement, readUnsignedBinary, sendDefiniteLength

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

m_value

protected java.lang.String m_value

Internal variables

Constructor Detail

BERCharacterString

public BERCharacterString()

Constructs a character string element containing a buffer.

BERCharacterString

public BERCharacterString(java.lang.String string)

Constructs a character string element containing buffer.

Parameters:

buffer - a string value

BERCharacterString

public BERCharacterString(byte[] buffer)

Constructs a character string element from a byte array.

Parameters:

buffer - buffer containing UTF8 data

BERCharacterString

public BERCharacterString(BERTagDecoder decoder,
                          java.io.InputStream stream,
                          int[] bytes_read)
                   throws java.io.IOException

Constructs a character string element from an input stream (for constructed encoding)

Parameters:

stream - input stream

bytes_read - array of 1 int, incremented by number of bytes read

Throws:

java.io.IOException - failed to construct

BERCharacterString

public BERCharacterString(java.io.InputStream stream,
                          int[] bytes_read)
                   throws java.io.IOException

Constructs a character string element from an input stream (for primitive encoding)

Parameters:

stream - source

bytes_read - array of 1 int, incremented by number of bytes read

Throws:

java.io.IOException - failed to construct

Method Detail

write

public void write(java.io.OutputStream stream)
           throws java.io.IOException

Writes BER to stream.

Overrides:

write in class BERElement

Parameters:

stream - output stream

getValue

public java.lang.String getValue()

Gets the element value.

Parameters:

element - value

getType

public abstract int getType()

Gets the element type.

Overrides:

getType in class BERElement

Parameters:

element - type

toString

public abstract java.lang.String toString()

Gets the string representation.

Overrides:

toString in class BERElement

Returns:

string representation.