Class BERVisibleString

java.lang.Object

netscape.ldap.ber.stream.BERElement

netscape.ldap.ber.stream.BERCharacterString

netscape.ldap.ber.stream.BERVisibleString

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable

public class BERVisibleString
extends BERCharacterString

This class is for the VisibleString object.

ENCODING RULE:
  Primitive Definite length.
  tag = 0x1A
  length = (short or long form)
  one or more contents octets

Version:

1.0 seeAlso X.209

See Also:

• Serialized Form

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class BERCharacterString

m_value

Modifier and Type	Field	Description
protected String	m_value	Internal variables

Fields inherited from class 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

Modifier and Type	Field	Description
static final int	ANY
static final int	APPLICATION
static final int	BITSTRING
static final int	BOOLEAN	Possible element types.
static final int	CHOICE
static final int	CONSTRUCTED
static final int	CONTEXT
static final int	ENUMERATED
static final int	EOC	Possible tags.
static final int	EXOP_REQ_OID
static final int	EXOP_REQ_VALUE
static final int	EXOP_RES_OID
static final int	EXOP_RES_VALUE
static final int	GENERALSTRING
static final int	GRAPHICSTRING
static final int	IA5STRING
static final int	INTEGER
static final int	MRA_DNATTRS
static final int	MRA_OID
static final int	MRA_TYPE
static final int	MRA_VALUE
static final int	NULL
static final int	NUMERICSTRING
static final int	OBJECTID
static final int	OCTETSTRING
static final int	PRIMITIVE
static final int	PRINTABLESTRING
static final int	PRIVATE
static final int	REAL
static final int	SASLCONTEXT
static final int	SEQUENCE
static final int	SET
static final int	SK_MATCHRULE
static final int	SK_REVERSE
static final int	SR_ATTRTYPE
static final int	TAG	Internal (non-transmitted) tags.
static final int	TELETEXSTRING
static final int	UNIVERSAL
static final int	UTCTIME
static final int	VIDEOTEXSTRING
static final int	VISIBLESTRING

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
BERVisibleString(byte[] buffer)	Constructs a visiblestring element from buffer.
BERVisibleString(InputStream stream, int[] bytes_read)	Constructs a visiblestring element with the input stream.
BERVisibleString(String string)	Constructs a visiblestring element.
BERVisibleString(BERTagDecoder decoder, InputStream stream, int[] bytes_read)	Constructs a visiblestring element with the input stream.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
int	getType()	Gets the element type.
String	toString()	Gets the string representation.

Methods inherited from class BERCharacterString

getValue, write

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
String	getValue()	Gets the element value.
void	write(OutputStream stream)	Writes BER to stream.

Methods inherited from class BERElement

byteToHexString, getElement, readLengthOctets, readTwosComplement, readUnsignedBinary, sendDefiniteLength

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
String	byteToHexString(byte value)	Converts byte to hex string.
static BERElement	getElement(BERTagDecoder decoder, InputStream stream, int[] bytes_read)	Gets a ber element from the input stream.
static int	readLengthOctets(InputStream stream, int[] bytes_read)	Reads and decodes a length byte and then that many octets from the input stream.
protected int	readTwosComplement(InputStream stream, int[] bytes_read, int length)	Reads the two's complement representation of an integer from an input stream.
protected int	readUnsignedBinary(InputStream stream, int[] bytes_read, int length)	Reads a number of bytes from an input stream and form an integer..
static void	sendDefiniteLength(OutputStream stream, int num_content_octets)	Writes length octets (definite length only) to stream.

Methods inherited from class Object

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

Constructor Details

BERVisibleString

public BERVisibleString(String string)

Constructs a visiblestring element.

Parameters:

string - string

BERVisibleString

public BERVisibleString(byte[] buffer)

Constructs a visiblestring element from buffer.

Parameters:

buffer - buffer

BERVisibleString

public BERVisibleString(BERTagDecoder decoder,
 InputStream stream,
 int[] bytes_read)
                 throws IOException

Constructs a visiblestring element with the input stream. (for constructed encoding)

Parameters:

stream - input stream

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

Throws:

IOException - failed to construct

BERVisibleString

public BERVisibleString(InputStream stream,
 int[] bytes_read)
                 throws IOException

Constructs a visiblestring element with the input stream. (for primitive encoding)

Parameters:

stream - input stream

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

Throws:

IOException - failed to construct

Method Details

getType

public int getType()

Gets the element type.

Specified by:

getType in class BERCharacterString

Returns:

element type.

toString

public String toString()

Gets the string representation. Note that currently prints out values in decimal form.

Specified by:

toString in class BERCharacterString

Returns:

string representation of tag.