iaik.cms
Class EncodedAttributeValue

java.lang.Object
  iaik.asn1.structures.AttributeValue
      iaik.cms.EncodedAttributeValue

All Implemented Interfaces:

ASN1Type

public class EncodedAttributeValue
extends AttributeValue

CMS AttributeValue together with its BER encoded representation.

Method Summary

void	decode(ASN1Object obj) Decodes the given ASN.1 AttributeValue.
ObjectID	getAttributeType() Returns the attribute type OID identifying the type to which this Attribute Value belongs.
byte[]	getEncoded() Gets the encoded AttributeValue.
AttributeValue	getValue() Gets the AttributeValue.
ASN1Object	toASN1Object() Returns this AttributeValue as ASN1Object.
java.lang.String	toString() Returns a String representation of the AttributeValue.

Methods inherited from class iaik.asn1.structures.AttributeValue

getName, multipleAllowed

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Method Detail

getAttributeType

public ObjectID getAttributeType()

Returns the attribute type OID identifying the type to which this Attribute Value belongs.

Specified by:

getAttributeType in class AttributeValue

Returns:

the attribute type OID identifying the type of Attribute value this class implements

decode

public void decode(ASN1Object obj)
            throws CodingException

Decodes the given ASN.1 AttributeValue.

Parameters:

obj - the AttributeValue as ASN1Object

Throws:

CodingException - if the ASN1Object could not be parsed

toASN1Object

public ASN1Object toASN1Object()
                        throws CodingException

Returns this AttributeValue as ASN1Object.

Returns:

this AttributeValue as ASN1Object

Throws:

CodingException - if the ASN1Object cannot be built

getValue

public AttributeValue getValue()
                        throws CodingException

Gets the AttributeValue.

Returns:

the AttributeValue

Throws:

CodingException - if an error occurs when parsing the (yet not parsed) attribute value

getEncoded

public byte[] getEncoded()
                  throws CodingException

Gets the encoded AttributeValue.

Returns:

the encoded AttributeValue (not cloned!)

Throws:

CodingException - if an error occurs when encoding the attribute value

toString

public java.lang.String toString()

Returns a String representation of the AttributeValue.

Specified by:

toString in class AttributeValue

Returns:

a String representation of the AttributeValue.