iaik.smime.ess

Class ESSAttributeValue

java.lang.Object

iaik.asn1.structures.AttributeValue

iaik.smime.ess.ESSAttributeValue

All Implemented Interfaces:

iaik.asn1.ASN1Type

Direct Known Subclasses:

ContentHints, ContentIdentifier, ContentReference, EquivalentLabels, ESSSecurityLabel, MLExpansionHistory, MsgSigDigest, ReceiptRequest, SigningCertificate

public abstract class ESSAttributeValue
extends iaik.asn1.structures.AttributeValue

Groups all ESS Attribute implementations.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
ESSAttributeValue()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
abstract boolean	equals(java.lang.Object obj) Compares this ESSAttributeValue to the specified object.
int	hashCode() Returns a hashcode for this ESSAttributeValue.
boolean	multipleAllowed() Returns false since multiple AttributeValues are NOT allowed in the SET OF AttributeValue for all attribute values specified by ESS (RFC 2634).

Methods inherited from class iaik.asn1.structures.AttributeValue

getAttributeType, getName, toString

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, finalize, getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Methods inherited from interface iaik.asn1.ASN1Type

decode, toASN1Object

Constructor Detail

ESSAttributeValue

public ESSAttributeValue()

Method Detail

equals

public abstract boolean equals(java.lang.Object obj)

Compares this ESSAttributeValue to the specified object.

Overrides:

equals in class java.lang.Object

Parameters:

obj - the object to compare this ESSAttributeValue against.

Returns:

true, if the given object is equal to this ESSAttributeValue, false otherwise

hashCode

public int hashCode()

Returns a hashcode for this ESSAttributeValue.

Overrides:

hashCode in class java.lang.Object

Returns:

a hashcode calculated for this ESSAttributeValue

multipleAllowed

public boolean multipleAllowed()

Returns false since multiple AttributeValues are NOT allowed in the SET OF AttributeValue for all attribute values specified by ESS (RFC 2634).

Overrides:

multipleAllowed in class iaik.asn1.structures.AttributeValue

Returns:

false since only one attribute value is allowed