iaik.asn1.structures

Class UnknownAttributeValue

java.lang.Object

iaik.asn1.structures.AttributeValue

iaik.asn1.structures.UnknownAttributeValue

All Implemented Interfaces:

ASN1Type

public class UnknownAttributeValue
extends AttributeValue

This class implements any unknown AttributeValue. It tries to show as much information as possible about the attribute value.

An Unknown AttributeValue is an attribute value for which there exists no registered implementation.

When calling method getAttributeValue to get the value of some particular Attribute, a descendant of AttributeValue is created if there exists an implementation of the attribute value identified by the attribute's type OID. If no implementation exists, an UnknownAttributeValue is returned allowing to get and parse the ASN.1 representation of the attribute value.

Version:

File Revision 7

See Also:

Attribute, AttributeValue

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
UnknownAttributeValue(ObjectID attributeType) Creates a new unknown attribute value from the given object identifier.

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
void	decode(ASN1Object obj) Reads the ASN.1 representation of the unknown attribute value.
ObjectID	getAttributeType() Returns the attribute type the unknown attribute value belongs to.
java.lang.String	getName() Returns the attribute type of the unknown attribute value as String representation.
ASN1Object	toASN1Object() Returns an ASN1Object representing this unknown attribute value.
java.lang.String	toString() Returns a string that represents the contents of this unknown attribute value.

Methods inherited from class iaik.asn1.structures.AttributeValue

multipleAllowed

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

UnknownAttributeValue

public UnknownAttributeValue(ObjectID attributeType)

Creates a new unknown attribute value from the given object identifier.

Parameters:

attributeType - the OID identifying the type the unknown attribute value belongs to

Method Detail

getAttributeType

public ObjectID getAttributeType()

Returns the attribute type the unknown attribute value belongs to.

Specified by:

getAttributeType in class AttributeValue

Returns:

the attribute type the unknown attribute value belongs to

getName

public java.lang.String getName()

Returns the attribute type of the unknown attribute value as String representation.

Overrides:

getName in class AttributeValue

Returns:

a String representation of the unknown attribute type OID

decode

public void decode(ASN1Object obj)

Reads the ASN.1 representation of the unknown attribute value.

Parameters:

obj - the ASN1Object representing the unknown attribute value

toASN1Object

public ASN1Object toASN1Object()

Returns an ASN1Object representing this unknown attribute value.

Returns:

the unknown attribute value as ASN1Object

toString

public java.lang.String toString()

Returns a string that represents the contents of this unknown attribute value.

Specified by:

toString in class AttributeValue

Returns:

the string representation