iaik.apps.util.passphrase

Class Util

java.lang.Object

iaik.apps.util.passphrase.Util

public class Util
extends java.lang.Object

This class provides static helper method for this package.

Author:

Karl Scheibelhofer

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
Util()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static java.lang.String	fixString(java.lang.String str) Takes the given string and tries to fix any errors like null characters.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

Util

public Util()

Method Detail

fixString

public static java.lang.String fixString(java.lang.String str)

Takes the given string and tries to fix any errors like null characters. If it encounters a null character, it truncates the string at this position. Other non-printable characters are changed to single whitespaces. This method is used to correct strings from PKCS#11 modules which are often non-compliant to the PKCS#11 specification.

Parameters:

str - The string to fix.

Returns:

The corrected string.