netscape.ldap.ber.stream
Class BERVisibleString

java.lang.Object
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  +--netscape.ldap.ber.stream.BERElement
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        +--netscape.ldap.ber.stream.BERCharacterString
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              +--netscape.ldap.ber.stream.BERVisibleString

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.io.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
 

See Also:

Serialized Form

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class netscape.ldap.ber.stream.BERCharacterString

m_value

Fields inherited from class netscape.ldap.ber.stream.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

Constructor Summary

BERVisibleString(BERTagDecoder decoder, java.io.InputStream stream, int[] bytes_read)
Constructs a visiblestring element with the input stream.

BERVisibleString(byte[] buffer)
Constructs a visiblestring element from buffer.

BERVisibleString(java.io.InputStream stream, int[] bytes_read)
Constructs a visiblestring element with the input stream.

BERVisibleString(java.lang.String string)
Constructs a visiblestring element.

Method Summary

int	getType() Gets the element type.
java.lang.String	toString() Gets the string representation.

Methods inherited from class netscape.ldap.ber.stream.BERCharacterString

getValue, write

Methods inherited from class netscape.ldap.ber.stream.BERElement

byteToHexString, getElement, readLengthOctets, readTwosComplement, readUnsignedBinary, sendDefiniteLength

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

BERVisibleString

public BERVisibleString(java.lang.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,
                        java.io.InputStream stream,
                        int[] bytes_read)
                 throws java.io.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:

java.io.IOException - failed to construct

BERVisibleString

public BERVisibleString(java.io.InputStream stream,
                        int[] bytes_read)
                 throws java.io.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:

java.io.IOException - failed to construct

Method Detail

getType

public int getType()

Gets the element type.

Specified by:

getType in class BERCharacterString

toString

public java.lang.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.