java.lang.Object
- org.bouncycastle.asn1.ASN1Object
- - org.bouncycastle.asn1.ASN1Primitive
  - - org.bouncycastle.asn1.DERGeneralString

All Implemented Interfaces:

ASN1Encodable, ASN1String, Encodable
```
public class DERGeneralString
extends ASN1Primitive
implements ASN1String
```
ASN.1 GENERAL-STRING data type.
This is an 8-bit encoded ISO 646 (ASCII) character set with optional escapes to other character sets.

Constructor Summary

Constructors
Constructor Description

DERGeneralString(java.lang.String string)
Construct a GeneralString from the passed in String.

Method Summary

All Methods Static Methods Instance Methods Concrete Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`static DERGeneralString`	`getInstance(java.lang.Object obj)`	Return a GeneralString from the given object.
`static DERGeneralString`	`getInstance(ASN1TaggedObject obj, boolean explicit)`	Return a GeneralString from a tagged object.
`byte[]`	`getOctets()`	Return a byte array representation of our contained String.
`java.lang.String`	`getString()`	Return a Java String representation of our contained String.
`int`	`hashCode()`
`java.lang.String`	`toString()`

Methods inherited from class org.bouncycastle.asn1.ASN1Primitive
encodeTo, encodeTo, equals, equals, equals, fromByteArray, toASN1Primitive

Methods inherited from class org.bouncycastle.asn1.ASN1Object
getEncoded, getEncoded, hasEncodedTagValue

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, finalize, getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

- Constructor Detail
  - DERGeneralString
```
public DERGeneralString(java.lang.String string)
```
    Construct a GeneralString from the passed in String.
    
    Parameters:
    
    string - the string to be contained in this object.
- Method Detail
  - getInstance
```
public static DERGeneralString getInstance(java.lang.Object obj)
```
    Return a GeneralString from the given object.
    
    Parameters:
    
    obj - the object we want converted.
    
    Returns:
    
    a DERBMPString instance, or null.
    
    Throws:
    
    java.lang.IllegalArgumentException - if the object cannot be converted.
  - getInstance
```
public static DERGeneralString getInstance(ASN1TaggedObject obj,
                                           boolean explicit)
```
    Return a GeneralString from a tagged object.
    
    Parameters:
    
    obj - the tagged object holding the object we want
    
    explicit - true if the object is meant to be explicitly tagged false otherwise.
    
    Returns:
    
    a DERGeneralString instance.
    
    Throws:
    
    java.lang.IllegalArgumentException - if the tagged object cannot be converted.
  - getString
```
public java.lang.String getString()
```
    Return a Java String representation of our contained String.
    
    Specified by:
    
    getString in interface ASN1String
    
    Returns:
    
    a Java String representing our contents.
  - toString
```
public java.lang.String toString()
```
    Overrides:
    
    toString in class java.lang.Object
  - getOctets
```
public byte[] getOctets()
```
    Return a byte array representation of our contained String.
    
    Returns:
    
    a byte array representing our contents.
  - hashCode
```
public int hashCode()
```
    Specified by:
    
    hashCode in class ASN1Primitive

Class DERGeneralString

Constructor Summary

Method Summary

Methods inherited from class org.bouncycastle.asn1.ASN1Primitive

Methods inherited from class org.bouncycastle.asn1.ASN1Object

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

Constructor Detail

DERGeneralString

Method Detail

getInstance

getInstance

getString

toString

getOctets

hashCode