DNComparator (canl 2.8.3 API)

java.lang.Object

eu.emi.security.authn.x509.helpers.DNComparator

public class DNComparator extends Object

Helpers for checking text representations of DNs for equality.

Author:: K. Benedyczak

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor

Description

DNComparator()
Method Summary

Modifier and Type

Method

Description

static int

getHashCode(String dn)

static String

preNormalize(String dn)

Returns a form of the original DN which will be properly parsed by JDK X500Principal class by replacing attribute names unknown by the X500Principal with OIDs.

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

Constructor Details
- DNComparator
  
  public DNComparator()
Method Details
- preNormalize
  
  public static String preNormalize(String dn)
  
  Returns a form of the original DN which will be properly parsed by JDK X500Principal class by replacing attribute names unknown by the X500Principal with OIDs. What is more all DC and EMAIL values are converted to lower case.
  
  Parameters:
  
  dn - in RFC 2253 form.
  
  Returns:
  
  dn in RFC 2253 form, reformatted.
- getHashCode
  
  public static int getHashCode(String dn)
  
  Parameters:
  
  dn - source dn
  
  Returns:
  
  hashcode useful as a return value of the hshCode() method, when equals is overriden to use X500NameUtils equals method.