gnu.java.security.der

Class DERReader

Implemented Interfaces:
DER
Known Direct Subclasses:
BERReader

public class DERReader
extends Object
implements DER

This class decodes DER sequences into Java objects. The methods of this class do not have knowledge of higher-levels of structure in the DER stream -- such as ASN.1 constructions -- and it is therefore up to the calling application to determine if the data are structured properly by inspecting the DERValue that is returned.

Field Summary

protected ByteArrayOutputStream
encBuf
protected InputStream
in

Fields inherited from interface gnu.java.security.der.DER

ANY, APPLICATION, BIT_STRING, BMP_STRING, BOOLEAN, CONSTRUCTED, CONSTRUCTED_VALUE, CONTEXT, ENUMERATED, GENERALIZED_TIME, GENERAL_STRING, GRAPHIC_STRING, IA5_STRING, INTEGER, ISO646_STRING, NULL, NUMERIC_STRING, OBJECT_IDENTIFIER, OCTET_STRING, PRINTABLE_STRING, PRIVATE, REAL, RELATIVE_OID, SEQUENCE, SET, T61_STRING, UNIVERSAL, UNIVERSAL_STRING, UTC_TIME, UTF8_STRING, VIDEOTEX_STRING

Constructor Summary

DERReader(byte[] in)
Create a new DER reader from a byte array.
DERReader(byte[] in, int off, int len)
DERReader(InputStream in)
Create a new DER readed from an input stream.

Method Summary

DERValue
read()
Decode a single value from the input stream, returning it in a new DERValue.
static DERValue
read(byte[] encoded)
Convenience method for reading a single primitive value from the given byte array.
protected int
readLength()
void
skip(int bytes)

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, extends Object> getClass, finalize, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Field Details

encBuf

protected final ByteArrayOutputStream encBuf

in

protected InputStream in

Constructor Details

DERReader

public DERReader(byte[] in)
Create a new DER reader from a byte array.
Parameters:
in - The encoded bytes.

DERReader

public DERReader(byte[] in,
                 int off,
                 int len)

DERReader

public DERReader(InputStream in)
Create a new DER readed from an input stream.
Parameters:
in - The encoded bytes.

Method Details

read

public DERValue read()
            throws IOException
Decode a single value from the input stream, returning it in a new DERValue. By "single value" we mean any single type in its entirety -- including constructed types such as SEQUENCE and all the values they contain. Usually it is sufficient to call this method once to parse and return the top-level structure, then to inspect the returned value for the proper contents.
Returns:
The parsed DER structure.
Throws:
IOException - If an error occurs reading from the input stream.

read

public static DERValue read(byte[] encoded)
            throws IOException
Convenience method for reading a single primitive value from the given byte array.
Parameters:
encoded - The encoded bytes.
Throws:
IOException - If the bytes do not represent an encoded object.

readLength

protected int readLength()
            throws IOException

skip

public void skip(int bytes)
            throws IOException

DERReader.java -- parses ASN.1 DER sequences Copyright (C) 2003 Free Software Foundation, Inc. This file is part of GNU Classpath. GNU Classpath is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option) any later version. GNU Classpath is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details. You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with GNU Classpath; see the file COPYING. If not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA. Linking this library statically or dynamically with other modules is making a combined work based on this library. Thus, the terms and conditions of the GNU General Public License cover the whole combination. As a special exception, the copyright holders of this library give you permission to link this library with independent modules to produce an executable, regardless of the license terms of these independent modules, and to copy and distribute the resulting executable under terms of your choice, provided that you also meet, for each linked independent module, the terms and conditions of the license of that module. An independent module is a module which is not derived from or based on this library. If you modify this library, you may extend this exception to your version of the library, but you are not obligated to do so. If you do not wish to do so, delete this exception statement from your version.