edu.vt.middleware.crypt.x509.types
Class AttributeTypeAndValue

java.lang.Object
  edu.vt.middleware.crypt.x509.types.AttributeTypeAndValue

public class AttributeTypeAndValue
extends Object

Representation of AttributeTypeAndValue type described in section 2 of RFC 2253. This type is used to represent the RelativeDistinguishedName types that comprise the RDN sequence describing an LDAPv3 distinguished name (DN).

Version:

$Revision: 587 $

Author:

Middleware Services

Field Summary

static char	ESCAPE_CHAR Escape character.
static Set<Character>	ESCAPE_CHARSET Set of characters in the value that MUST be escaped in the string representation.

Constructor Summary

AttributeTypeAndValue(AttributeType attributeType, String attributeValue)
Creates a new instance with the given well-known attribute type and value.

AttributeTypeAndValue(String typeOid, String attributeValue)
Creates a new instance with the given type OID and value.

Method Summary

boolean	equals(Object obj)
String	getType()
String	getValue()
int	hashCode()
String	toString() Follows the guidelines of RFC 2253 section 2.3 for producing the string representation of the AttributeTypeAndValue type.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, finalize, getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

ESCAPE_CHARSET

public static final Set<Character> ESCAPE_CHARSET

Set of characters in the value that MUST be escaped in the string representation.

ESCAPE_CHAR

public static final char ESCAPE_CHAR

Escape character.

See Also:

Constant Field Values

Constructor Detail

AttributeTypeAndValue

public AttributeTypeAndValue(String typeOid,
                             String attributeValue)

Creates a new instance with the given type OID and value.

Parameters:

typeOid - Attribute type OID.

attributeValue - Attribute value.

AttributeTypeAndValue

public AttributeTypeAndValue(AttributeType attributeType,
                             String attributeValue)

Creates a new instance with the given well-known attribute type and value.

Parameters:

attributeType - Attribute type.

attributeValue - Attribute value.

Method Detail

getType

public String getType()

Returns:

Attribute type OID.

getValue

public String getValue()

Returns:

Attribute value.

toString

public String toString()

Follows the guidelines of RFC 2253 section 2.3 for producing the string representation of the AttributeTypeAndValue type.

Overrides:

toString in class Object

Returns:

String representation of RDN.

equals

public boolean equals(Object obj)

Overrides:

equals in class Object

hashCode

public int hashCode()

Overrides:

hashCode in class Object