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

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

Direct Known Subclasses:

KeyUsage, ReasonFlags

public class BitString
extends Object

Represents a string of bits encoded into octets in network byte order.

Version:

$Revision: 2745 $

Author:

Middleware Services

Field Summary

protected static int	BITS_IN_BYTE Number of bits in a byte.
protected static int	INT_BYTE_SIZE Number of bytes in a Java int.
protected byte[]	octets Octets used to encode bit string.
protected static int	UNSIGNED_BYTE_MASK Unsigned byte bitmask.

Constructor Summary

BitString()

Method Summary

boolean	equals(Object obj)
static byte[]	getBytes(int bitString) Gets a byte representation of a bit string encoded as a Java integer.
byte[]	getOctets()
int	hashCode()
int	intValue()

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

INT_BYTE_SIZE

protected static final int INT_BYTE_SIZE

Number of bytes in a Java int.

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Constant Field Values

BITS_IN_BYTE

protected static final int BITS_IN_BYTE

Number of bits in a byte.

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Constant Field Values

UNSIGNED_BYTE_MASK

protected static final int UNSIGNED_BYTE_MASK

Unsigned byte bitmask.

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Constant Field Values

octets

protected byte[] octets

Octets used to encode bit string.

Constructor Detail

BitString

public BitString()

Method Detail

getBytes

public static byte[] getBytes(int bitString)

Gets a byte representation of a bit string encoded as a Java integer.

Parameters:

bitString - Bit string stored in Java int.

Returns:

Bit string encoded as octets.

getOctets

public byte[] getOctets()

Returns:

Bit string encoded as octet bytes.

intValue

public int intValue()

Returns:

The value of the bit string as a Java int.

equals

public boolean equals(Object obj)

Overrides:

equals in class Object

hashCode

public int hashCode()

Overrides:

hashCode in class Object