org.ietf.jgss
Class Oid

java.lang.Object
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public class Oid

extends Object

This class represents Universal Object Identifiers (Oids) and their associated operations.

Oids are hierarchically globally-interpretable identifiers used within the GSS-API framework to identify mechanisms and name formats. The structure and encoding of Oids is defined in ISOIEC-8824 and ISOIEC-8825. For example the Oid representation of Kerberos V5 mechanism is "1.2.840.113554.1.2.2"

The GSSName name class contains public static Oid objects representing the standard name types defined in GSS-API.

Normative reference:
rfc2853.txt (June 2000)

Constructor Summary

Oid(byte[] derOid)
Creates an Oid object from its DER encoding.

Oid(InputStream derOid)
Creates an Oid object from its DER encoding.

Oid(String strOid)
Creates an Oid object from a string representation of its integer components.

Method Summary

boolean	containedIn(Oid[] oids) A utility method to test if this Oid value is contained within the supplied Oid array.
boolean	equals(Object obj) Tests if two Oid objects represent the same object identifier value.
byte[]	getDER() Returns the full ASN.1 DER encoding for this oid object, which includes the tag and length.
int	hashCode() Returns a hashcode for this OID.
String	toString() Returns a string representation of the oid's integer components in dot separated notation.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

Oid

public Oid(String strOid)
    throws GSSException

Creates an Oid object from a string representation of its integer components.

Parameters:

strOid - the dot separated string representation of the oid. For instance, "1.2.840.113554.1.2.2".

Throws:

GSSException - may be thrown when the string is incorrectly formatted

Oid

public Oid(InputStream derOid)
    throws GSSException

Creates an Oid object from its DER encoding. This refers to the full encoding including tag and length. The structure and encoding of Oids is defined in ISOIEC-8824 and ISOIEC-8825. This method is identical in functionality to its byte array counterpart.

Parameters:

derOid - stream containing the DER encoded oid.

Throws:

GSSException - may be thrown when the DER encoding does not follow the prescribed format.

Oid

public Oid(byte[] derOid)
    throws GSSException

Creates an Oid object from its DER encoding. This refers to the full encoding including tag and length. The structure and encoding of Oids is defined in ISOIEC-8824 and ISOIEC-8825. This method is identical in functionality to its InputStream counterpart.

Parameters:

derOid - byte array storing a DER encoded oid.

Throws:

GSSException - may be thrown when the DER encoding does not follow the prescribed format.

Method Detail

toString

public String toString()

Returns a string representation of the oid's integer components in dot separated notation.

Overrides:

toString in class Object

Returns:

string representation in the following format: "1.2.3.4.5"

equals

public boolean equals(Object obj)

Tests if two Oid objects represent the same object identifier value.

Overrides:

equals in class Object

Parameters:

obj - the Oid object that has to be compared to this one.

Returns:

true if the two Oid objects represent the same value, false otherwise.

hashCode

public int hashCode()

Returns a hashcode for this OID.

Overrides:

hashCode in class Object

Returns:

a hashCode value.

getDER

public byte[] getDER()
              throws GSSException

Returns the full ASN.1 DER encoding for this oid object, which includes the tag and length.

Returns:

byte array containing the DER encoding of this oid object.

Throws:

may - be thrown when the oid can't be encoded

containedIn

public boolean containedIn(Oid[] oids)

A utility method to test if this Oid value is contained within the supplied Oid array.

Parameters:

oids - the array of oids to search.