java.security.cert
Class PolicyQualifierInfo

java.lang.Object
  java.security.cert.PolicyQualifierInfo

public final class PolicyQualifierInfo
extends Object

The PolicyQualifierInfo X.509 certificate extension. PolicyQualifierInfo objects are represented by the ASN.1 structure:

 PolicyQualifierInfo ::= SEQUENCE {
    policyQualifierId   PolicyQualifierId,
    qualifier           ANY DEFINED BY policyQualifierId
 }

 PolicyQualifierId ::= OBJECT IDENTIFIER
 

Since:

JDK 1.4

Constructor Summary

PolicyQualifierInfo(byte[] encoded)
Create a new PolicyQualifierInfo object from the DER encoded form passed in the byte array.

Method Summary

byte[]	getEncoded() Returns the DER encoded form of this object; the contents of the returned byte array are equivalent to those that were passed to the constructor.
byte[]	getPolicyQualifier() Get the qualifier field of this object, as a DER encoded byte array.
String	getPolicyQualifierId() Returns the policyQualifierId field of this structure, as a dotted-decimal representation of the object identifier.
String	toString() Returns a printable string representation of this object.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

PolicyQualifierInfo

public PolicyQualifierInfo(byte[] encoded)
                    throws IOException

Create a new PolicyQualifierInfo object from the DER encoded form passed in the byte array. The argument is copied.

The ASN.1 form of PolicyQualifierInfo is:

PolicyQualifierInfo ::= SEQUENCE {
   policyQualifierId     PolicyQualifierId,
   qualifier             ANY DEFINED BY policyQualifierId
}

PolicyQualifierId ::= OBJECT IDENTIFIER

Parameters:

encoded - The DER encoded form.

Throws:

IOException - If the structure cannot be parsed from the encoded bytes.

Method Detail

getPolicyQualifierId

public String getPolicyQualifierId()

Returns the policyQualifierId field of this structure, as a dotted-decimal representation of the object identifier.

Returns:

This structure's OID field.

getEncoded

public byte[] getEncoded()

Returns the DER encoded form of this object; the contents of the returned byte array are equivalent to those that were passed to the constructor. The byte array is cloned every time this method is called.

Returns:

The encoded form.

getPolicyQualifier

public byte[] getPolicyQualifier()

Get the qualifier field of this object, as a DER encoded byte array. The byte array returned is cloned every time this method is called.

Returns:

The encoded qualifier.

toString

public String toString()

Returns a printable string representation of this object.

Overrides:

toString in class Object

Returns:

The string representation.