com.unboundid.util
Interface ByteString

All Superinterfaces:

java.io.Serializable

All Known Implementing Classes:

ASN1OctetString

@NotExtensible
@ThreadSafety(level=INTERFACE_THREADSAFE)
public interface ByteString
extends java.io.Serializable

This interface defines a set of methods for treating a value as either a string or byte array.

Method Summary

void	appendValueTo(ByteStringBuffer buffer) Appends the value of this byte string to the provided buffer.
byte[]	getValue() Retrieves a byte array containing the binary value for this byte string.
java.lang.String	stringValue() Retrieves the value for this byte string as a String.
ASN1OctetString	toASN1OctetString() Converts this byte string to an ASN.1 octet string.

Method Detail

getValue

byte[] getValue()

Retrieves a byte array containing the binary value for this byte string.

Returns:

A byte array containing the binary value for this byte string.

stringValue

java.lang.String stringValue()

Retrieves the value for this byte string as a String.

Returns:

The value for this byte string as a String.

appendValueTo

void appendValueTo(ByteStringBuffer buffer)

Appends the value of this byte string to the provided buffer. It must not use the ByteStringBuffer.append(ByteString) method, since that method relies on this method.

Parameters:

buffer - The buffer to which the value should be appended.

toASN1OctetString

ASN1OctetString toASN1OctetString()

Converts this byte string to an ASN.1 octet string.

Returns:

An ASN.1 octet string with the value of this byte string.