Package netscape.ldap.ber.stream

Class BERConstruct

java.lang.Object

netscape.ldap.ber.stream.BERElement

netscape.ldap.ber.stream.BERConstruct

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.io.Serializable

Direct Known Subclasses:

BERSequence, BERSet

public abstract class BERConstruct
extends BERElement

This abstract class serves as a based class for constructed types such as sequence or set.

Version:

1.0 seeAlso CCITT X.209

See Also:

Serialized Form

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class netscape.ldap.ber.stream.BERElement

ANY, APPLICATION, BITSTRING, BOOLEAN, CHOICE, CONSTRUCTED, CONTEXT, ENUMERATED, EOC, EXOP_REQ_OID, EXOP_REQ_VALUE, EXOP_RES_OID, EXOP_RES_VALUE, GENERALSTRING, GRAPHICSTRING, IA5STRING, INTEGER, MRA_DNATTRS, MRA_OID, MRA_TYPE, MRA_VALUE, NULL, NUMERICSTRING, OBJECTID, OCTETSTRING, PRIMITIVE, PRINTABLESTRING, PRIVATE, REAL, SASLCONTEXT, SEQUENCE, SET, SK_MATCHRULE, SK_REVERSE, SR_ATTRTYPE, TAG, TELETEXSTRING, UNIVERSAL, UTCTIME, VIDEOTEXSTRING, VISIBLESTRING

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
BERConstruct()	Constructs a construct element.
BERConstruct(BERTagDecoder decoder, java.io.InputStream stream, int[] bytes_read)	Constructs a construct element from an input stream.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
void	addElement(BERElement element)	Adds an element to the list.
BERElement	elementAt(int index)	Gets ber element at specific position.
abstract int	getType()	Gets the element type.
int	size()	Retrieves number of elements.
abstract java.lang.String	toString()	Gets the string representation.
void	write(java.io.OutputStream stream)	Sends the BER encoding directly to a stream.

Methods inherited from class netscape.ldap.ber.stream.BERElement

byteToHexString, getElement, readLengthOctets, readTwosComplement, readUnsignedBinary, sendDefiniteLength

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

BERConstruct

public BERConstruct()

Constructs a construct element.

BERConstruct

public BERConstruct(BERTagDecoder decoder,
                    java.io.InputStream stream,
                    int[] bytes_read)
             throws java.io.IOException

Constructs a construct element from an input stream.

Parameters:

decoder - decoder for application specific BER

stream - input stream from socket

bytes_read - array of 1 int; value incremented by number of bytes read from stream

Throws:

java.io.IOException - failed to construct

Method Detail

addElement

public void addElement(BERElement element)

Adds an element to the list.

size

public int size()

Retrieves number of elements.

Returns:

number of elements.

elementAt

public BERElement elementAt(int index)

Gets ber element at specific position.

Parameters:

index - index of the element to get

Returns:

BER element.

write

public void write(java.io.OutputStream stream)
           throws java.io.IOException

Sends the BER encoding directly to a stream.

Specified by:

write in class BERElement

Parameters:

stream - output stream

Throws:

java.io.IOException - failed to send

getType

public abstract int getType()

Gets the element type.

Specified by:

getType in class BERElement

Returns:

element type.

toString

public abstract java.lang.String toString()

Gets the string representation.

Specified by:

toString in class BERElement

Returns:

string representation of tag.