oracle.security.crypto.cert
Class Attribute

java.lang.Object
oracle.security.crypto.cert.Attribute

public class Attribute

extends java.lang.Object

An attribute, as defined in X.501 and used in various PKIX and PKCS protocols, consists of a type (OID) and a set of 1 or more values defined by the given type.

        Attribute ::= SEQUENCE {
                type    AttributeType,
                values  SET (1..MAX) OF AttributeValue
        }

        AttributeType ::= OBJECT IDENTIFIER

        AttributeValue ::= ANY DEFINED BY AttributeType
        

See Also:

AttributeSet, AttributeTypeAndValue

Constructor Summary

Attribute(ASN1ObjectID type)
Creates a new Attribute of the specified type, with no values.

Attribute(ASN1ObjectID type, ASN1Object value)
Creates a new Attribute of the specified type, with the specified (single) value.

Method Summary

void	addValue(ASN1Object value)
ASN1ObjectID	getType()
java.util.Vector	getValues()
void	input(java.io.InputStream is)
int	length()
void	output(java.io.OutputStream os)
void	setValues(java.util.Vector values)
int	size() Returns the number of values defined for this Attribute.
java.lang.String	toString()
java.util.Enumeration	values() Returns the set of values for this Attribute.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

Attribute

public Attribute(ASN1ObjectID type)

Creates a new Attribute of the specified type, with no values.

Parameters:

type - OID specifiying the type of the attribute.

Attribute

public Attribute(ASN1ObjectID type,
                 ASN1Object value)

Creates a new Attribute of the specified type, with the specified (single) value.

Parameters:

type - OID specifiying the type of the attribute.

value - a value of the attribute.

Method Detail

getType

public ASN1ObjectID getType()

addValue

public void addValue(ASN1Object value)

setValues

public void setValues(java.util.Vector values)

values

public java.util.Enumeration values()

Returns the set of values for this Attribute.

Returns:

an Enumeration of the ASN1Object values.

getValues

public java.util.Vector getValues()

size

public int size()

Returns the number of values defined for this Attribute.

toString

public java.lang.String toString()

input

public void input(java.io.InputStream is)
           throws java.io.IOException

Throws:

java.io.IOException

output

public void output(java.io.OutputStream os)
            throws java.io.IOException

Throws:

java.io.IOException

length

public int length()