Class DERPrintableString

  • All Implemented Interfaces:
    ASN1Encodable, ASN1String, Encodable

    public class DERPrintableString
    extends ASN1PrintableString
    DER PrintableString object.

    X.680 section 37.4 defines PrintableString character codes as ASCII subset of following characters:

    • Latin capital letters: 'A' .. 'Z'
    • Latin small letters: 'a' .. 'z'
    • Digits: '0'..'9'
    • Space
    • Apostrophe: '\''
    • Left parenthesis: '('
    • Right parenthesis: ')'
    • Plus sign: '+'
    • Comma: ','
    • Hyphen-minus: '-'
    • Full stop: '.'
    • Solidus: '/'
    • Colon: ':'
    • Equals sign: '='
    • Question mark: '?'

    Explicit character set escape sequences are not allowed.

    • Constructor Detail

      • DERPrintableString

        public DERPrintableString​(java.lang.String string)
        Basic constructor - this does not validate the string
      • DERPrintableString

        public DERPrintableString​(java.lang.String string,
                                  boolean validate)
        Constructor with optional validation.
        Parameters:
        string - the base string to wrap.
        validate - whether or not to check the string.
        Throws:
        java.lang.IllegalArgumentException - if validate is true and the string contains characters that should not be in a PrintableString.