Package org.apache.directory.api.asn1.util

Class Asn1StringUtils

java.lang.Object

org.apache.directory.api.asn1.util.Asn1StringUtils

public final class Asn1StringUtils
extends Object

Little helper class for the asn1 package.

Author:

Apache Directory Project

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field	Description
static byte[]	EMPTY_BYTES	The empty byte[]

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
static byte[]	asciiStringToByte(String string)	Transform a string to an array of ASCII bytes, where the byte array will contain only values in [0, 127].
static String	dumpByte(byte octet)	Helper function that dump a byte in hex form
static String	dumpBytes(byte[] buffer)	Helper function that dump an array of bytes in hex form
static String	dumpBytes(byte[] buffer, int start, int length)	Helper function that dump an array of bytes in hex form
static byte[]	getBytesUtf8(String string)	Return UTF-8 encoded byte[] representation of a String

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

EMPTY_BYTES

public static final byte[] EMPTY_BYTES

The empty byte[]

Method Detail

dumpByte

public static String dumpByte(byte octet)

Helper function that dump a byte in hex form

Parameters:

octet - The byte to dump

Returns:

A string representation of the byte

dumpBytes

public static String dumpBytes(byte[] buffer)

Helper function that dump an array of bytes in hex form

Parameters:

buffer - The bytes array to dump

Returns:

A string representation of the array of bytes

dumpBytes

public static String dumpBytes(byte[] buffer,
                               int start,
                               int length)

Helper function that dump an array of bytes in hex form

Parameters:

buffer - The bytes array to dump

start - The starting point in the buffer

length - The number of bytes to print

Returns:

A string representation of the array of bytes

getBytesUtf8

public static byte[] getBytesUtf8(String string)

Return UTF-8 encoded byte[] representation of a String

Parameters:

string - The string to be transformed to a byte array

Returns:

The transformed byte array

asciiStringToByte

public static byte[] asciiStringToByte(String string)

Transform a string to an array of ASCII bytes, where the byte array will contain only values in [0, 127].

Parameters:

string - The byte array to transform

Returns:

The resulting string