DERUniversalString (Bouncy Castle Library 1.52 API Specification)
Date: 2015-03-01

org.bouncycastle.asn1

## Class DERUniversalString

- java.lang.Object
- - org.bouncycastle.asn1.ASN1Object
  - - org.bouncycastle.asn1.ASN1Primitive
    - - org.bouncycastle.asn1.DERUniversalString

- All Implemented Interfaces:
    ASN1Encodable, ASN1String, Encodable

      public class DERUniversalString
      extends ASN1Primitive
      implements ASN1String

  DER UniversalString object.

- - ### Constructor Summary

    Constructors
    Constructor and Description
    `DERUniversalString(byte[] string)` basic constructor - byte encoded string.

  - ### Method Summary

    Methods
    Modifier and Type | Method and Description
    --- | ---
    `static DERUniversalString` | `getInstance(ASN1TaggedObject obj, boolean explicit)` return a Universal String from a tagged object.
    `static DERUniversalString` | `getInstance(java.lang.Object obj)` return a Universal String from the passed in object.
    `byte[]` | `getOctets()`
    `java.lang.String` | `getString()`
    `int` | `hashCode()`
    `java.lang.String` | `toString()`

    - ### Methods inherited from class org.bouncycastle.asn1.ASN1Primitive

      `equals, fromByteArray, toASN1Primitive`

    - ### Methods inherited from class org.bouncycastle.asn1.ASN1Object

      `getEncoded, getEncoded, hasEncodedTagValue, toASN1Object`

    - ### Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

      `clone, finalize, getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait`

- - ### Constructor Detail

    - #### DERUniversalString

          public DERUniversalString(byte[] string)

      basic constructor - byte encoded string.

  - ### Method Detail

    - #### getInstance

          public static DERUniversalString getInstance(java.lang.Object obj)

      return a Universal String from the passed in object.
      Parameters:
        `obj` - a DERUniversalString or an object that can be converted into one.
      Returns:
        a DERUniversalString instance, or null
      Throws:
        `java.lang.IllegalArgumentException` - if the object cannot be converted.

    - #### getInstance

          public static DERUniversalString getInstance(ASN1TaggedObject obj,
                                       boolean explicit)

      return a Universal String from a tagged object.
      Parameters:
        `obj` - the tagged object holding the object we want
        `explicit` - true if the object is meant to be explicitly tagged false otherwise.
      Returns:
        a DERUniversalString instance, or null
      Throws:
        `java.lang.IllegalArgumentException` - if the tagged object cannot be converted.

    - #### getString

          public java.lang.String getString()

      Specified by:
        `getString` in interface `ASN1String`

    - #### toString

          public java.lang.String toString()

      Overrides:
        `toString` in class `java.lang.Object`

    - #### getOctets

          public byte[] getOctets()

    - #### hashCode

          public int hashCode()

      Specified by:
        `hashCode` in class `ASN1Primitive`