schemajic.decoder
Class DefiniteFormDecoder

java.lang.Object
  schemajic.decoder.DefiniteFormDecoder

All Implemented Interfaces:

LengthDecoder

public class DefiniteFormDecoder
extends java.lang.Object
implements LengthDecoder

Implements the LengthDecoder interface to decode values of ASN.1 types represented in a conceptual Tag - Length - Value (TLV) format under the Distinguished Encoding Rules (DER) of ASN.1.

Version:

1.00 - 2006/02/10

Author:

support@phillipgriffin.com

Constructor Summary

DefiniteFormDecoder()

Method Summary

int	decode(java.io.InputStream in) Decode a length.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

DefiniteFormDecoder

public DefiniteFormDecoder()

Method Detail

decode

public int decode(java.io.InputStream in)
           throws DecodingException

Decode a length. A short form length occupies a single byte and a long from length occupies two or more bytes.

Specified by:

decode in interface LengthDecoder

Parameters:

in - an input stream

Returns:

the length

Throws:

DecodingException