Package 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 - encodes UNICODE (ISO 10646) characters using 32-bit format. In Java we have no way of representing this directly so we rely on byte arrays to carry these.

- - ### Constructor Summary

    Constructors
    Constructor | Description
    --- | ---
    `DERUniversalString​(byte[] string)` | Basic constructor - byte encoded string.

  - ### Method Summary

    All Methods Static Methods Instance Methods Concrete Methods
    Modifier and Type | Method | Description
    --- | --- | ---
    `static DERUniversalString` | `getInstance​(java.lang.Object obj)` | Return a Universal String from the passed in object.
    `static DERUniversalString` | `getInstance​(ASN1TaggedObject obj, boolean explicit)` | Return a Universal String from a tagged object.
    `byte[]` | `getOctets()` |
    `java.lang.String` | `getString()` | Return a Java String representation of this STRING type's content.
    `int` | `hashCode()` |
    `java.lang.String` | `toString()` |

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

      `encodeTo, encodeTo, equals, equals, equals, fromByteArray, toASN1Primitive`

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

      `getEncoded, getEncoded, hasEncodedTagValue`

    - ### 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.
      Parameters:
        `string` - the byte encoding of the string to be carried in the UniversalString object,

  - ### 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()

      Description copied from interface: `ASN1String`
      Return a Java String representation of this STRING type's content.
      Specified by:
        `getString` in interface `ASN1String`
      Returns:
        a Java String representation of this STRING.

    - #### 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`