javax.net.ssl

Class DistinguishedNameParser

java.lang.Object

javax.net.ssl.DistinguishedNameParser

public final class DistinguishedNameParser
extends Object

A distinguished name (DN) parser. This parser only supports extracting a string value from a DN. It doesn't support values in the hex-string style.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
DistinguishedNameParser(X500Principal principal)

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
String	findMostSpecific(String attributeType) Parses the DN and returns the most significant attribute value for an attribute type, or null if none found.
List<String>	getAllMostSpecificFirst(String attributeType) Parses the DN and returns all values for an attribute type, in the order of decreasing significance (most significant first).

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

DistinguishedNameParser

public DistinguishedNameParser(X500Principal principal)

Method Detail

findMostSpecific

public String findMostSpecific(String attributeType)

Parses the DN and returns the most significant attribute value for an attribute type, or null if none found.

Parameters:

attributeType - attribute type to look for (e.g. "ca")

getAllMostSpecificFirst

public List<String> getAllMostSpecificFirst(String attributeType)

Parses the DN and returns all values for an attribute type, in the order of decreasing significance (most significant first).

Parameters:

attributeType - attribute type to look for (e.g. "ca")