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-// --- BEGIN COPYRIGHT BLOCK ---
-// This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
-// it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-// the Free Software Foundation; version 2 of the License.
-//
-// This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
-// but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-// MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
-// GNU General Public License for more details.
-//
-// You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along
-// with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
-// 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
-//
-// (C) 2007 Red Hat, Inc.
-// All rights reserved.
-// --- END COPYRIGHT BLOCK ---
-package netscape.security.x509;
-
-import java.io.IOException;
-
-import netscape.security.util.DerValue;
-
-/**
- * Interface for classes that convert a attribute value string to a
- * DER encoded ASN.1 value and vice versa.
- * The converters are associated with attribute types, such as
- * directory string, ia5string, etc.
- *
- * <P>
- * For example, to convert a string, such as an organization name for the "O" attribute to a DerValue, the "O" attribute
- * is mapped to the DirStrConverter which is used to convert the organization name to a DER encoded Directory String
- * which is a DerValue of a ASN.1 PrintableString, T.61String or UniversalString for the organization name.
- *
- * @author Lily Hsiao, Slava Galperin at Netscape Communications, Inc.
- */
-
-public interface AVAValueConverter {
- /**
- * Converts a string to a DER encoded attribute value.
- *
- * @param valueString An AVA value string not encoded in any form.
- *
- * @return A DerValue object.
- *
- * @exception IOException if an error occurs during the conversion.
- */
- public DerValue getValue(String valueString)
- throws IOException;
-
- /**
- * Converts a string to a DER encoded attribute value.
- * Specify the order of DER tags to use if more than one encoding is
- * possible. Currently Directory Strings can have different order
- * for backwards compatibility. By 2003 all should be UTF8String.
- *
- * @param valueString An AVA value string not encoded in any form.
- *
- * @return A DerValue object.
- *
- * @exception IOException if an error occurs during the conversion.
- */
- public DerValue getValue(String valueString, byte[] tags)
- throws IOException;
-
- /**
- * Converts a BER encoded value to a DER encoded attribute value.
- *
- * @param berStream A byte array of the BER encoded AVA value.
- * @return A DerValue object.
- */
- public DerValue getValue(byte[] berStream)
- throws IOException;
-
- /**
- * Converts a DER encoded value to a string, not encoded in any form.
- *
- * @param avaValue A DerValue object.
- *
- * @return A string for the value or null if it can't be converted.
- *
- * @exception IOException if an error occurs during the conversion.
- */
- public String getAsString(DerValue avaValue)
- throws IOException;
-}