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package netscape.security.x509;

import java.io.IOException;

import netscape.security.util.DerOutputStream;
import netscape.security.util.DerValue;

/**
 * Represent the Qualifier.
 *
 * Qualifier ::= CHOICE {
 * cPRuri CPSuri,
 * userNotice UserNotice
 * }
 *
 * @author Thomas Kwan
 */
public class Qualifier implements java.io.Serializable {

    /**
     *
     */
    private static final long serialVersionUID = 2214531407387992974L;

    /**
     * Create a PolicyQualifierInfo
     *
     * @param id the ObjectIdentifier for the policy id.
     */
    public Qualifier() {
    }

    public Qualifier(DerValue val) throws IOException {
        // needs to override this
    }

    /**
     * Write the PolicyQualifier to the DerOutputStream.
     *
     * @param out the DerOutputStream to write the object to.
     * @exception IOException on errors.
     */
    public void encode(DerOutputStream out) throws IOException {
        // needs to override this
    }
}