DERUTF8String (Bouncy Castle Library 1.70 API Specification)

java.lang.Object
- org.bouncycastle.asn1.ASN1Object
- - org.bouncycastle.asn1.ASN1Primitive
  - - org.bouncycastle.asn1.ASN1UTF8String
    - - org.bouncycastle.asn1.DERUTF8String

All Implemented Interfaces:

ASN1Encodable, ASN1String, Encodable
```
public class DERUTF8String
extends ASN1UTF8String
```
DER UTF8String object.

Constructor Summary

Constructors
Constructor Description

DERUTF8String(java.lang.String string)
Basic constructor

Method Summary

All Methods Static Methods Concrete Methods Deprecated Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`static DERUTF8String`	`getInstance(java.lang.Object obj)`	Deprecated. Use `ASN1UTF8String.getInstance(Object)` instead.
`static DERUTF8String`	`getInstance(ASN1TaggedObject obj, boolean explicit)`	Deprecated. Use `ASN1UTF8String.getInstance(ASN1TaggedObject, boolean)` instead.

Methods inherited from class org.bouncycastle.asn1.ASN1UTF8String
getString, hashCode, 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
  - DERUTF8String
```
public DERUTF8String(java.lang.String string)
```
    Basic constructor
    
    Parameters:
    
    string - the string to be carried in the UTF8String object,
- Method Detail
  - getInstance
```
public static DERUTF8String getInstance(java.lang.Object obj)
```
    Deprecated.
    Use ASN1UTF8String.getInstance(Object) instead.
    
    Return an UTF8 string from the passed in object.
    
    Parameters:
    
    obj - a DERUTF8String or an object that can be converted into one.
    
    Returns:
    
    a DERUTF8String instance, or null
    
    Throws:
    
    java.lang.IllegalArgumentException - if the object cannot be converted.
  - getInstance
```
public static DERUTF8String getInstance(ASN1TaggedObject obj,
                                        boolean explicit)
```
    Deprecated.
    Use ASN1UTF8String.getInstance(ASN1TaggedObject, boolean) instead.
    
    Return an UTF8 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 DERUTF8String instance, or null
    
    Throws:
    
    java.lang.IllegalArgumentException - if the tagged object cannot be converted.