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Class netscape.security.util.ByteArrayTagOrder

netscape.security.util.ByteArrayTagOrder

public class ByteArrayTagOrder

Constructor Index

 o ByteArrayTagOrder()

Method Index

 o compare(Object, Object)
Compare two byte arrays, by the order of their tags, as defined in ITU-T X.680, sec.

Constructors

 o ByteArrayTagOrder
 public ByteArrayTagOrder()

Methods

 o compare
 public final int compare(Object obj1,
                          Object obj2)
Compare two byte arrays, by the order of their tags, as defined in ITU-T X.680, sec. 6.4. (First compare tag classes, then tag numbers, ignoring the constructivity bit.)

Parameters:
obj1 - first byte array to compare.
obj2 - second byte array to compare.
Returns:
negative number if obj1 < obj2, 0 if obj1 == obj2, positive number if obj1 > obj2.
Throws: ClassCastException
if either argument is not a byte array.

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