eu.emi.security.authn.x509.helpers

Class DNComparator

java.lang.Object

eu.emi.security.authn.x509.helpers.DNComparator

public class DNComparator
extends Object

Helpers for checking text representations of DNs for equality.

Author:

K. Benedyczak

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
DNComparator()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static int	getHashCode(String dn)
static String	preNormalize(String dn) Returns a form of the original DN which will be properly parsed by JDK X500Principal class by replacing attribute names unknown by the X500Principal with OIDs.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

DNComparator

public DNComparator()

Method Detail

preNormalize

public static String preNormalize(String dn)

Returns a form of the original DN which will be properly parsed by JDK X500Principal class by replacing attribute names unknown by the X500Principal with OIDs. What is more all DC and EMAIL values are converted to lower case.

Parameters:

dn - in RFC 2253 form.

Returns:

dn in RFC 2253 form, reformatted.

getHashCode

public static int getHashCode(String dn)

Parameters:

dn - source dn

Returns:

hashcode useful as a return value of the hshCode() method, when equals is overriden to use X500NameUtils equals method.