Class DerObject

Known Subclasses:

Base class for defining a single DER object.

Instantiate this class ONLY when you have to decode a DER element.

Instance Methods

__init__(self, ASN1Type=None, payload='')
Initialize the DER object according to a specific type.

isType(self, ASN1Type)

encode(self)
Return a complete DER element, fully encoded as a TLV.

decode(self, derEle, noLeftOvers=0)
Decode a complete DER element, and re-initializes this object with it.

Class Variables
	typeTags = `{'BIT STRING': 3, 'INTEGER': 2, 'NULL': 5, 'OBJECT ...`

Method Details

Initialize the DER object according to a specific type.

The ASN.1 type is either specified as the ASN.1 string (e.g. 'SEQUENCE'), directly with its numerical tag or with no tag at all (None).

Decode a complete DER element, and re-initializes this object with it.

@param derEle A complete DER element. It must start with a DER T: tag.
@param noLeftOvers Indicate whether it is acceptable to complete the: parsing of the DER element and find that not all bytes in derEle have been used.

@return Index of the first unused byte in the given DER element.

Raises a ValueError exception in case of parsing errors. Raises an IndexError exception if the DER element is too short.

Class Variable Details

Value:

{'BIT STRING': 3,
 'INTEGER': 2,
 'NULL': 5,
 'OBJECT IDENTIFIER': 6,
 'OCTET STRING': 4,
 'SEQUENCE': 48}