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+package org.bouncycastle.asn1;
+
+import java.io.*;
+
+public class DERBitString
+ extends DERObject
+{
+ protected byte[] data;
+ protected int padBits;
+
+ protected DERBitString(
+ byte data,
+ int padBits)
+ {
+ this.data = new byte[1];
+ this.data[0] = data;
+ this.padBits = padBits;
+ }
+
+ /**
+ * @param data the octets making up the bit string.
+ * @param padBits the number of extra bits at the end of the string.
+ */
+ public DERBitString(
+ byte[] data,
+ int padBits)
+ {
+ this.data = data;
+ this.padBits = padBits;
+ }
+
+ public DERBitString(
+ byte[] data)
+ {
+ this(data, 0);
+ }
+
+ public DERBitString(
+ DERObject obj)
+ {
+ try
+ {
+ ByteArrayOutputStream bOut = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
+ DEROutputStream dOut = new DEROutputStream(bOut);
+
+ dOut.writeObject(obj);
+ dOut.close();
+
+ this.data = bOut.toByteArray();
+ this.padBits = 0;
+ }
+ catch (IOException e)
+ {
+ throw new IllegalArgumentException("Error processing object : " + e.toString());
+ }
+ }
+
+ public DERBitString(
+ DEREncodable obj)
+ {
+ this(obj.getDERObject());
+ }
+
+ public byte[] getBytes()
+ {
+ return data;
+ }
+
+ public int getPadBits()
+ {
+ return padBits;
+ }
+
+ void encode(
+ DEROutputStream out)
+ throws IOException
+ {
+ byte[] bytes = new byte[getBytes().length + 1];
+
+ bytes[0] = (byte)getPadBits();
+ System.arraycopy(getBytes(), 0, bytes, 1, bytes.length - 1);
+
+ out.writeEncoded(BIT_STRING, bytes);
+ }
+}