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//
// Novell.Directory.Ldap.Asn1.Asn1Decoder.cs
//
// Author:
// Sunil Kumar (Sunilk@novell.com)
//
// (C) 2003 Novell, Inc (http://www.novell.com)
//
using System;
namespace Novell.Directory.Ldap.Asn1
{
/// <summary> This interface defines the methods for decoding each of the ASN.1 types.
///
/// Decoders which implement this interface may be used to decode any of the
/// Asn1Object data types.
///
/// This package also provides the BERDecoder class that can be used to
/// BER decode ASN.1 classes. However an application might chose to use
/// its own decoder class.
///
/// This interface thus allows an application to use this package to
/// decode ASN.1 objects using other decoding rules if needed.
///
/// Note that Ldap packets are required to be BER encoded. Since this package
/// includes a BER decoder no application provided decoder is needed for
/// building Ldap packets.
/// </summary>
[CLSCompliantAttribute(false)]
public interface Asn1Decoder : System.Runtime.Serialization.ISerializable
{
/// <summary> Decode an encoded value into an Asn1Object from a byte array.
///
/// </summary>
/// <param name="value">A byte array that points to the encoded Asn1 data
/// </param>
Asn1Object decode(sbyte[] value_Renamed);
/// <summary> Decode an encoded value into an Asn1Object from an InputStream.
///
/// </summary>
/// <param name="in">An input stream containig the encoded ASN.1 data.
/// </param>
Asn1Object decode(System.IO.Stream in_Renamed);
/// <summary> Decode an encoded value into an Asn1Object from an InputStream.
///
/// </summary>
/// <param name="length">The decoded components encoded length. This value is
/// handy when decoding structured types. It allows you to accumulate
/// the number of bytes decoded, so you know when the structured
/// type has decoded all of its components.
///
/// </param>
/// <param name="in">An input stream containig the encoded ASN.1 data.
/// </param>
Asn1Object decode(System.IO.Stream in_Renamed, int[] length);
/* Decoders for ASN.1 simple types
*/
/// <summary> Decode a BOOLEAN directly from a stream. Call this method when you
/// know that the next ASN.1 encoded element is a BOOLEAN
///
/// </summary>
/// <param name="in">An input stream containig the encoded ASN.1 data.
///
/// </param>
/// <param name="len">Length in bytes
/// </param>
System.Object decodeBoolean(System.IO.Stream in_Renamed, int len);
/// <summary> Decode a Numeric value directly from a stream. Call this method when you
/// know that the next ASN.1 encoded element is a Numeric
///
/// Can be used to decodes INTEGER and ENUMERATED types.
///
/// </summary>
/// <param name="in">An input stream containig the encoded ASN.1 data.
///
/// </param>
/// <param name="len">Length in bytes
/// </param>
System.Object decodeNumeric(System.IO.Stream in_Renamed, int len);
/* Asn1 TYPE NOT YET SUPPORTED
* Decode a REAL directly from a stream.
* public Object decodeReal(InputStream in, int len)
* throws IOException;
*/
/* Asn1 TYPE NOT YET SUPPORTED
* Decode a BIT_STRING directly from a stream.
* public Object decodeBitString(InputStream in, int len)
* throws IOException;
*/
/// <summary> Decode an OCTET_STRING directly from a stream. Call this method when you
/// know that the next ASN.1 encoded element is a OCTET_STRING.
///
/// </summary>
/// <param name="in">An input stream containig the encoded ASN.1 data.
///
/// </param>
/// <param name="len">Length in bytes
/// </param>
System.Object decodeOctetString(System.IO.Stream in_Renamed, int len);
/* Asn1 TYPE NOT YET SUPPORTED
* Decode an OBJECT_IDENTIFIER directly from a stream.
* public Object decodeObjectIdentifier(InputStream in, int len)
* throws IOException;
*/
/// <summary> Decode a CharacterString directly from a stream.
///
/// Decodes any of the specialized character strings.
///
/// </summary>
/// <param name="in">An input stream containig the encoded ASN.1 data.
///
/// </param>
/// <param name="len">Length in bytes
/// </param>
System.Object decodeCharacterString(System.IO.Stream in_Renamed, int len);
/* No Decoders for ASN.1 structured types. A structured type's value is a
* collection of other types.
*/
/* Decoders for ASN.1 useful types
*/
/* Asn1 TYPE NOT YET SUPPORTED
* Decode a GENERALIZED_TIME directly from a stream.
* public Object decodeGeneralizedTime(InputStream in, int len)
* throws IOException;
*/
/* Asn1 TYPE NOT YET SUPPORTED
* Decode a UNIVERSAL_TIME directly from a stream.
* public Object decodeUniversalTime(InputStream in, int len)
* throws IOException;
*/
/* Asn1 TYPE NOT YET SUPPORTED
* Decode an EXTERNAL directly from a stream.
* public Object decodeExternal(InputStream in, int len)
* throws IOException;
*/
/* Asn1 TYPE NOT YET SUPPORTED
* Decode an OBJECT_DESCRIPTOR directly from a stream.
* public Object decodeObjectDescriptor(InputStream in, int len)
* throws IOException;
*/
}
}