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package org.bouncycastle.asn1;
/**
* Marker interface for CHOICE objects - if you implement this in a role your
* own object any attempt to tag the object implicitly will convert the tag to
* an explicit one as the encoding rules require.
* <p>
* If you use this interface your class should also implement the getInstance()
* pattern which takes a tag object and the tagging mode used.
* <p>
* <hr>
* <p><b>X.690</b></p>
* <p><b>8: Basic encoding rules</b></p>
* <p><b>8.13 Encoding of a choice value </b></p>
* <p>
* The encoding of a choice value shall be the same as the encoding of a value of the chosen type.
* <blockquote>
* NOTE 1 &mdash; The encoding may be primitive or constructed depending on the chosen type.
* <p>
* NOTE 2 &mdash; The tag used in the identifier octets is the tag of the chosen type,
* as specified in the ASN.1 definition of the choice type.
* </blockquote>
* </p>
*/
public interface ASN1Choice
{
// marker interface
}