src/main/java/org/bouncycastle/asn1/x500/X500NameStyle.java

package org.bouncycastle.asn1.x500;

import org.bouncycastle.asn1.ASN1Encodable;
import org.bouncycastle.asn1.ASN1ObjectIdentifier;

/**
 * It turns out that the number of standard ways the fields in a DN should be 
 * encoded into their ASN.1 counterparts is rapidly approaching the
 * number of machines on the internet. By default the X500Name class
 * will produce UTF8Strings in line with the current recommendations (RFC 3280).
 * <p>
 */
public interface X500NameStyle
{
    /**
     * Convert the passed in String value into the appropriate ASN.1
     * encoded object.
     * 
     * @param oid the oid associated with the value in the DN.
     * @param value the value of the particular DN component.
     * @return the ASN.1 equivalent for the value.
     */
    ASN1Encodable stringToValue(ASN1ObjectIdentifier oid, String value);

    ASN1ObjectIdentifier attrNameToOID(String attrName);

    boolean areEqual(X500Name name1, X500Name name2);

    RDN[] fromString(String dirName);

    int calculateHashCode(X500Name name);

    String toString(X500Name name);
}