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17
18/**
19* @author Vladimir N. Molotkov, Stepan M. Mishura
20* @version $Revision$
21*/
22
23package org.apache.harmony.security.asn1;
24
25import java.util.Collection;
26
27
28/**
29 * This abstract class represents ASN.1 collection type.
30 *
31 * The value for such type is a collection of zero or
32 * more occurrences of a provided type.
33 *
34 * @see <a href="http://asn1.elibel.tm.fr/en/standards/index.htm">ASN.1</a>
35 */
36
37public abstract class ASN1ValueCollection extends ASN1Constructured {
38
39    /**
40     * A value collection of this ASN.1 type
41     */
42    public final ASN1Type type;
43
44    /**
45     * Constructs ASN1 collection type.
46     *
47     * @param tagNumber - ASN.1 tag number
48     * @param type - ASN.1 type
49     */
50    public ASN1ValueCollection(int tagNumber, ASN1Type type) {
51        super(tagNumber);
52
53        this.type = type;
54    }
55
56    /**
57     * Provides an object's values to be encoded
58     *
59     * Derived classes should override this method to provide
60     * encoding for a selected class of objects.
61     *
62     * @param - an object to be encoded
63     * @return - a collection of object's values to be encoded
64     */
65    public Collection getValues(Object object) {
66        return (Collection)object;
67    }
68}
69