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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 */
36public abstract class ASN1ValueCollection extends ASN1Constructed {
37
38    /** A value collection of this ASN.1 type */
39    public final ASN1Type type;
40
41    /**
42     * Constructs ASN1 collection type.
43     */
44    public ASN1ValueCollection(int tagNumber, ASN1Type type) {
45        super(tagNumber);
46        this.type = type;
47    }
48
49    /**
50     * Provides an object's values to be encoded
51     *
52     * Derived classes should override this method to provide
53     * encoding for a selected class of objects.
54     *
55     * @param - an object to be encoded
56     * @return - a collection of object's values to be encoded
57     */
58    public Collection<?> getValues(Object object) {
59        return (Collection<?>) object;
60    }
61}
62