RFR: 8277976: Break up SEQUENCE in X509Certificate::getSubjectAlternativeNames and X509Certificate::getIssuerAlternativeNames in otherName [v5]
Weijun Wang
weijun at openjdk.java.net
Tue Feb 15 16:28:06 UTC 2022
On Tue, 15 Feb 2022 15:16:58 GMT, Weijun Wang <weijun at openjdk.org> wrote:
>> The enhancement adds two extra items in the `getSubjectAlternativeNames()` output for an OtherName.
>>
>> It also fix several errors:
>> 1. In `OtherName.java`, `nameValue` should be the value inside `CONTEXT [0]` without the tag and length bytes.
>> 2. The argument in constructor `extClass.getConstructor(Object.class)` is suspicious. Maybe it meant `byte[]`.
>
> Weijun Wang has updated the pull request incrementally with one additional commit since the last revision:
>
> string at 4th place
So my current opinion is to make it as vague as possible (Ex: `a valid supported character string`) so people always remember to check `instanceof String` first.
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PR: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk/pull/7167
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