RFR: 8296736: Some PKCS9Attribute can be created but cannot be encoded [v2]

[Weijun Wang]

On Tue, 15 Nov 2022 00:49:23 GMT, Valerie Peng <valeriep at openjdk.org> wrote:

>> You mean comparing it with the original value? I tried that but not always the same. For example, a string might be an IA5String at the beginning but becomes a UTF8String after re-encoding.
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> I see, not surprising, perhaps just checking that it's not empty? Or even that may not hold true?

That should be true. The constructor on bytes ensures either a value is assigned or an exception is thrown. I'll add a check.

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PR: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/11070