os/security/cryptoservices/certificateandkeymgmt/inc/x500dn.h
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/*
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* Copyright (c) 1998-2009 Nokia Corporation and/or its subsidiary(-ies).
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* All rights reserved.
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* This component and the accompanying materials are made available
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* under the terms of the License "Eclipse Public License v1.0"
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* which accompanies this distribution, and is available
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* at the URL "http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html".
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*
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* Initial Contributors:
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* Nokia Corporation - initial contribution.
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*
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* Contributors:
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*
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* Description: 
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* Implementation of the class that holds the Distinguished Name of a subject
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*
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*/
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/**
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 @file 
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 @publishedAll
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 @released
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*/
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#if !defined (__X500DN_H__)
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#define __X500DN_H__
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#include <e32base.h>
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#include <e32std.h>
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#include <s32file.h>
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#include <x520ava.h>
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class CX500DistinguishedName : public CBase
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/** Holds the Distinguished Name of a subject.
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*
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* A collection of 'attribute type and value' objects, as defined by the X.520 
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* standard.
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*
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* The name used in X.509 certificates is the X.500 Distinguished Name, which 
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* describes a path through an X.500 Directory Information Tree.
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*
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* A Distinguished Name is a series of name-value pairs that uniquely identify 
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* an entity, i.e. the certificate subject. 
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*
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* @publishedAll
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* @released
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*
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* <!-- 
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* This is necessary when working with certificates, certificate requests, directories, etc. 
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* -->
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*/
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	{
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public:
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	/** Creates a new Distinguished Name object from the specified buffer containing 
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	* the encoded binary representation, starting at the specified offset.
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	* 
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	* @param aBinaryData	The encoded binary representation.
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	* @param aPos			The position from which to start decoding.
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	* @return				The new Distinguished Name object. */
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	IMPORT_C static CX500DistinguishedName* NewL(const TDesC8& aBinaryData, TInt& aPos);
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	/** Creates a new Distinguished Name object from the specified buffer containing 
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	* the encoded binary representation, starting at the specified offset, and puts 
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	* a pointer to it onto the cleanup stack.
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	* 
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	* @param aBinaryData	The encoded binary representation.
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	* @param aPos			The position from which to start decoding.
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	* @return				The new Distinguished Name object. */
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	IMPORT_C static CX500DistinguishedName* NewLC(const TDesC8& aBinaryData, TInt& aPos);
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	/** Creates a new Distinguished Name object from the specified buffer containing 
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	* the encoded binary representation.
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	* 
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	* Initialises the object from its encoded binary form into an internal representation.
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	* 
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	* @param aBinaryData	The encoded binary representation.
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	* @return				The new Distinguished Name object. */
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	IMPORT_C static CX500DistinguishedName* NewL(const TDesC8& aBinaryData);
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	/** Creates a new Distinguished Name object from the specified buffer containing 
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	* the encoded binary representation, and puts a pointer to it onto the cleanup stack.
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	* 
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	* Initialises the object from its encoded binary form into an internal representation.
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	* 
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	* @param aBinaryData	The encoded binary representation.
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	* @return				The new Distinguished Name object. */
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	IMPORT_C static CX500DistinguishedName* NewLC(const TDesC8& aBinaryData);
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	/** Creates a new Distinguished Name object from the specified read stream.
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	* 
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	* Construction is from a stream.
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	* 
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	* @param aStream	Stream from which the contents should be internalised.
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	* @return			The newDistinguished Name object. */
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	IMPORT_C static CX500DistinguishedName* NewL(RReadStream& aStream);
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	/** Creates a new Distinguished Name object from the specified read stream, and 
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	* puts a pointer to it onto the cleanup stack.
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	* 
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	* @param aStream	Stream from which the contents should be internalised.
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	* @return			The new Distinguished Name object. */
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	IMPORT_C static CX500DistinguishedName* NewLC(RReadStream& aStream);	
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	/** Creates a new Distinguished Name object from the specified array of 'attribute 
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	* type and value' objects.
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	* 
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	* The elements of the specified array are copied into this object.
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	* 
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	* @param aElements	The array of 'attribute type and value' objects to be copied.
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	* @return			The new Distinguished Name object. */
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	IMPORT_C static CX500DistinguishedName* NewL(const CArrayPtr<CX520AttributeTypeAndValue>& aElements);
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	/** Creates a new Distinguished Name object from the specified array of 'attribute 
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	* type and value' objects, and puts a pointer to it onto the cleanup stack.
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	* 
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	* The elements of the specified array are copied into this object.
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	* 
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	* @param aElements	The array of 'attribute type and value' objects to be copied.
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	* @return			The new Distinguished Name object. */
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	IMPORT_C static CX500DistinguishedName* NewLC(const CArrayPtr<CX520AttributeTypeAndValue>& aElements);	
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	/** Creates a new Distinguished Name object from an existing object.
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	* 
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	* This is equivalent to a copy constructor.
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	* 
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	* @param aName	The Distinguished Name object to be copied.
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	* @return		The new Distinguished Name object. */
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	IMPORT_C static CX500DistinguishedName* NewL(const CX500DistinguishedName& aName);
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	/** Creates a new Distinguished Name object from an existing object, and puts a 
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	* pointer to it onto the cleanup stack.
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	* 
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	* This is equivalent to a copy constructor.
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	* 
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	* @param aName	The Distinguished Name object to be copied.
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	* @return		The new Distinguished Name object. */
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	IMPORT_C static CX500DistinguishedName* NewLC(const CX500DistinguishedName& aName);
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	/** Externalises an object of this class to a write stream.
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	* 
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	* The presence of this function means that the standard templated operator<<() 
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	* can be used to externalise objects of this class.
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	* 
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	* @param aStream	Stream to which the object should be externalised. */
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	IMPORT_C void ExternalizeL(RWriteStream& aStream) const;
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	/** Gets the number of 'attribute type and value' objects contained by this Distinguished 
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	* Name object.
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	* 
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	* @return	The number of 'attribute type and value' objects. */
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	IMPORT_C TInt Count() const;
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	/** Gets a reference to specific 'attribute type and value' object as identified 
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	* by the specified index.
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	* 
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	* @param aIndex	The index number identifying the specific 'attribute type and 
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	* 				value' object. This number is relative to zero. This value must be non-negative 
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	* 				and less than the number of objects currently contained by this Distinguished 
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	* 				Name object.
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	* @return		The referenced 'attribute type and value' object. */
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	IMPORT_C const CX520AttributeTypeAndValue& Element(TInt aIndex) const;
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	/** Destructor.
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	* 
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	* Frees all resources owned by the object, prior to its destruction. */
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	IMPORT_C ~CX500DistinguishedName(); 
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	/** Compares the specified Distinguished Name object with this Distinguished Name 
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	* object.
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	* 
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	* @param aName	The Distinguished Name object to be compared.
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	* @return		ETrue, if the Distinguished Name objects contain exactly the same 'attribute 
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	* 				type and value' objects; EFalse, otherwise.
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	* @see CX520AttributeTypeAndValue::ExactMatchL() 
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	*
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	* <!--	This function checks if all the fields of aName and 
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	*		iElements are the same but not necessarily in the same order. -->
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	*/
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	IMPORT_C TBool ExactMatchL(const CX500DistinguishedName& aName) const;
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	/** <!--
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	 // This function checks if the elements of iElements are a superset of
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	 // the fields in aName.
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	 // @param aName We want to check that the fields in aName are present in iElements.
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	 // @return 
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	 // <LI>ETrue if all the fields in aName have a corresponding field in iElements.</LI>
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	 // <LI>EFalse otherwise</LI>
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	 // </UL>
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	* Tests whether all 'attribute type and value' objects contained in the specified 
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	* Distinguished Name object are also contained within this Distinguished Name object.
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	* 
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	* This function checks if the elements of iElements are a superset of the fields in aName.
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	* 
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	* @param aName	The Distinguished Name object to be compared.
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	* @return		ETrue, if all 'attribute type and value' objects contained in the specified 
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	* 				Distinguished Name object are also contained within this Distinguished Name 
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	* 				object; EFalse, otherwise. */
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	IMPORT_C TBool IsWithinSubtreeL(const CX500DistinguishedName& aName) const;
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	/** <!--
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	 // This function compares each of the elements in iElements with aElement. The comparison
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	 // is made by the CX520AttributeTypeAndValue::ExactMatchL function.
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	 // @param aElement The element which we want to compare the elements of iElements with.
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	 // @return 
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	 // <UL>
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	 // <LI>ETrue if one of the elements in iElements is equal to aElement.</LI>
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	 // <LI>EFalse otherwise</LI>
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	 // </UL>
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	 -->
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	* Tests whether this Distinguished Name object contains the specified 'attribute 
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	* type and value' object.
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	* 
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	* This function compares each of the elements in iElements with aElement. The comparison
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	* is made by the CX520AttributeTypeAndValue::ExactMatchL() function.
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	* 
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	* @param aElement	The 'attribute type and value' object to be checked.
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	* @return			ETrue, if the specified 'attribute type and value' object is contained 
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	* 					in this Distinguished Name object; EFalse otherwise. */
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	IMPORT_C TBool MatchElementL(const CX520AttributeTypeAndValue& aElement) const;
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	/** Gets the decoded value associated with the specified field/attribute name, 
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	* from the Distinguished Name.
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	* 
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	* @param aFieldName	The field name.
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	* @return			A heap descriptor containing the decoded value associated with the 
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	* 					specified field name. */
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	IMPORT_C HBufC* ExtractFieldL(const TDesC& aFieldName) const;
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	/** Gets the decoded value for the common or organisation name.
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	* 
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	* @return A heap descriptor containing the decoded value of the common or organisation name. */
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	IMPORT_C HBufC* DisplayNameL() const;
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	/** Encodes a DN into an ASN.1 object tree.
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	* 
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	* Note that the tree has the following format:
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	* @code
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    *         SEQUENCE-OF
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    *             SET-OF
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    *                 SEQUENCE-OF
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    *                     OID
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    *                     value (usually OCTET STRING)
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    *             ...
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    * @endcode
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	* a SET-OF object. This should be all right as long as it 
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	* contains only one child, because otherwise child order in 
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	* a SET-OF becomes important.
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	* 
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	* This function does not introduce an additional dependency 
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	* on ASN1 library because X500 library already depends on 
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	* it -- the attribute type/value class stores and manipulated 
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	* ASN.1 encodings as its values.
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	* 	
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	* 			pushed on the cleanup stack.
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	*/
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	IMPORT_C CASN1EncSequence* EncodeASN1LC() const;
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	/** Encodes a DN into an ASN.1 object tree. 
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	* 
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	* the resulting encoding tree format.
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	* 	
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	* @return	ASN.1 sequence object containing the DN. */
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	IMPORT_C CASN1EncSequence* EncodeASN1L() const;
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private:
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	CX500DistinguishedName();
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	void ConstructL(const CArrayPtr<CX520AttributeTypeAndValue>& aElements);
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	void ConstructL(const TDesC8& aBinaryData, TInt& aPos);
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	void ConstructL(RReadStream& aStream);
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	void InternalizeL(RReadStream& aStream);
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	CArrayPtrFlat<CX520AttributeTypeAndValue>* iElements;
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	};
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#endif