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/**
* @author Vladimir N. Molotkov, Stepan M. Mishura
* @version $Revision$
*/

package org.apache.harmony.security.asn1;


/**
 * This abstract class is the super class for all primitive ASN.1 types
 * 
 * @see <a href="http://asn1.elibel.tm.fr/en/standards/index.htm">ASN.1</a>
 */

public abstract class ASN1Primitive extends ASN1Type {

    public ASN1Primitive(int tagNumber) {
        super(tagNumber);
    }
    
    /**
     * Tests provided identifier.
     * 
     * @param identifier -
     *            identifier to be verified
     * @return - true if identifier correspond to primitive identifier of this
     *         ASN.1 type, otherwise false
     */
    public final boolean checkTag(int identifier) {
        return this.id == identifier;
    }
    
    /**
     * TODO
     */
    public void encodeASN(BerOutputStream out) {
        out.encodeTag(id);
        encodeContent(out);
    }
}