1 files changed, 38 insertions, 47 deletions

diff --git a/crypto/src/asn1/Asn1OctetString.cs b/crypto/src/asn1/Asn1OctetString.cs
index 83156e091..d5766e299 100644
--- a/crypto/src/asn1/Asn1OctetString.cs
+++ b/crypto/src/asn1/Asn1OctetString.cs
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 using System;
-using System.Collections;
 using System.IO;
 
 using Org.BouncyCastle.Utilities;
@@ -12,31 +11,6 @@ namespace Org.BouncyCastle.Asn1
     {
         internal static readonly byte[] EmptyOctets = new byte[0];
 
-        internal byte[] str;
-
-		/**
-         * return an Octet string from a tagged object.
-         *
-         * @param obj the tagged object holding the object we want.
-         * @param explicitly true if the object is meant to be explicitly
-         *              tagged false otherwise.
-         * @exception ArgumentException if the tagged object cannot
-         *              be converted.
-         */
-		public static Asn1OctetString GetInstance(
-			Asn1TaggedObject	obj,
-			bool				isExplicit)
-		{
-			Asn1Object o = obj.GetObject();
-
-			if (isExplicit || o is Asn1OctetString)
-			{
-				return GetInstance(o);
-			}
-
-			return BerOctetString.FromSequence(Asn1Sequence.GetInstance(o));
-		}
-
         /**
          * return an Octet string from the given object.
          *
@@ -49,6 +23,15 @@ namespace Org.BouncyCastle.Asn1
             {
                 return (Asn1OctetString)obj;
             }
+            //else if (obj is Asn1OctetStringParser)
+            else if (obj is IAsn1Convertible)
+            {
+                Asn1Object asn1Object = ((IAsn1Convertible)obj).ToAsn1Object();
+                if (asn1Object is Asn1OctetString)
+                {
+                    return (Asn1OctetString)asn1Object;
+                }
+            }
             else if (obj is byte[])
             {
                 try
@@ -60,39 +43,47 @@ namespace Org.BouncyCastle.Asn1
                     throw new ArgumentException("failed to construct OCTET STRING from byte[]: " + e.Message);
                 }
             }
-            // TODO: this needs to be deleted in V2
-            else if (obj is Asn1TaggedObject)
-            {
-                return GetInstance(((Asn1TaggedObject)obj).GetObject());
-            }
-            else if (obj is Asn1Encodable)
-            {
-                Asn1Object primitive = ((Asn1Encodable)obj).ToAsn1Object();
 
-                if (primitive is Asn1OctetString)
-                {
-                    return (Asn1OctetString)primitive;
-                }
+            throw new ArgumentException("illegal object in GetInstance: " + Platform.GetTypeName(obj), "obj");
+        }
+
+        /**
+         * return an Octet string from a tagged object.
+         *
+         * @param obj the tagged object holding the object we want.
+         * @param explicitly true if the object is meant to be explicitly
+         *              tagged false otherwise.
+         * @exception ArgumentException if the tagged object cannot
+         *              be converted.
+         */
+        public static Asn1OctetString GetInstance(Asn1TaggedObject taggedObject, bool declaredExplicit)
+        {
+            Asn1Object baseObject = taggedObject.GetObject();
+
+            if (declaredExplicit || baseObject is Asn1OctetString)
+            {
+                return GetInstance(baseObject);
             }
 
-            throw new ArgumentException("illegal object in GetInstance: " + Platform.GetTypeName(obj));
+            return BerOctetString.FromSequence(Asn1Sequence.GetInstance(baseObject));
         }
 
+        internal readonly byte[] contents;
+
         /**
          * @param string the octets making up the octet string.
          */
-        internal Asn1OctetString(
-            byte[] str)
+        internal Asn1OctetString(byte[] contents)
         {
-			if (str == null)
-				throw new ArgumentNullException("str");
+			if (null == contents)
+				throw new ArgumentNullException("contents");
 
-			this.str = str;
+			this.contents = contents;
         }
 
         public Stream GetOctetStream()
 		{
-			return new MemoryStream(str, false);
+			return new MemoryStream(contents, false);
 		}
 
 		public Asn1OctetStringParser Parser
@@ -102,7 +93,7 @@ namespace Org.BouncyCastle.Asn1
 
 		public virtual byte[] GetOctets()
         {
-            return str;
+            return contents;
         }
 
 		protected override int Asn1GetHashCode()
@@ -123,7 +114,7 @@ namespace Org.BouncyCastle.Asn1
 
 		public override string ToString()
 		{
-			return "#" + Hex.ToHexString(str);
+			return "#" + Hex.ToHexString(contents);
 		}
 	}
 }