Using string for OBJECT IDENTIFIER

OBJECT IDENTIFIER values are represented using Java class Asn1StringOID, or a subclass thereof, when the -oid-as-stringoption is specified.

Asn1StringOIDhas a public string member, value, which must be in dotted-number format (e.g. "0.5.1234"):

public String value;

The advantage of this representation is that arbitrarily large arc identifiers may be used.

If a named type is defined:

<name> ::= OBJECT IDENTIFIER

then asn1c will generate a class resembling the following:

public class <name> extends Asn1StringOID {
   public <name> () {
      super();
   }

   public <name> (int[] value_) {
      super (value_);
   }

   public <name> (String value_) {
      super (value_);
   }               
}