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NAME

       X500::RDN - handle X.500 RDNs (Relative Distinguished Names), parse and format them

SYNOPSIS

	 use X500::RDN;

	 my $rdn = new X500::RDN ('c'=>'DE');
	 my $c = $rdn->getAttributeValue ('c');

DESCRIPTION

       This module handles X.500 RDNs (Relative Distinguished Names).  This is a supporting module for X500::DN.

   Methods
       o   $object = new X500::RDN ('type'=>'value', 'type'=>'value', ...);

	   Creates an RDN object from argument pairs, each pair an attribute type and value.  With more than one pair as arguments, you will get a
	   multi-valued RDN.

       o   $object->isMultivalued();

	   Returns whether the RDN is multi-valued.

       o   $object->getAttributeTypes();

	   Returns the RDN's attribute types, a list of strings.

       o   $object->getAttributeValue (type);

	   Returns the RDN attribute's value.

       o   $object->getRFC2253String();

	   Returns the RDN as a string formatted according to RFC 2253 syntax.

       o   $object->getX500String();

	   Returns the RDN as a string formatted according to X.500 syntax.  NOTE: This is a hack, there is no definition for a X.500 string
	   syntax!?

       o   $object->getOpenSSLString();

	   Returns the RDN as a string formatted according to one of openssl's syntaxes.  Croaks on multi-valued RDNs.

   EXPORT
       None.

BUGS

AUTHOR

       Robert Joop <yaph-070708@timesink.de>

COPYRIGHT

       Copyright 2002 Robert Joop.  All Rights reserved.  This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same
       terms as Perl itself.

SEE ALSO

       X500::DN, perl.

perl v5.12.1							    2007-07-08								    RDN(3)