Add OpenSSL::X509::Extension#value_der method

The #value method provides a weird stringification of the extension value that can't be parsed and isn't very useful. The new #value_der method provides the raw value, allowing users to decode the value and use it as needed.

1 files changed, 5 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/test/test_x509ext.rb b/test/test_x509ext.rb
index 91ce202f..6964af46 100644
--- a/test/test_x509ext.rb
+++ b/test/test_x509ext.rb
@@ -86,6 +86,11 @@ class OpenSSL::TestX509Extension < OpenSSL::TestCase
     assert_equal true, ext1 == ext2
     assert_equal false, ext1 == ext3
   end
+
+  def test_value_der
+    ext = OpenSSL::X509::Extension.new(@basic_constraints.to_der)
+    assert_equal @basic_constraints_value.to_der, ext.value_der
+  end
 end
 
 end