//JAVA TO C# CONVERTER WARNING: Method 'throws' clauses are not available in .NET:
//ORIGINAL LINE: private byte[] encode(ObjectIdentifier type, String[] values) throws java.io.IOException
private sbyte[] Encode(ObjectIdentifier type, String[] values)
{
DerOutputStream attribute = new DerOutputStream();
attribute.putOID(type);
DerOutputStream attrContent = new DerOutputStream();
foreach (String value in values)
{
if (COLON_SEPARATED_HEX_PAIRS.Matcher(value).Matches())
{
sbyte[] bytes = (new System.Numerics.BigInteger(value.Replace(":", ""), 16)).ToByteArray();
if (bytes[0] == 0)
{
bytes = Arrays.CopyOfRange(bytes, 1, bytes.Length);
}
attrContent.putOctetString(bytes);
}
else
{
attrContent.putUTF8String(value);
}
}
attribute.write(DerValue.tag_Set, attrContent);
DerOutputStream attributeValue = new DerOutputStream();
attributeValue.write(DerValue.tag_Sequence, attribute);
return(attributeValue.toByteArray());
}