On 3/2/11 4:29 PM, Emmanuel Lécharny wrote: > On 3/2/11 4:21 PM, Alex Karasulu wrote: >> Just a wild thought. Really isn't the codec doing serialization too? > No. The codec processes Messages, not base elements as DNs, RDNs or AVAs. I mean, the concept is the same, except that the format is different, but the codec we have just transcripts the DN as a pure String, not dealing with internal representation. The serialization chops a Dn in Rdn, then Rdn are chopped as Ava, ... -- Regards, Cordialement, Emmanuel Lécharny www.iktek.com