@@ -13,32 +13,50 @@
  * Public License, either version 2 or 3, which can be found in the file
  * LICENSE.GPLv2 or LICENSE.GPLv3 respectively included in the packaging of this
  * file.
  */
 
+#import "OFObject.h"
 #import "OFASN1Value.h"
 
 OF_ASSUME_NONNULL_BEGIN
 
 @class OFData;
 
 /*!
- * @brief An ASN.1 bit string.
+ * @brief An ASN.1 BitString.
  */
-@interface OFASN1BitString: OFASN1Value
+@interface OFASN1BitString: OFObject
 {
 	OFData *_bitStringValue;
 	size_t _bitStringLength;
 }
 
 /*!
- * @brief The bit string value.
+ * @brief The BitString value.
  */
 @property (readonly, nonatomic) OFData *bitStringValue;
 
 /*!
- * @brief The length of the bit string in bits.
+ * @brief The length of the BitString in bits.
  */
 @property (readonly, nonatomic) size_t bitStringLength;
+
+- (instancetype)init OF_UNAVAILABLE;
+
+/*!
+ * @brief Initializes an already allocated ASN.1 BitString with the specified
+ *	  arguments.
+ *
+ * @param tagClass The tag class of the value's type
+ * @param tagNumber The tag number of the value's type
+ * @param constructed Whether the value if of a constructed type
+ * @param DEREncodedContents The DER-encoded contents octets of the value.
+ * @return An initialized ASN.1 BitString
+ */
+- (instancetype)initWithTagClass: (of_asn1_tag_class_t)tagClass
+		       tagNumber: (of_asn1_tag_number_t)tagNumber
+		     constructed: (bool)constructed
+	      DEREncodedContents: (OFData *)DEREncodedContents;
 @end
 
 OF_ASSUME_NONNULL_END