diff --git a/spotbugs-exclude.xml b/spotbugs-exclude.xml
index c26ca1d..c790c72 100644
--- a/spotbugs-exclude.xml
+++ b/spotbugs-exclude.xml
@@ -269,6 +269,38 @@
         <Field name="x509NamePtr"/>
         <Bug pattern="IS2_INCONSISTENT_SYNC"/>
     </Match>
+    <Match>
+        <Class name="com.wolfssl.WolfSSLX509Name"/>
+        <Field name="active"/>
+        <Bug pattern="IS2_INCONSISTENT_SYNC"/>
+    </Match>
+    <!--
+        IS2_INCONSISTENT_SYNC: WolfSSLX509Name cached mirror fields.
+        Written by updateMirrorField() during DN-based construction
+        (before the object is published) and from synchronized
+        setXxx() methods after construction. Reads via synchronized
+        getXxx() methods. Safe under JMM publication semantics.
+    -->
+    <Match>
+        <Class name="com.wolfssl.WolfSSLX509Name"/>
+        <Or>
+            <Field name="countryName"/>
+            <Field name="stateOrProvinceName"/>
+            <Field name="streetAddress"/>
+            <Field name="localityName"/>
+            <Field name="surname"/>
+            <Field name="commonName"/>
+            <Field name="emailAddress"/>
+            <Field name="organizationName"/>
+            <Field name="organizationalUnitName"/>
+            <Field name="postalCode"/>
+            <Field name="userId"/>
+            <Field name="title"/>
+            <Field name="domainComponent"/>
+            <Field name="serialNumber"/>
+        </Or>
+        <Bug pattern="IS2_INCONSISTENT_SYNC"/>
+    </Match>
 
     <!--
         IS2_INCONSISTENT_SYNC: WolfSSLSession callback context
diff --git a/src/java/com/wolfssl/WolfSSLX509Name.java b/src/java/com/wolfssl/WolfSSLX509Name.java
index 9563c3d..3b2e776 100644
--- a/src/java/com/wolfssl/WolfSSLX509Name.java
+++ b/src/java/com/wolfssl/WolfSSLX509Name.java
@@ -20,7 +20,14 @@
  */
 package com.wolfssl;
 
+import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream;
 import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Collections;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Locale;
+
+import javax.security.auth.x500.X500Principal;
 
 /**
  * WolfSSLX509Name class, wraps native WOLFSSL_X509_NAME functionality.
@@ -49,6 +56,9 @@ public class WolfSSLX509Name {
     private String organizationalUnitName    = null;
     private String postalCode                = null;
     private String userId                    = null;
+    private String title                     = null;
+    private String domainComponent           = null;
+    private String serialNumber              = null;
 
     /* Encoding types, matched to native define values */
     private static final int MBSTRING_UTF8 = 0x100;
@@ -66,6 +76,119 @@ public class WolfSSLX509Name {
      */
     public WolfSSLX509Name() throws WolfSSLException {
 
+        initNative();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Create new WolfSSLX509Name populated from a distinguished name string.
+     *
+     * Two string formats are accepted:
+     *   - RFC 2253 / RFC 4514:          "CN=foo,O=bar,C=US"
+     *   - OpenSSL-style oneline:        "/C=US/O=bar/CN=foo"
+     *
+     * The format is auto detected. A string with first non-whitespace
+     * character '/' is parsed as OpenSSL-style oneline. Everything else is
+     * parsed as RFC 2253 / RFC 4514. Both ',' and ';' are accepted as RDN
+     * separators in RFC 2253 input. Backslash escapes (single character or
+     * two-hex-digit byte form) and double-quoted values are supported in
+     * RFC 2253. Hex-encoded values ("#hexdigits") are not supported and will
+     * cause this constructor to throw a WolfSSLException.
+     *
+     * Callers with a javax.naming.ldap.LdapName instance can pass
+     * myLdapName.toString() since LdapName's string form is RFC 2253.
+     * javax.naming is not available on Android, which is why this class
+     * does not provide a typed LdapName constructor.
+     *
+     * Relative Distinguished Names (RDNs) are added in the order used to build
+     * the X.509 subject, not necessarily in the textual order of the input.
+     * For RFC 2253 / RFC 4514 input, RDNs are added in reverse textual order
+     * (least significant first). For example "CN=foo,O=bar,C=US" is added as
+     * C, O, CN. OpenSSL-style oneline input is already written in that
+     * insertion order.
+     *
+     * Multi value RDNs (ex: "CN=a+OU=b") are not currently supported and will
+     * cause this constructor to throw a WolfSSLException (not supported in
+     * native wolfSSL).
+     *
+     * @param dn distinguished name string in RFC 2253 or OpenSSL oneline format
+     *
+     * @throws WolfSSLException if dn is null, empty, cannot be parsed, contains
+     *         a multi value RDN, or contains an attribute type not recognized
+     *         by native wolfSSL.
+     */
+    @SuppressWarnings("this-escape")
+    public WolfSSLX509Name(String dn) throws WolfSSLException {
+
+        String trimmed = null;
+
+        if (dn == null) {
+            throw new WolfSSLException("WolfSSLX509Name dn is null");
+        }
+
+        trimmed = dn.trim();
+        if (trimmed.isEmpty()) {
+            throw new WolfSSLException("WolfSSLX509Name dn is empty");
+        }
+
+        initNative();
+
+        try {
+            if (trimmed.charAt(0) == '/') {
+                populateFromOneline(trimmed);
+            } else {
+                populateFromRfc2253(trimmed);
+            }
+
+        } catch (WolfSSLException | RuntimeException e) {
+            free();
+            throw e;
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Create new WolfSSLX509Name populated from an X500Principal.
+     *
+     * Internally calls X500Principal.getName(RFC2253) and parses the string.
+     * This could be used with X509Certificate.getSubjectX500Principal().
+     *
+     * Multi value Relative Distinguished Names (RDNs) are not currently
+     * supported and will cause this constructor to throw a WolfSSLException.
+     *
+     * @param principal X500Principal to populate from
+     *
+     * @throws WolfSSLException if principal is null, contains a multi value
+     *         RDN, or contains an attribute type not recognized by wolfSSL.
+     */
+    @SuppressWarnings("this-escape")
+    public WolfSSLX509Name(X500Principal principal)
+        throws WolfSSLException {
+
+        String dn = null;
+
+        if (principal == null) {
+            throw new WolfSSLException("principal is null");
+        }
+
+        dn = principal.getName(X500Principal.RFC2253);
+        initNative();
+
+        try {
+            populateFromRfc2253(dn);
+
+        } catch (WolfSSLException | RuntimeException e) {
+            free();
+            throw e;
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Allocate the native WOLFSSL_X509_NAME and mark this object active.
+     * Shared initialization for all constructors.
+     *
+     * @throws WolfSSLException if native API call fails.
+     */
+    private void initNative() throws WolfSSLException {
+
         x509NamePtr = X509_NAME_new();
         if (x509NamePtr == 0) {
             throw new WolfSSLException("Failed to create WolfSSLX509Name");
@@ -80,6 +203,577 @@ public class WolfSSLX509Name {
         }
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Parse an OpenSSL "oneline" DN string into a list of [type, value] pairs,
+     * in encoded order (country first).
+     *
+     * The oneline format is "/Type1=Value1/Type2=Value2/..." with no defined
+     * escaping for '/' or '=' inside values. Inputs containing backslash
+     * escapes are rejected. Leading and trailing whitespace around both the
+     * attribute type and value is trimmed.
+     *
+     * @param dn oneline DN string to parse
+     *
+     * @throws WolfSSLException on malformed input (empty RDN, missing '=',
+     *         empty attribute type, or backslash escape sequences)
+     */
+    private static List<String[]> parseOnelineDn(String dn)
+        throws WolfSSLException {
+
+        int eq;
+        String type = null;
+        String value = null;
+        String[] parts = null;
+        List<String[]> rdns = new ArrayList<String[]>();
+
+        if (dn.length() < 2 || dn.charAt(0) != '/') {
+            throw new WolfSSLException(
+                "Oneline DN must start with '/' followed by RDNs");
+        }
+
+        if (dn.indexOf('\\') >= 0) {
+            throw new WolfSSLException(
+                "Backslash escapes in oneline DN are not supported, " +
+                "use RFC 2253 form (e.g. \"CN=foo,O=bar\") or pass an " +
+                "X500Principal instead");
+        }
+
+        parts = dn.substring(1).split("/", -1);
+        int partOffset = 1;
+        for (String part : parts) {
+            if (part.isEmpty()) {
+                throw new WolfSSLException(
+                    "Invalid oneline DN: empty RDN at position " + partOffset);
+            }
+            eq = part.indexOf('=');
+            if (eq < 0) {
+                throw new WolfSSLException(
+                    "Invalid oneline DN: missing '=' at position " +
+                    partOffset + " (in segment \"" + part + "\")");
+            }
+            type = part.substring(0, eq).trim();
+            value = part.substring(eq + 1).trim();
+            if (type.isEmpty()) {
+                throw new WolfSSLException(
+                    "Invalid oneline DN: empty attribute type at " +
+                    "position " + partOffset);
+            }
+            rdns.add(new String[] { type, value });
+            partOffset += part.length() + 1;
+        }
+
+        if (rdns.isEmpty()) {
+            throw new WolfSSLException("Invalid oneline DN: no RDNs found");
+        }
+
+        return rdns;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Populate this name from a parsed oneline DN. The oneline format stores
+     * RDNs in encoded order (country first), which matches our append-to-end
+     * behavior in addEntryByTxt.
+     *
+     * @param dn oneline DN string to parse and populate from
+     * @throws WolfSSLException if dn is malformed or contains an attribute
+     *         type not recognized by native wolfSSL.
+     */
+    private void populateFromOneline(String dn)
+        throws WolfSSLException {
+
+        for (String[] tv : parseOnelineDn(dn)) {
+            addAttribute(tv[0], tv[1]);
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Populate this name from an RFC 2253 / RFC 4514 distinguished name
+     * string. Parses the input, then iterates RDNs in reverse textual order
+     * (least significant first), so "CN=foo,O=bar,C=US" is added as C, O, CN.
+     *
+     * @param dn RFC 2253 / RFC 4514 distinguished name string
+     * @throws WolfSSLException if dn is malformed, contains a multi value RDN,
+     *         contains a hex-encoded value, or contains an attribute type not
+     *         recognized by native wolfSSL.
+     */
+    private void populateFromRfc2253(String dn) throws WolfSSLException {
+
+        for (String[] tv : parseRfc2253Dn(dn)) {
+            addAttribute(tv[0], tv[1]);
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Parse an RFC 2253 / RFC 4514 distinguished name string into a list of
+     * [type, value] pairs, in encoded order (least significant RDN first,
+     * matching conventional X.509 subject encoding order such as C, O, OU,
+     * CN).
+     *
+     * Supported syntax:
+     *   - ',' and ';' as RDN separators
+     *   - Whitespace tolerated around '=' and RDN separators
+     *   - Attribute type as descr ([A-Za-z][A-Za-z0-9-]*) or numericoid
+     *     ([0-9]+(\.[0-9]+)*)
+     *   - Single-character escapes: \, \; \+ \" \\ \= \&lt; \&gt; \# \space
+     *   - Hex-byte escapes: \xx, accumulated and decoded as UTF-8 (so \C3\A9
+     *     produces 'e' acute)
+     *   - Double-quoted values (defined in RFC 2253, omitted from RFC 4514
+     *     but still accepted by major parsers including LdapName and
+     *     X500Principal)
+     *
+     * Rejected (throws WolfSSLException):
+     *   - '#hexpairs' values (BER-encoded form)
+     *   - '+' multi-valued RDNs
+     *   - Malformed input (missing '=', unterminated quote, trailing
+     *     separator, etc.)
+     *
+     * @param dn RFC 2253 / RFC 4514 distinguished name string
+     * @return list of [type, value] pairs in least-significant-first order
+     * @throws WolfSSLException on malformed or unsupported input
+     */
+    private static List<String[]> parseRfc2253Dn(String dn)
+        throws WolfSSLException {
+
+        List<String[]> rdns = new ArrayList<String[]>();
+        int len = dn.length();
+        int pos = 0;
+
+        while (true) {
+            pos = skipDnWhitespace(dn, pos);
+            if (pos >= len) {
+                if (rdns.isEmpty()) {
+                    throw new WolfSSLException(
+                        "Invalid DN: no RDNs found at position " + pos);
+                }
+                throw new WolfSSLException(
+                    "Invalid DN: trailing RDN separator at position " + pos);
+            }
+
+            /* Parse attribute type */
+            int typeStart = pos;
+            char c = dn.charAt(pos);
+            if (c >= '0' && c <= '9') {
+                while (pos < len) {
+                    char dc = dn.charAt(pos);
+                    if ((dc >= '0' && dc <= '9') || dc == '.') {
+                        pos++;
+                    } else {
+                        break;
+                    }
+                }
+            } else if ((c >= 'A' && c <= 'Z') || (c >= 'a' && c <= 'z')) {
+                while (pos < len) {
+                    char tc = dn.charAt(pos);
+                    if ((tc >= 'A' && tc <= 'Z') || (tc >= 'a' && tc <= 'z') ||
+                        (tc >= '0' && tc <= '9') || tc == '-') {
+                        pos++;
+                    } else {
+                        break;
+                    }
+                }
+            } else {
+                throw new WolfSSLException(
+                    "Invalid DN: unexpected character '" + c +
+                    "' at position " + pos);
+            }
+            String type = dn.substring(typeStart, pos);
+
+            /* Skip whitespace, expect '=' */
+            pos = skipDnWhitespace(dn, pos);
+            if (pos >= len || dn.charAt(pos) != '=') {
+                throw new WolfSSLException(
+                    "Invalid DN: missing '=' after type '" + type + "'");
+            }
+            pos++;
+            pos = skipDnWhitespace(dn, pos);
+
+            /* Parse value */
+            int[] posRef = new int[] { pos };
+            String value = parseRfc2253Value(dn, posRef);
+            pos = posRef[0];
+
+            rdns.add(new String[] { type, value });
+
+            /* Separator */
+            pos = skipDnWhitespace(dn, pos);
+            if (pos >= len) {
+                break;
+            }
+            char sep = dn.charAt(pos);
+            if (sep == '+') {
+                throw new WolfSSLException(
+                    "Multi-valued RDNs are not supported");
+            }
+            if (sep != ',' && sep != ';') {
+                throw new WolfSSLException(
+                    "Invalid DN: expected ',' or ';' at position " + pos);
+            }
+            pos++;
+        }
+
+        if (rdns.isEmpty()) {
+            throw new WolfSSLException(
+                "Invalid DN: no RDNs found at position " + pos);
+        }
+
+        /* Reverse to insertion order matching the conventional X.509
+         * subject encoding order (least significant first, e.g. C, O, OU,
+         * CN for input "CN=foo,O=bar,OU=baz,C=US"). */
+        Collections.reverse(rdns);
+
+        return rdns;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Parse a single RFC 2253 attribute value starting at posRef[0]. Updates
+     * posRef[0] to the index after the value (before any separator).
+     *
+     * Handles quoted and unquoted forms, single-char and hex-byte escapes.
+     * Builds the value as a byte stream so multi-byte UTF-8 escapes (e.g.
+     * \C3\A9) decode correctly.
+     */
+    private static String parseRfc2253Value(String dn, int[] posRef)
+        throws WolfSSLException {
+
+        int pos = posRef[0];
+        int len = dn.length();
+
+        /* Empty value at end of input ("CN=") is allowed for parity with the
+         * explicit setX("") path and the mid-DN empty case ("CN=,O=foo").
+         * Native may or may not produce useful output for an empty value, but
+         * the wrapper accepts it consistently across all entry points. */
+        if (pos >= len) {
+            posRef[0] = pos;
+            return "";
+        }
+
+        char first = dn.charAt(pos);
+        if (first == '#') {
+            throw new WolfSSLException(
+                "Hex-encoded RFC 2253 attribute values (#hexpairs form) " +
+                "are not supported");
+        }
+
+        ByteArrayOutputStream bytes = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
+
+        /* Number of unescaped trailing whitespace bytes (' ' or '\t')
+         * appended at the current end of `bytes`. Reset to 0 by any
+         * non-whitespace byte and by any escape (so escaped trailing
+         * whitespace per RFC 2253, e.g. "CN=foo\ ", is preserved).
+         * Used to trim only unescaped trailing whitespace at the end. */
+        int trimmableTail = 0;
+        boolean quoted = (first == '"');
+        int quoteStart = pos;
+        if (quoted) {
+            pos++;
+        }
+
+        while (pos < len) {
+            char ch = dn.charAt(pos);
+
+            if (quoted) {
+                if (ch == '"') {
+                    pos++;
+                    posRef[0] = pos;
+                    return new String(bytes.toByteArray(),
+                        StandardCharsets.UTF_8);
+                }
+            } else {
+                if (ch == ',' || ch == ';' || ch == '+') {
+                    break;
+                }
+            }
+
+            if (ch == '\\') {
+                if (pos + 1 >= len) {
+                    throw new WolfSSLException(
+                        "Invalid DN: trailing '\\' escape at position " + pos);
+                }
+                char next = dn.charAt(pos + 1);
+                if (isHex(next)) {
+                    if (pos + 2 >= len || !isHex(dn.charAt(pos + 2))) {
+                        throw new WolfSSLException(
+                            "Invalid DN: incomplete hex escape at position " +
+                            pos);
+                    }
+                    bytes.write((hexValue(next) << 4) |
+                                hexValue(dn.charAt(pos + 2)));
+                    pos += 3;
+                } else {
+                    /* Single-character escape, encode as UTF-8 */
+                    appendCodePointUtf8(bytes, next);
+                    pos += 2;
+                }
+                /* Any escape (single-char or hex byte) is intentional content,
+                 * even if the resulting byte is a whitespace one. Reset so we
+                 * don't trim. */
+                trimmableTail = 0;
+
+            } else {
+                /* Plain code point, encode as UTF-8. Handle surrogate pairs by
+                 * reading the full code point. */
+                int cp = dn.codePointAt(pos);
+                appendCodePointUtf8(bytes, cp);
+                pos += Character.charCount(cp);
+                if (!quoted && (ch == ' ' || ch == '\t')) {
+                    trimmableTail++;
+                } else {
+                    trimmableTail = 0;
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        if (quoted) {
+            throw new WolfSSLException(
+                "Invalid DN: unterminated quoted value starting at " +
+                "position " + quoteStart);
+        }
+
+        posRef[0] = pos;
+
+        /* Trim unescaped trailing whitespace. Escaped trailing whitespace
+         * ("CN=foo\ " or "CN=foo\20") is preserved because trimmableTail was
+         * reset to 0 at each escape. */
+        byte[] all = bytes.toByteArray();
+        return new String(all, 0, all.length - trimmableTail,
+            StandardCharsets.UTF_8);
+    }
+
+    private static int skipDnWhitespace(String dn, int pos) {
+
+        while (pos < dn.length() && (dn.charAt(pos) == ' ' ||
+            dn.charAt(pos) == '\t')) {
+            pos++;
+        }
+        return pos;
+    }
+
+    private static boolean isHex(char c) {
+
+        return (c >= '0' && c <= '9') || (c >= 'a' && c <= 'f') ||
+            (c >= 'A' && c <= 'F');
+    }
+
+    private static int hexValue(char c) {
+
+        if (c >= '0' && c <= '9') {
+            return c - '0';
+        }
+
+        if (c >= 'a' && c <= 'f') {
+            return c - 'a' + 10;
+        }
+
+        return c - 'A' + 10;
+    }
+
+    private static void appendCodePointUtf8(ByteArrayOutputStream out, int cp) {
+
+        byte[] b = new String(Character.toChars(cp))
+            .getBytes(StandardCharsets.UTF_8);
+
+        out.write(b, 0, b.length);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Add a single attribute to this name, normalizing the type before the
+     * native call and updating the cached Java side mirror.
+     *
+     * Normalization is necessary because wolfSSL's OBJ_txt2nid() lookup
+     * is case sensitive, while X500Principal.getName(RFC2253) commonly
+     * returns uppercase forms (ex: "STREET", "EMAILADDRESS") that don't
+     * match wolfSSL's canonical form.
+     *
+     * @param type attribute type string, for example "CN" or "commonName"
+     * @param value attribute value string
+     *
+     * @throws WolfSSLException if native JNI error has occurred, or input
+     *        attribute type is not recognized by native wolfSSL.
+     */
+    private void addAttribute(String type, String value)
+        throws WolfSSLException {
+
+        confirmObjectIsActive();
+
+        String nativeType = canonicalAttributeName(type);
+        addEntryByTxt(nativeType, value);
+        updateMirrorField(nativeType, value);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Map a DN attribute type to the canonical form recognized by native
+     * wolfSSL_OBJ_txt2nid(). Handles the common short/long aliases case
+     * insensitively. Dotted OIDs are mapped to their canonical keyword for
+     * well known X.500 attributes. Unrecognized OIDs and unrecognized keyword
+     * types are passed through. For pass through types the downstream native
+     * call will succeed if the casing matches, or fail cleanly via
+     * addEntryByTxt() if not. Null and empty inputs are returned unchanged.
+     * Callers downstream reject them via addEntryByTxt().
+     *
+     * @param attrType attribute type string, for example "CN", "commonName",
+     *        or "2.5.4.3"
+     *
+     * @return canonical attribute type string recognized by wolfSSL, for
+     *         example "commonName" for "CN" / "commonName" / "2.5.4.3".
+     *         Unrecognized inputs are passed through.
+     */
+    private static String canonicalAttributeName(String attrType) {
+
+        String key = null;
+
+        if (attrType == null || attrType.isEmpty()) {
+            return attrType;
+        }
+
+        /* Dotted OIDs start with an ASCII digit. Translate well known X.500
+         * attribute OIDs to their canonical keyword so equivalent DN forms
+         * (ex: "CN=foo" vs "2.5.4.3=foo") produce identical state. Unknown
+         * OIDs are passed through. wolfSSL_OBJ_txt2nid() handles dotted OID
+         * lookup natively. */
+        char first = attrType.charAt(0);
+        if (first >= '0' && first <= '9') {
+            switch (attrType) {
+                case "2.5.4.3":  return "commonName";
+                case "2.5.4.4":  return "surname";
+                case "2.5.4.5":  return "serialNumber";
+                case "2.5.4.6":  return "countryName";
+                case "2.5.4.7":  return "localityName";
+                case "2.5.4.8":  return "stateOrProvinceName";
+                case "2.5.4.9":  return "streetAddress";
+                case "2.5.4.10": return "organizationName";
+                case "2.5.4.11": return "organizationalUnitName";
+                case "2.5.4.12": return "title";
+                case "2.5.4.17": return "postalCode";
+                case "0.9.2342.19200300.100.1.1":  return "userId";
+                case "0.9.2342.19200300.100.1.25": return "domainComponent";
+                case "1.2.840.113549.1.9.1": return "emailAddress";
+                default: return attrType;
+            }
+        }
+
+        key = attrType.toUpperCase(Locale.ROOT);
+        switch (key) {
+            case "C":
+            case "COUNTRYNAME":
+                return "countryName";
+            case "ST":
+            case "STATEORPROVINCENAME":
+                return "stateOrProvinceName";
+            case "STREET":
+            case "STREETADDRESS":
+                return "streetAddress";
+            case "L":
+            case "LOCALITYNAME":
+                return "localityName";
+            case "SN":
+            case "SURNAME":
+                return "surname";
+            case "CN":
+            case "COMMONNAME":
+                return "commonName";
+            case "EMAILADDRESS":
+                return "emailAddress";
+            case "O":
+            case "ORGANIZATIONNAME":
+                return "organizationName";
+            case "OU":
+            case "ORGANIZATIONALUNITNAME":
+                return "organizationalUnitName";
+            case "POSTALCODE":
+                return "postalCode";
+            case "UID":
+            case "USERID":
+                return "userId";
+            case "T":
+            case "TITLE":
+                return "title";
+            case "DC":
+            case "DOMAINCOMPONENT":
+                return "domainComponent";
+            case "SERIALNUMBER":
+                return "serialNumber";
+            default:
+                return attrType;
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Update the cached Java-side mirror field if attrType matches one of the
+     * known short/long names. Unknown attribute types are silently skipped
+     * since they were already pushed through the native call. Comparison is
+     * case-insensitive.
+     *
+     * @param attrType attribute type string
+     * @param value attribute value string
+     */
+    private void updateMirrorField(String attrType, String value) {
+
+        String key = null;
+
+        if (attrType == null) {
+            return;
+        }
+
+        key = attrType.toUpperCase(Locale.ROOT);
+        switch (key) {
+            case "C":
+            case "COUNTRYNAME":
+                this.countryName = value;
+                break;
+            case "ST":
+            case "STATEORPROVINCENAME":
+                this.stateOrProvinceName = value;
+                break;
+            case "STREET":
+            case "STREETADDRESS":
+                this.streetAddress = value;
+                break;
+            case "L":
+            case "LOCALITYNAME":
+                this.localityName = value;
+                break;
+            case "SN":
+            case "SURNAME":
+                this.surname = value;
+                break;
+            case "CN":
+            case "COMMONNAME":
+                this.commonName = value;
+                break;
+            case "EMAILADDRESS":
+                this.emailAddress = value;
+                break;
+            case "O":
+            case "ORGANIZATIONNAME":
+                this.organizationName = value;
+                break;
+            case "OU":
+            case "ORGANIZATIONALUNITNAME":
+                this.organizationalUnitName = value;
+                break;
+            case "POSTALCODE":
+                this.postalCode = value;
+                break;
+            case "UID":
+            case "USERID":
+                this.userId = value;
+                break;
+            case "T":
+            case "TITLE":
+                this.title = value;
+                break;
+            case "DC":
+            case "DOMAINCOMPONENT":
+                this.domainComponent = value;
+                break;
+            case "SERIALNUMBER":
+                this.serialNumber = value;
+                break;
+            default:
+                break;
+        }
+    }
+
     /**
      * Verifies that the current WolfSSLX509Name object is active.
      *
@@ -133,6 +827,10 @@ public class WolfSSLX509Name {
             throw new WolfSSLException(
                 "field or entry is null in addEntryByTxt()");
         }
+        if (field.isEmpty()) {
+            throw new WolfSSLException(
+                "field is empty in addEntryByTxt()");
+        }
 
         synchronized (x509NameLock) {
             entryBytes = entry.getBytes(StandardCharsets.UTF_8);
@@ -389,6 +1087,72 @@ public class WolfSSLX509Name {
         this.userId = id;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Set title for this name object.
+     *
+     * @param name String containing title to be set
+     *
+     * @throws IllegalStateException if WolfSSLX509Name has been freed.
+     * @throws WolfSSLException if native JNI error has occurred, or input
+     *         argument is invalid.
+     */
+    public synchronized void setTitle(String name)
+        throws IllegalStateException, WolfSSLException {
+
+        confirmObjectIsActive();
+
+        WolfSSLDebug.log(getClass(), WolfSSLDebug.Component.JNI,
+            WolfSSLDebug.INFO, this.x509NamePtr,
+            () -> "entered setTitle(" + name + ")");
+
+        addEntryByTxt("title", name);
+        this.title = name;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Set domain component for this name object.
+     *
+     * @param dc String containing domain component to be set
+     *
+     * @throws IllegalStateException if WolfSSLX509Name has been freed.
+     * @throws WolfSSLException if native JNI error has occurred, or input
+     *         argument is invalid.
+     */
+    public synchronized void setDomainComponent(String dc)
+        throws IllegalStateException, WolfSSLException {
+
+        confirmObjectIsActive();
+
+        WolfSSLDebug.log(getClass(), WolfSSLDebug.Component.JNI,
+            WolfSSLDebug.INFO, this.x509NamePtr,
+            () -> "entered setDomainComponent(" + dc + ")");
+
+        addEntryByTxt("domainComponent", dc);
+        this.domainComponent = dc;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Set serial number for this name object.
+     *
+     * @param sn String containing serial number to be set
+     *
+     * @throws IllegalStateException if WolfSSLX509Name has been freed.
+     * @throws WolfSSLException if native JNI error has occurred, or input
+     *         argument is invalid.
+     */
+    public synchronized void setSerialNumber(String sn)
+        throws IllegalStateException, WolfSSLException {
+
+        confirmObjectIsActive();
+
+        WolfSSLDebug.log(getClass(), WolfSSLDebug.Component.JNI,
+            WolfSSLDebug.INFO, this.x509NamePtr,
+            () -> "entered setSerialNumber(" + sn + ")");
+
+        addEntryByTxt("serialNumber", sn);
+        this.serialNumber = sn;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Get country name set in this object.
      *
@@ -587,6 +1351,59 @@ public class WolfSSLX509Name {
         return this.userId;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Get title set in this object.
+     *
+     * @return title string, or null if not yet set
+     *
+     * @throws IllegalStateException if WolfSSLX509Name has been freed.
+     */
+    public synchronized String getTitle() {
+
+        confirmObjectIsActive();
+
+        WolfSSLDebug.log(getClass(), WolfSSLDebug.Component.JNI,
+            WolfSSLDebug.INFO, this.x509NamePtr, () -> "entered getTitle()");
+
+        return this.title;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Get domain component set in this object.
+     *
+     * @return domain component string, or null if not yet set
+     *
+     * @throws IllegalStateException if WolfSSLX509Name has been freed.
+     */
+    public synchronized String getDomainComponent() {
+
+        confirmObjectIsActive();
+
+        WolfSSLDebug.log(getClass(), WolfSSLDebug.Component.JNI,
+            WolfSSLDebug.INFO, this.x509NamePtr,
+            () -> "entered getDomainComponent()");
+
+        return this.domainComponent;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Get serial number set in this object.
+     *
+     * @return serial number string, or null if not yet set
+     *
+     * @throws IllegalStateException if WolfSSLX509Name has been freed.
+     */
+    public synchronized String getSerialNumber() {
+
+        confirmObjectIsActive();
+
+        WolfSSLDebug.log(getClass(), WolfSSLDebug.Component.JNI,
+            WolfSSLDebug.INFO, this.x509NamePtr,
+            () -> "entered getSerialNumber()");
+
+        return this.serialNumber;
+    }
+
     @Override
     public String toString() {
 
diff --git a/src/test/com/wolfssl/test/WolfSSLTestSuite.java b/src/test/com/wolfssl/test/WolfSSLTestSuite.java
index 03b7522..7c77ae1 100644
--- a/src/test/com/wolfssl/test/WolfSSLTestSuite.java
+++ b/src/test/com/wolfssl/test/WolfSSLTestSuite.java
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ import com.wolfssl.WolfSSLException;
     WolfCryptECCTest.class,
     WolfSSLCertificateTest.class,
     WolfSSLCertRequestTest.class,
+    WolfSSLX509NameTest.class,
     WolfSSLCertManagerTest.class,
     WolfSSLNameConstraintsTest.class,
     WolfSSLCRLTest.class
diff --git a/src/test/com/wolfssl/test/WolfSSLX509NameTest.java b/src/test/com/wolfssl/test/WolfSSLX509NameTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..47676ee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/com/wolfssl/test/WolfSSLX509NameTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,848 @@
+/* WolfSSLX509NameTest.java
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2006-2026 wolfSSL Inc.
+ *
+ * This file is part of wolfSSL.
+ *
+ * wolfSSL is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * wolfSSL is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+ * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1335, USA
+ */
+
+package com.wolfssl.test;
+
+import org.junit.Assume;
+import org.junit.BeforeClass;
+import org.junit.Rule;
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.junit.rules.TestRule;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertNotNull;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertNull;
+import static org.junit.Assert.fail;
+
+import javax.security.auth.x500.X500Principal;
+
+import com.wolfssl.WolfSSL;
+import com.wolfssl.WolfSSLException;
+import com.wolfssl.WolfSSLX509Name;
+
+public class WolfSSLX509NameTest {
+
+    /* True if native wolfSSL recognizes the "title" attribute (added in
+     * v5.8.2). When false, tests that exercise title / domainComponent /
+     * serialNumber are skipped via Assume. */
+    private static boolean extendedAttrsSupported = false;
+
+    @Rule
+    public TestRule testWatcher = TimedTestWatcher.create();
+
+    @BeforeClass
+    public static void loadLibrary() {
+
+        System.out.println("WolfSSLX509Name Class");
+
+        try {
+            WolfSSL.loadLibrary();
+        } catch (UnsatisfiedLinkError ule) {
+            fail("failed to load native JNI library");
+        }
+
+        /* Check if wolfSSL knows the extended attributes added in v5.8.2
+         * (title, domainComponent, serialNumber). The check uses setTitle
+         * since title was the first added in that set. */
+        try {
+            WolfSSLX509Name probe = new WolfSSLX509Name();
+            try {
+                probe.setTitle("probe");
+                extendedAttrsSupported = true;
+            } finally {
+                probe.free();
+            }
+        } catch (Exception e) {
+            extendedAttrsSupported = false;
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void test_String_RFC2253_AllKnownAttributes()
+        throws WolfSSLException {
+
+        /* Exercises every cached mirror field that wolfSSL has
+         * supported since before v5.8.2. The extended attributes (title,
+         * domainComponent, serialNumber) are covered separately by
+         * test_String_RFC2253_ExtendedAttributes since they require
+         * wolfSSL >= 5.8.2. */
+        String dn = "UID=tester,CN=wolfssl.com," +
+            "EMAILADDRESS=support@wolfssl.com,SN=Smith," +
+            "OU=Engineering,O=wolfSSL Inc.,POSTALCODE=59715," +
+            "STREET=12345 Test St,L=Bozeman,ST=Montana,C=US";
+
+        WolfSSLX509Name name = new WolfSSLX509Name(dn);
+        try {
+            assertEquals("US", name.getCountryName());
+            assertEquals("Montana", name.getStateOrProvinceName());
+            assertEquals("Bozeman", name.getLocalityName());
+            assertEquals("12345 Test St", name.getStreetAddress());
+            assertEquals("59715", name.getPostalCode());
+            assertEquals("wolfSSL Inc.", name.getOrganizationName());
+            assertEquals("Engineering", name.getOrganizationalUnitName());
+            assertEquals("Smith", name.getSurname());
+            assertEquals("support@wolfssl.com", name.getEmailAddress());
+            assertEquals("wolfssl.com", name.getCommonName());
+            assertEquals("tester", name.getUserId());
+        } finally {
+            name.free();
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void test_String_RFC2253_ExtendedAttributes()
+        throws WolfSSLException {
+
+        /* title, domainComponent, and serialNumber were added to wolfSSL
+         * OBJ table in v5.8.2. Skip on older builds. The input also tests
+         * case-sensitive aliases that wolfSSL natively doesn't recognize
+         * without canonical mapping (lowercase "dc", short forms "T" /
+         * "SERIALNUMBER". */
+        Assume.assumeTrue(
+            "wolfSSL does not recognize 'title' (require >= 5.8.2)",
+            extendedAttrsSupported);
+
+        WolfSSLX509Name name = new WolfSSLX509Name(
+            "T=CTO,dc=example,SERIALNUMBER=42,CN=foo");
+        try {
+            assertEquals("CTO", name.getTitle());
+            assertEquals("example", name.getDomainComponent());
+            assertEquals("42", name.getSerialNumber());
+            assertEquals("foo", name.getCommonName());
+        } finally {
+            name.free();
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void test_String_RFC2253_SerialNumberOid()
+        throws WolfSSLException {
+
+        /* 2.5.4.5 is the standard X.500 OID for serialNumber. The
+         * canonicalAttributeName() OID switch must map it to "serialNumber"
+         * so the mirror populates the same as if the user had passed
+         * "SERIALNUMBER=foo". Gated like the other extended-attribute tests
+         * since wolfSSL added serialNumber to its OBJ table in v5.8.2. */
+        Assume.assumeTrue(
+            "wolfSSL does not recognize 'serialNumber' (require >= 5.8.2)",
+            extendedAttrsSupported);
+
+        WolfSSLX509Name name =
+            new WolfSSLX509Name("2.5.4.5=ABC123,CN=foo");
+        try {
+            assertEquals("ABC123", name.getSerialNumber());
+            assertEquals("foo", name.getCommonName());
+        } finally {
+            name.free();
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void test_String_RFC2253_LongAttributeNames()
+        throws WolfSSLException {
+
+        String dn = "commonName=wolfssl.com," +
+            "organizationName=wolfSSL,countryName=US";
+
+        WolfSSLX509Name name = new WolfSSLX509Name(dn);
+        try {
+            assertEquals("US", name.getCountryName());
+            assertEquals("wolfSSL", name.getOrganizationName());
+            assertEquals("wolfssl.com", name.getCommonName());
+        } finally {
+            name.free();
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void test_String_RFC2253_SemicolonSeparator()
+        throws WolfSSLException {
+
+        /* RFC 2253 also accepts ';' as an RDN separator. */
+        String dn = "CN=wolfssl.com;O=wolfSSL Inc.;C=US";
+
+        WolfSSLX509Name name = new WolfSSLX509Name(dn);
+        try {
+            assertEquals("US", name.getCountryName());
+            assertEquals("wolfSSL Inc.", name.getOrganizationName());
+            assertEquals("wolfssl.com", name.getCommonName());
+        } finally {
+            name.free();
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void test_String_RFC2253_OidAttributeTypes()
+        throws WolfSSLException {
+
+        /* 2.5.4.3  = commonName,
+         * 2.5.4.10 = organizationName,
+         * 2.5.4.6  = countryName. */
+        String dn = "2.5.4.3=wolfssl.com,2.5.4.10=wolfSSL,2.5.4.6=US";
+
+        WolfSSLX509Name name = new WolfSSLX509Name(dn);
+        try {
+            /* Well known X.500 OIDs are translated to their canonical
+             * keyword, so mirror fields populate the same as if the user
+             * had passed "CN=...,O=...,C=...". */
+            assertEquals("US", name.getCountryName());
+            assertEquals("wolfSSL", name.getOrganizationName());
+            assertEquals("wolfssl.com", name.getCommonName());
+        } finally {
+            name.free();
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void test_String_RFC2253_UnknownOidPassesThrough() {
+
+        /* An OID not in our well known table. wolfSSL doesn't recognize
+         * "1.2.3.4.5.6.7" so the native call rejects it. This documents
+         * that unknown OIDs reach native and aren't silently swallowed. */
+        try {
+            new WolfSSLX509Name("1.2.3.4.5.6.7=foo,CN=bar");
+            fail("expected WolfSSLException for unknown OID");
+        } catch (WolfSSLException e) {
+            /* expected */
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void test_String_RFC2253_QuotedValueWithComma()
+        throws WolfSSLException {
+
+        /* RFC 2253 allows quoting a value that contains a comma. */
+        String dn = "CN=\"Foo, Inc.\",O=Bar,C=US";
+
+        WolfSSLX509Name name = new WolfSSLX509Name(dn);
+        try {
+            assertEquals("Foo, Inc.", name.getCommonName());
+            assertEquals("Bar", name.getOrganizationName());
+            assertEquals("US", name.getCountryName());
+        } finally {
+            name.free();
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void test_String_RFC2253_EscapedComma()
+        throws WolfSSLException {
+
+        /* Backslash-escaped comma in value. */
+        String dn = "CN=Foo\\, Inc.,O=Bar,C=US";
+
+        WolfSSLX509Name name = new WolfSSLX509Name(dn);
+        try {
+            assertEquals("Foo, Inc.", name.getCommonName());
+        } finally {
+            name.free();
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void test_String_RFC2253_LeadingTrailingWhitespace()
+        throws WolfSSLException {
+
+        WolfSSLX509Name name = new WolfSSLX509Name("   CN=wolfssl.com,C=US   ");
+        try {
+            assertEquals("US", name.getCountryName());
+            assertEquals("wolfssl.com", name.getCommonName());
+        } finally {
+            name.free();
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void test_String_RFC2253_SingleComponent()
+        throws WolfSSLException {
+
+        WolfSSLX509Name name = new WolfSSLX509Name("CN=foo");
+        try {
+            assertEquals("foo", name.getCommonName());
+            assertNull(name.getCountryName());
+        } finally {
+            name.free();
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void test_String_Oneline_Basic() throws WolfSSLException {
+
+        WolfSSLX509Name name = new WolfSSLX509Name(
+            "/C=US/ST=Montana/L=Bozeman/O=wolfSSL Inc." +
+            "/OU=Engineering/CN=wolfssl.com");
+        try {
+            assertEquals("US", name.getCountryName());
+            assertEquals("Montana", name.getStateOrProvinceName());
+            assertEquals("Bozeman", name.getLocalityName());
+            assertEquals("wolfSSL Inc.", name.getOrganizationName());
+            assertEquals("Engineering", name.getOrganizationalUnitName());
+            assertEquals("wolfssl.com", name.getCommonName());
+        } finally {
+            name.free();
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void test_String_Oneline_SingleComponent()
+        throws WolfSSLException {
+
+        WolfSSLX509Name name = new WolfSSLX509Name("/CN=foo");
+        try {
+            assertEquals("foo", name.getCommonName());
+        } finally {
+            name.free();
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void test_String_Oneline_LongAttributeNames()
+        throws WolfSSLException {
+
+        WolfSSLX509Name name =
+            new WolfSSLX509Name("/countryName=US/commonName=foo");
+        try {
+            assertEquals("US", name.getCountryName());
+            assertEquals("foo", name.getCommonName());
+        } finally {
+            name.free();
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void test_String_Oneline_LeadingTrailingWhitespace()
+        throws WolfSSLException {
+
+        WolfSSLX509Name name = new WolfSSLX509Name("  /C=US/CN=foo  ");
+        try {
+            assertEquals("US", name.getCountryName());
+            assertEquals("foo", name.getCommonName());
+        } finally {
+            name.free();
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void test_String_Oneline_BareSlashThrows() {
+
+        try {
+            new WolfSSLX509Name("/");
+            fail("expected WolfSSLException for bare '/'");
+        } catch (WolfSSLException e) {
+            /* expected */
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void test_String_Oneline_MissingEqualsThrows() {
+
+        try {
+            new WolfSSLX509Name("/CN=foo/bar/O=baz");
+            fail("expected WolfSSLException for RDN missing '='");
+        } catch (WolfSSLException e) {
+            /* expected */
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void test_String_Oneline_EmptyTypeThrows() {
+
+        try {
+            new WolfSSLX509Name("/=foo/CN=bar");
+            fail("expected WolfSSLException for empty attribute type");
+        } catch (WolfSSLException e) {
+            /* expected */
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void test_String_Oneline_DoubleSlashThrows() {
+
+        /* "//CN=foo" (empty first RDN) */
+        try {
+            new WolfSSLX509Name("//CN=foo");
+            fail("expected WolfSSLException for empty RDN");
+        } catch (WolfSSLException e) {
+            /* expected */
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void test_String_Oneline_TrailingSlashThrows() {
+
+        /* split with limit -1 keeps trailing empty (empty RDN) */
+        try {
+            new WolfSSLX509Name("/CN=foo/");
+            fail("expected WolfSSLException for trailing '/'");
+        } catch (WolfSSLException e) {
+            /* expected */
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void test_String_Oneline_BackslashEscapeThrows() {
+
+        /* OpenSSL's oneline can emit "\/" for slashes in values. We
+         * reject rather than mis-parse, and the message points users
+         * to RFC 2253 / X500Principal alternatives. */
+        try {
+            new WolfSSLX509Name("/O=ACME\\/West/CN=foo");
+            fail("expected WolfSSLException for backslash escape");
+        } catch (WolfSSLException e) {
+            /* expected */
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void test_String_Oneline_UnknownAttributeThrows() {
+
+        try {
+            new WolfSSLX509Name("/FOO=bar/CN=baz");
+            fail("expected WolfSSLException for unknown attribute");
+        } catch (WolfSSLException e) {
+            /* expected */
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void test_String_NullThrows() {
+
+        try {
+            new WolfSSLX509Name((String) null);
+            fail("expected WolfSSLException for null String DN");
+        } catch (WolfSSLException e) {
+            /* expected */
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void test_String_EmptyThrows() {
+
+        try {
+            new WolfSSLX509Name("");
+            fail("expected WolfSSLException for empty String DN");
+        } catch (WolfSSLException e) {
+            /* expected */
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void test_String_WhitespaceOnlyThrows() {
+
+        try {
+            new WolfSSLX509Name("    ");
+            fail("expected WolfSSLException for whitespace-only DN");
+        } catch (WolfSSLException e) {
+            /* expected */
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void test_String_InvalidSyntaxThrows() {
+
+        try {
+            new WolfSSLX509Name("not a valid dn");
+            fail("expected WolfSSLException for invalid DN syntax");
+        } catch (WolfSSLException e) {
+            /* expected */
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void test_String_MultiValuedRdnThrows() {
+
+        try {
+            new WolfSSLX509Name("CN=foo+OU=bar,O=baz,C=US");
+            fail("expected WolfSSLException for multi-valued RDN");
+        } catch (WolfSSLException e) {
+            /* expected */
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void test_String_UnknownAttributeThrows() {
+
+        /* "FOO" is not a recognized short/long name and is not a dotted
+         * OID, so wolfSSL_OBJ_txt2nid() returns WC_NID_undef and the native
+         * add_entry_by_txt() call fails. */
+        try {
+            new WolfSSLX509Name("FOO=bar,CN=baz");
+            fail("expected WolfSSLException for unknown attribute");
+        } catch (WolfSSLException e) {
+            /* expected */
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void test_String_RFC2253_HexEncodedValueThrows() {
+
+        /* RFC 2253 #hexpairs form are rejected: bytes are BER-encoded
+         * (tag + length + value), not UTF-8 text. "#1303616263" =
+         * PrintableString "abc" in BER. */
+        try {
+            new WolfSSLX509Name("CN=#1303616263,O=foo,C=US");
+            fail("expected WolfSSLException for hex-encoded BER value");
+        } catch (WolfSSLException e) {
+            /* expected */
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void test_String_RFC2253_HexByteEscape()
+        throws WolfSSLException {
+
+        /* "\C3\A9" = UTF-8 encoding of 'e' acute (U+00E9). The parser
+         * accumulates hex-byte escapes as a byte sequence and decodes the
+         * whole value as UTF-8, so multi-byte sequences round-trip.
+         *
+         * Use a unicode escape for the literal rather than the raw 'e'
+         * acute character, so this test compiles correctly on platforms
+         * where javac defaults to a non-UTF-8 source encoding (e.g. on
+         * Windows where javac defaults to the platform charset). */
+        WolfSSLX509Name name = new WolfSSLX509Name("CN=Caf\\C3\\A9,C=US");
+        try {
+            assertEquals("Caf\u00e9", name.getCommonName());
+            assertEquals("US", name.getCountryName());
+        } finally {
+            name.free();
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void test_String_RFC2253_BackslashLiteral()
+        throws WolfSSLException {
+
+        WolfSSLX509Name name = new WolfSSLX509Name("CN=foo\\\\bar,C=US");
+        try {
+            assertEquals("foo\\bar", name.getCommonName());
+        } finally {
+            name.free();
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void test_String_RFC2253_EscapedTrailingSpacePreserved()
+        throws WolfSSLException {
+
+        /* RFC 2253 requires trailing spaces in unquoted values to be escaped
+         * (single-char "\ " or hex "\20"). The parser must preserve the
+         * escaped space and only trim unescaped trailing whitespace. */
+        WolfSSLX509Name viaCharEscape = new WolfSSLX509Name("CN=foo\\ ,O=bar");
+        try {
+            assertEquals("foo ", viaCharEscape.getCommonName());
+        } finally {
+            viaCharEscape.free();
+        }
+
+        WolfSSLX509Name viaHexEscape = new WolfSSLX509Name("CN=foo\\20,O=bar");
+        try {
+            assertEquals("foo ", viaHexEscape.getCommonName());
+        } finally {
+            viaHexEscape.free();
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void test_String_RFC2253_MixedEscapedAndUnescapedTrailingSpace()
+        throws WolfSSLException {
+
+        /* "foo\  " = escaped space then unescaped space. The escaped space
+         * is preserved, the unescaped one is trimmed. */
+        WolfSSLX509Name name = new WolfSSLX509Name("CN=foo\\  ,O=bar");
+        try {
+            assertEquals("foo ", name.getCommonName());
+        } finally {
+            name.free();
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void test_String_RFC2253_UnescapedTrailingWhitespaceTrimmed()
+        throws WolfSSLException {
+
+        /* Plain trailing whitespace in an unquoted value is trimmed. */
+        WolfSSLX509Name name = new WolfSSLX509Name("CN=foo   ,O=bar");
+        try {
+            assertEquals("foo", name.getCommonName());
+            assertEquals("bar", name.getOrganizationName());
+        } finally {
+            name.free();
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void test_String_RFC2253_QuotedWithEmbeddedQuote()
+        throws WolfSSLException {
+
+        WolfSSLX509Name name =
+            new WolfSSLX509Name("CN=\"he said \\\"hi\\\"\",C=US");
+        try {
+            assertEquals("he said \"hi\"", name.getCommonName());
+        } finally {
+            name.free();
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void test_String_RFC2253_WhitespaceAroundEquals()
+        throws WolfSSLException {
+
+        WolfSSLX509Name name = new WolfSSLX509Name("CN = foo, C = US");
+        try {
+            assertEquals("foo", name.getCommonName());
+            assertEquals("US", name.getCountryName());
+        } finally {
+            name.free();
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void test_String_RFC2253_TrailingSeparatorThrows() {
+
+        try {
+            new WolfSSLX509Name("CN=foo,C=US,");
+            fail("expected WolfSSLException for trailing separator");
+        } catch (WolfSSLException e) {
+            /* expected */
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void test_String_RFC2253_MissingEqualsThrows() {
+
+        try {
+            new WolfSSLX509Name("CN foo,C=US");
+            fail("expected WolfSSLException for missing '='");
+        } catch (WolfSSLException e) {
+            /* expected */
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void test_String_RFC2253_UnterminatedQuoteThrows() {
+
+        try {
+            new WolfSSLX509Name("CN=\"unterminated,C=US");
+            fail("expected WolfSSLException for unterminated quote");
+        } catch (WolfSSLException e) {
+            /* expected */
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void test_String_RFC2253_TrailingBackslashThrows() {
+
+        /* Single '\' at end of value with nothing to escape. */
+        try {
+            new WolfSSLX509Name("CN=foo\\");
+            fail("expected WolfSSLException for trailing backslash");
+        } catch (WolfSSLException e) {
+            /* expected */
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void test_String_RFC2253_IncompleteHexEscapeAtEndThrows() {
+
+        /* "\C" at end of input: only one hex digit, no second to make a
+         * complete \xx byte escape. */
+        try {
+            new WolfSSLX509Name("CN=foo\\C");
+            fail("expected WolfSSLException for incomplete hex escape");
+        } catch (WolfSSLException e) {
+            /* expected */
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void test_String_RFC2253_IncompleteHexEscapeBadDigitThrows() {
+
+        /* "\Cz": first nibble is hex, second isn't. Parser must reject
+         * rather than treat as single-char escape. */
+        try {
+            new WolfSSLX509Name("CN=foo\\Cz");
+            fail("expected WolfSSLException for non-hex second digit");
+        } catch (WolfSSLException e) {
+            /* expected */
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void test_String_RFC2253_UnexpectedCharAtTypeStartThrows() {
+
+        /* '=' is not a valid first char for an attribute type. */
+        try {
+            new WolfSSLX509Name("=foo,CN=bar");
+            fail("expected WolfSSLException for unexpected character");
+        } catch (WolfSSLException e) {
+            /* expected */
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void test_String_RFC2253_BadRdnSeparatorThrows() {
+
+        /* After a quoted value the next non-whitespace char must be ','
+         * or ';'. Anything else (here '|') hits the parser's separator
+         * check rather than being silently absorbed into the value. */
+        try {
+            new WolfSSLX509Name("CN=\"foo\"|O=bar");
+            fail("expected WolfSSLException for bad RDN separator");
+        } catch (WolfSSLException e) {
+            /* expected */
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void test_String_RFC2253_RdnInsertionOrderIsReversed()
+        throws WolfSSLException {
+
+        /* Parser walks textual L-to-R then Collections.reverse()s before
+         * insertion (least-significant-first / X.509 encoding order).
+         * Mirrors are "last write wins": after reversal the calls happen
+         * as CN=last then CN=first, leaving "first" in the mirror. If
+         * reversal weren't happening, the mirror would hold "last". */
+        WolfSSLX509Name name = new WolfSSLX509Name("CN=first,CN=last");
+        try {
+            assertEquals("first", name.getCommonName());
+        } finally {
+            name.free();
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void test_String_RFC2253_EmptyValueAtEofMatchesSetX()
+        throws WolfSSLException {
+
+        /* "CN=" at end of input and "CN=,O=foo" both produce an RDN with an
+         * empty value, matching the explicit setX("") path. Native may or may
+         * not produce a useful cert from an empty value, but the wrapper
+         * accepts it consistently across all three entry points (no-arg +
+         * setX, parser at EOF, parser mid-DN). */
+        WolfSSLX509Name viaSet = new WolfSSLX509Name();
+        try {
+            viaSet.setCommonName("");
+        } catch (WolfSSLException e) {
+            /* If setX("") doesn't go through cleanly, the parser path for
+             * "CN=" must fail the same way. Verify and exit. */
+            viaSet.free();
+            try {
+                new WolfSSLX509Name("CN=");
+                fail("setX(\"\") threw but parser path didn't");
+            } catch (WolfSSLException e2) {
+                /* expected: paths conform */
+            }
+            return;
+        }
+        viaSet.free();
+
+        /* setX("") succeeded, so the parser must too. */
+        WolfSSLX509Name viaParser = new WolfSSLX509Name("CN=");
+        try {
+            assertEquals("", viaParser.getCommonName());
+        } finally {
+            viaParser.free();
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void test_String_RFC2253_SurrogatePairValue()
+        throws WolfSSLException {
+
+        /* U+1F600 (grinning face emoji) encodes as a UTF-16 surrogate
+         * pair in a Java String and four UTF-8 bytes. The parser uses
+         * codePointAt + charCount so the pair flows through to the byte
+         * stream correctly. charAt-only logic would split or mangle it. */
+        String emoji = "\uD83D\uDE00";
+        WolfSSLX509Name name =
+            new WolfSSLX509Name("CN=" + emoji + ",C=US");
+        try {
+            assertEquals(emoji, name.getCommonName());
+            assertEquals("US", name.getCountryName());
+        } finally {
+            name.free();
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void test_X500Principal_PopulatesMirrorFields()
+        throws WolfSSLException {
+
+        X500Principal principal = new X500Principal(
+            "CN=wolfssl.com,O=wolfSSL Inc.,C=US");
+
+        WolfSSLX509Name name = new WolfSSLX509Name(principal);
+        try {
+            assertEquals("US", name.getCountryName());
+            assertEquals("wolfSSL Inc.", name.getOrganizationName());
+            assertEquals("wolfssl.com", name.getCommonName());
+        } finally {
+            name.free();
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void test_X500Principal_RoundTrip() throws WolfSSLException {
+
+        /* Build a principal from RFC 2253 string, feed it to our
+         * constructor, verify mirrors match. This is the canonical use case
+         * for round tripping cert subjects. */
+        String original = "CN=wolfssl.com,OU=Engineering," +
+            "O=wolfSSL Inc.,L=Bozeman,ST=Montana,C=US";
+
+        X500Principal principal = new X500Principal(original);
+        WolfSSLX509Name name = new WolfSSLX509Name(principal);
+        try {
+            assertEquals("US", name.getCountryName());
+            assertEquals("Montana", name.getStateOrProvinceName());
+            assertEquals("Bozeman", name.getLocalityName());
+            assertEquals("wolfSSL Inc.", name.getOrganizationName());
+            assertEquals("Engineering", name.getOrganizationalUnitName());
+            assertEquals("wolfssl.com", name.getCommonName());
+        } finally {
+            name.free();
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void test_X500Principal_NullThrows() {
+
+        try {
+            new WolfSSLX509Name((X500Principal) null);
+            fail("expected WolfSSLException for null X500Principal");
+        } catch (WolfSSLException e) {
+            /* expected */
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void test_X500Principal_UnknownAttributeThrows() {
+
+        /* X500Principal accepts any attribute as a string. Our constructor
+         * should fail when wolfSSL doesn't recognize it. */
+        X500Principal principal = new X500Principal("1.2.3.4.5.6.7=foo,CN=bar");
+        try {
+            new WolfSSLX509Name(principal);
+            fail("expected WolfSSLException for unknown OID");
+        } catch (WolfSSLException e) {
+            /* expected */
+        }
+    }
+}