*/
    public static <T extends ASN1Primitive> T as(final Class<T> type, final ASN1Sequence sequence, final int index)
            throws PACDecodingException {
        return as(type, sequence.getObjectAt(index));
    }

    /**
     * Read a tagged object without parsing it's contents
     *
     * BC no longer seems to allow that out of the box
     *
     * @param expectTag the expected tag number