Generating CSR - Illegalargument Exception

Hi,
I am using Bouncy Castle API to generate a CSR using the following.
I am getting
Exception in thread "main" java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: improperly specified input name: 2345
at javax.security.auth.x500.X500Principal.<init>(X500Principal.java:109)
at com.mitel.crypt.CsrGenerator.generateCSR(CsrGenerator.java:55)
at com.mitel.crypt.CsrGenerator.main(CsrGenerator.java:78)
Please let me know what is wrong? Doesn't X500Principal get a String?
    X500Principal subjectName = new X500Principal("2345");
            PKCS10CertificationRequest kpGen = new PKCS10CertificationRequest("sha1WithRSA",
                    subjectName,
                    keypair.getPublic(),
                    null,
                    keypair.getPrivate());

Please let me know what is wrong? Doesn't X500Principal get a String?
Yes, but as the javadocs clearly state the string must have a certain format; not just any string will do. See RFC 2253 for details on the format. Example:X500Principal subject = new X500Principal("CN=ghstark,C=US");

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