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asn1_read_value (3)

Name

asn1_read_value - API function

Synopsis

#include <libtasn1.h>

int  asn1_read_value(asn1_node  root, const char * name, void * ivalue,
int * len);

Description

asn1_read_value(3)                 libtasn1                 asn1_read_value(3)



NAME
       asn1_read_value - API function

SYNOPSIS
       #include <libtasn1.h>

       int  asn1_read_value(asn1_node  root, const char * name, void * ivalue,
       int * len);

ARGUMENTS
       asn1_node root
                   pointer to a structure.

       const char * name
                   the name of the element inside a structure that you want to
                   read.

       void * ivalue
                   vector  that  will contain the element's content, must be a
                   pointer to memory cells already allocated (may be NULL).

       int * len   number of bytes of *value: value[0]..value[len-1]. Initialy
                   holds the sizeof value.

DESCRIPTION
       Returns  the value of one element inside a structure.  If an element is
       OPTIONAL and this returns ASN1_ELEMENT_NOT_FOUND, it  means  that  this
       element  wasn't present in the der encoding that created the structure.
       The first element of a SEQUENCE_OF or SET_OF is named "?1". The  second
       one  "?2"  and  so  on.  If  the   root  provided is a node to specific
       sequence element, then the keyword "?CURRENT" is  also  acceptable  and
       indicates the current sequence element of this node.

       Note  that  there  can  be valid values with length zero. In these case
       this function will succeed and  len will be zero.

INTEGER
       VALUE will contain a two's complement form integer.

       integer=-1  -> value[0]=0xFF , len=1.  integer=1   ->  value[0]=0x01  ,
       len=1.

ENUMERATED
       As INTEGER (but only with not negative numbers).

BOOLEAN
       VALUE will be the null terminated string "TRUE" or "FALSE" and LEN=5 or
       LEN=6.

       OBJECT IDENTIFIER: VALUE will be a null  terminated  string  with  each
       number separated by a dot (i.e. "1.2.3.543.1").

       LEN = strlen(VALUE)+1

UTCTIME
       VALUE will be a null terminated string in one of these formats: "YYMMD-
       Dhhmmss+hh'mm'" or "YYMMDDhhmmss-hh'mm'".  LEN=strlen(VALUE)+1.

GENERALIZEDTIME
       VALUE will be a null terminated string in the same format used  to  set
       the value.

       OCTET  STRING:  VALUE will contain the octet string and LEN will be the
       number of octets.

GENERALSTRING
       VALUE will contain the generalstring and LEN  will  be  the  number  of
       octets.

       BIT  STRING:  VALUE  will contain the bit string organized by bytes and
       LEN will be the number of bits.

CHOICE
       If NAME indicates a choice type, VALUE  will  specify  the  alternative
       selected.

ANY
       If  NAME indicates an any type, VALUE will indicate the DER encoding of
       the structure actually used.

RETURNS
       ASN1_SUCCESS if value is returned, ASN1_ELEMENT_NOT_FOUND if   name  is
       not  a valid element, ASN1_VALUE_NOT_FOUND if there isn't any value for
       the element selected, and ASN1_MEM_ERROR if The value vector isn't  big
       enough to store the result, and in this case  len will contain the num-
       ber of bytes needed.

COPYRIGHT
       Copyright (C) 2006-2015 Free Software Foundation, Inc..
       Copying and distribution of this file, with  or  without  modification,
       are  permitted  in  any  medium  without royalty provided the copyright
       notice and this notice are preserved.


ATTRIBUTES
       See attributes(7) for descriptions of the following attributes:


       +---------------+------------------+
       |ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE  |
       +---------------+------------------+
       |Availability   | library/libtasn1 |
       +---------------+------------------+
       |Stability      | Uncommitted      |
       +---------------+------------------+

SEE ALSO
       The full documentation for libtasn1 is maintained as a Texinfo  manual.
       If  the info and libtasn1 programs are properly installed at your site,
       the command

              info libtasn1

       should give you access to the complete manual.  As an  alternative  you
       may obtain the manual from:

              http://www.gnu.org/software/libtasn1/manual/

NOTES
       Source  code  for open source software components in Oracle Solaris can
       be found at https://www.oracle.com/downloads/opensource/solaris-source-
       code-downloads.html.

       This     software     was    built    from    source    available    at
       https://github.com/oracle/solaris-userland.   The  original   community
       source   was   downloaded  from   https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/libtasn1/lib-
       tasn1-4.13.tar.gz.

       Further information about this software can be found on the open source
       community website at https://www.gnu.org/software/libtasn1.



libtasn1                              4.8                   asn1_read_value(3)