asn1_der_decoding_element

Langue: en

Version: 2.4 (fedora - 01/12/10)

Section: 3 (Bibliothèques de fonctions)

NAME

asn1_der_decoding_element - Fill the element named ELEMENTNAME of the structure STRUCTURE with values of a DER encoding string.

SYNOPSIS

#include <libtasn1.h>

asn1_retCode asn1_der_decoding_element(ASN1_TYPE * structure, const char * elementName, const void * ider, int len, char * errorDescription);

ARGUMENTS

ASN1_TYPE * structure
pointer to an ASN1 structure
const char * elementName
name of the element to fill
const void * ider
vector that contains the DER encoding of the whole structure.
int len
number of bytes of *der: der[0]..der[len-1]
char * errorDescription
null-terminated string contains details when an error occurred.

DESCRIPTION

Fill the element named ELEMENTNAME with values of a DER encoding string. The structure must just be created with function string of the whole STRUCTURE. If an error occurs during the decoding procedure, the *STRUCTURE is deleted and set equal to ASN1_TYPE_EMPTY.

RETURNS

ASN1_SUCCESS

DER encoding OK.

ASN1_ELEMENT_NOT_FOUND

ELEMENT is ASN1_TYPE_EMPTY or elementName == NULL.

ASN1_TAG_ERROR,ASN1_DER_ERROR: The der encoding doesn't match the structure STRUCTURE. *ELEMENT deleted.

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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.