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140.IX Title "ASN1_STRING_length 3"
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140.IX Title "ASN1_STRING_length 3"
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141.TH ASN1_STRING_length 3 "0.9.7" "2003-01-13" "OpenSSL"
| 141.TH ASN1_STRING_length 3 "0.9.7" "2003-02-03" "OpenSSL"
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142.UC
143.SH "NAME"
144ASN1_STRING_dup, ASN1_STRING_cmp, ASN1_STRING_set, ASN1_STRING_length,
145ASN1_STRING_length_set, ASN1_STRING_type, ASN1_STRING_data \-
146\&\s-1ASN1_STRING\s0 utility functions
147.SH "SYNOPSIS"
148.IX Header "SYNOPSIS"
149.Vb 2
150\& int ASN1_STRING_length(ASN1_STRING *x);
151\& unsigned char * ASN1_STRING_data(ASN1_STRING *x);
152.Ve
153.Vb 1
154\& ASN1_STRING * ASN1_STRING_dup(ASN1_STRING *a);
155.Ve
156.Vb 1
157\& int ASN1_STRING_cmp(ASN1_STRING *a, ASN1_STRING *b);
158.Ve
159.Vb 1
160\& int ASN1_STRING_set(ASN1_STRING *str, const void *data, int len);
161.Ve
162.Vb 1
163\& int ASN1_STRING_type(ASN1_STRING *x);
164.Ve
165.Vb 1
166\& int ASN1_STRING_to_UTF8(unsigned char **out, ASN1_STRING *in);
167.Ve
168.SH "DESCRIPTION"
169.IX Header "DESCRIPTION"
170These functions allow an \fB\s-1ASN1_STRING\s0\fR structure to be manipulated.
171.PP
172\&\fIASN1_STRING_length()\fR returns the length of the content of \fBx\fR.
173.PP
174\&\fIASN1_STRING_data()\fR returns an internal pointer to the data of \fBx\fR.
175Since this is an internal pointer it should \fBnot\fR be freed or
176modified in any way.
177.PP
178\&\fIASN1_STRING_dup()\fR returns a copy of the structure \fBa\fR.
179.PP
180\&\fIASN1_STRING_cmp()\fR compares \fBa\fR and \fBb\fR returning 0 if the two
181are identical. The string types and content are compared.
182.PP
183\&\fIASN1_STRING_set()\fR sets the data of string \fBstr\fR to the buffer
184\&\fBdata\fR or length \fBlen\fR. The supplied data is copied. If \fBlen\fR
185is \-1 then the length is determined by strlen(data).
186.PP
187\&\fIASN1_STRING_type()\fR returns the type of \fBx\fR, using standard constants
188such as \fBV_ASN1_OCTET_STRING\fR.
189.PP
190\&\fIASN1_STRING_to_UTF8()\fR converts the string \fBin\fR to \s-1UTF8\s0 format, the
191converted data is allocated in a buffer in \fB*out\fR. The length of
192\&\fBout\fR is returned or a negative error code. The buffer \fB*out\fR
193should be free using \fIOPENSSL_free()\fR.
194.SH "NOTES"
195.IX Header "NOTES"
196Almost all \s-1ASN1\s0 types in OpenSSL are represented as an \fB\s-1ASN1_STRING\s0\fR
197structure. Other types such as \fB\s-1ASN1_OCTET_STRING\s0\fR are simply typedefed
198to \fB\s-1ASN1_STRING\s0\fR and the functions call the \fB\s-1ASN1_STRING\s0\fR equivalents.
199\&\fB\s-1ASN1_STRING\s0\fR is also used for some \fB\s-1CHOICE\s0\fR types which consist
200entirely of primitive string types such as \fBDirectoryString\fR and
201\&\fBTime\fR.
202.PP
203These functions should \fBnot\fR be used to examine or modify \fB\s-1ASN1_INTEGER\s0\fR
204or \fB\s-1ASN1_ENUMERATED\s0\fR types: the relevant \fB\s-1INTEGER\s0\fR or \fB\s-1ENUMERATED\s0\fR
205utility functions should be used instead.
206.PP
207In general it cannot be assumed that the data returned by \fIASN1_STRING_data()\fR
208is null terminated or does not contain embedded nulls. The actual format
209of the data will depend on the actual string type itself: for example
210for and IA5String the data will be \s-1ASCII\s0, for a BMPString two bytes per
211character in big endian format, UTF8String will be in \s-1UTF8\s0 format.
212.PP
213Similar care should be take to ensure the data is in the correct format
214when calling \fIASN1_STRING_set()\fR.
215.SH "RETURN VALUES"
216.IX Header "RETURN VALUES"
217.SH "SEE ALSO"
218.IX Header "SEE ALSO"
219ERR_get_error(3)
220.SH "HISTORY"
221.IX Header "HISTORY"
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143.SH "NAME"
144ASN1_STRING_dup, ASN1_STRING_cmp, ASN1_STRING_set, ASN1_STRING_length,
145ASN1_STRING_length_set, ASN1_STRING_type, ASN1_STRING_data \-
146\&\s-1ASN1_STRING\s0 utility functions
147.SH "SYNOPSIS"
148.IX Header "SYNOPSIS"
149.Vb 2
150\& int ASN1_STRING_length(ASN1_STRING *x);
151\& unsigned char * ASN1_STRING_data(ASN1_STRING *x);
152.Ve
153.Vb 1
154\& ASN1_STRING * ASN1_STRING_dup(ASN1_STRING *a);
155.Ve
156.Vb 1
157\& int ASN1_STRING_cmp(ASN1_STRING *a, ASN1_STRING *b);
158.Ve
159.Vb 1
160\& int ASN1_STRING_set(ASN1_STRING *str, const void *data, int len);
161.Ve
162.Vb 1
163\& int ASN1_STRING_type(ASN1_STRING *x);
164.Ve
165.Vb 1
166\& int ASN1_STRING_to_UTF8(unsigned char **out, ASN1_STRING *in);
167.Ve
168.SH "DESCRIPTION"
169.IX Header "DESCRIPTION"
170These functions allow an \fB\s-1ASN1_STRING\s0\fR structure to be manipulated.
171.PP
172\&\fIASN1_STRING_length()\fR returns the length of the content of \fBx\fR.
173.PP
174\&\fIASN1_STRING_data()\fR returns an internal pointer to the data of \fBx\fR.
175Since this is an internal pointer it should \fBnot\fR be freed or
176modified in any way.
177.PP
178\&\fIASN1_STRING_dup()\fR returns a copy of the structure \fBa\fR.
179.PP
180\&\fIASN1_STRING_cmp()\fR compares \fBa\fR and \fBb\fR returning 0 if the two
181are identical. The string types and content are compared.
182.PP
183\&\fIASN1_STRING_set()\fR sets the data of string \fBstr\fR to the buffer
184\&\fBdata\fR or length \fBlen\fR. The supplied data is copied. If \fBlen\fR
185is \-1 then the length is determined by strlen(data).
186.PP
187\&\fIASN1_STRING_type()\fR returns the type of \fBx\fR, using standard constants
188such as \fBV_ASN1_OCTET_STRING\fR.
189.PP
190\&\fIASN1_STRING_to_UTF8()\fR converts the string \fBin\fR to \s-1UTF8\s0 format, the
191converted data is allocated in a buffer in \fB*out\fR. The length of
192\&\fBout\fR is returned or a negative error code. The buffer \fB*out\fR
193should be free using \fIOPENSSL_free()\fR.
194.SH "NOTES"
195.IX Header "NOTES"
196Almost all \s-1ASN1\s0 types in OpenSSL are represented as an \fB\s-1ASN1_STRING\s0\fR
197structure. Other types such as \fB\s-1ASN1_OCTET_STRING\s0\fR are simply typedefed
198to \fB\s-1ASN1_STRING\s0\fR and the functions call the \fB\s-1ASN1_STRING\s0\fR equivalents.
199\&\fB\s-1ASN1_STRING\s0\fR is also used for some \fB\s-1CHOICE\s0\fR types which consist
200entirely of primitive string types such as \fBDirectoryString\fR and
201\&\fBTime\fR.
202.PP
203These functions should \fBnot\fR be used to examine or modify \fB\s-1ASN1_INTEGER\s0\fR
204or \fB\s-1ASN1_ENUMERATED\s0\fR types: the relevant \fB\s-1INTEGER\s0\fR or \fB\s-1ENUMERATED\s0\fR
205utility functions should be used instead.
206.PP
207In general it cannot be assumed that the data returned by \fIASN1_STRING_data()\fR
208is null terminated or does not contain embedded nulls. The actual format
209of the data will depend on the actual string type itself: for example
210for and IA5String the data will be \s-1ASCII\s0, for a BMPString two bytes per
211character in big endian format, UTF8String will be in \s-1UTF8\s0 format.
212.PP
213Similar care should be take to ensure the data is in the correct format
214when calling \fIASN1_STRING_set()\fR.
215.SH "RETURN VALUES"
216.IX Header "RETURN VALUES"
217.SH "SEE ALSO"
218.IX Header "SEE ALSO"
219ERR_get_error(3)
220.SH "HISTORY"
221.IX Header "HISTORY"
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