1=pod
2
3=head1 NAME
4
5ASN1_OBJECT_new, ASN1_OBJECT_free, - object allocation functions
6
7=head1 SYNOPSIS
8
9 ASN1_OBJECT *ASN1_OBJECT_new(void);
10 void ASN1_OBJECT_free(ASN1_OBJECT *a);
11
12=head1 DESCRIPTION
13
14The ASN1_OBJECT allocation routines, allocate and free an
15ASN1_OBJECT structure, which represents an ASN1 OBJECT IDENTIFIER.
16
17ASN1_OBJECT_new() allocates and initializes a ASN1_OBJECT structure.
18
19ASN1_OBJECT_free() frees up the B<ASN1_OBJECT> structure B<a>.
20
21=head1 NOTES
22
23Although ASN1_OBJECT_new() allocates a new ASN1_OBJECT structure it
24is almost never used in applications. The ASN1 object utility functions
25such as OBJ_nid2obj() are used instead.
26
27=head1 RETURN VALUES
28
29If the allocation fails, ASN1_OBJECT_new() returns B<NULL> and sets an error
30code that can be obtained by L<ERR_get_error(3)|ERR_get_error(3)>.
31Otherwise it returns a pointer to the newly allocated structure.
32
33ASN1_OBJECT_free() returns no value.
34
35=head1 SEE ALSO
36
37L<ERR_get_error(3)|ERR_get_error(3)>, L<d2i_ASN1_OBJECT(3)|d2i_ASN1_OBJECT(3)>
38
39=head1 HISTORY
40
41ASN1_OBJECT_new() and ASN1_OBJECT_free() are available in all versions of SSLeay and OpenSSL.
42
43=cut
44