5 ASN1_STRING_dup, ASN1_STRING_cmp, ASN1_STRING_set, ASN1_STRING_length,
6 ASN1_STRING_length_set, ASN1_STRING_type, ASN1_STRING_data -
7 ASN1_STRING utility functions
11 #include <openssl/asn1.h>
13 int ASN1_STRING_length(ASN1_STRING *x);
14 unsigned char * ASN1_STRING_data(ASN1_STRING *x);
16 ASN1_STRING * ASN1_STRING_dup(ASN1_STRING *a);
18 int ASN1_STRING_cmp(ASN1_STRING *a, ASN1_STRING *b);
20 int ASN1_STRING_set(ASN1_STRING *str, const void *data, int len);
22 int ASN1_STRING_type(ASN1_STRING *x);
24 int ASN1_STRING_to_UTF8(unsigned char **out, ASN1_STRING *in);
28 These functions allow an B<ASN1_STRING> structure to be manipulated.
30 ASN1_STRING_length() returns the length of the content of B<x>.
32 ASN1_STRING_data() returns an internal pointer to the data of B<x>.
33 Since this is an internal pointer it should B<not> be freed or
36 ASN1_STRING_dup() returns a copy of the structure B<a>.
38 ASN1_STRING_cmp() compares B<a> and B<b> returning 0 if the two
39 are identical. The string types and content are compared.
41 ASN1_STRING_set() sets the data of string B<str> to the buffer
42 B<data> or length B<len>. The supplied data is copied. If B<len>
43 is -1 then the length is determined by strlen(data).
45 ASN1_STRING_type() returns the type of B<x>, using standard constants
46 such as B<V_ASN1_OCTET_STRING>.
48 ASN1_STRING_to_UTF8() converts the string B<in> to UTF8 format, the
49 converted data is allocated in a buffer in B<*out>. The length of
50 B<out> is returned or a negative error code. The buffer B<*out>
51 should be free using OPENSSL_free().
55 Almost all ASN1 types in OpenSSL are represented as an B<ASN1_STRING>
56 structure. Other types such as B<ASN1_OCTET_STRING> are simply typedefed
57 to B<ASN1_STRING> and the functions call the B<ASN1_STRING> equivalents.
58 B<ASN1_STRING> is also used for some B<CHOICE> types which consist
59 entirely of primitive string types such as B<DirectoryString> and
62 These functions should B<not> be used to examine or modify B<ASN1_INTEGER>
63 or B<ASN1_ENUMERATED> types: the relevant B<INTEGER> or B<ENUMERATED>
64 utility functions should be used instead.
66 In general it cannot be assumed that the data returned by ASN1_STRING_data()
67 is null terminated or does not contain embedded nulls. The actual format
68 of the data will depend on the actual string type itself: for example
69 for and IA5String the data will be ASCII, for a BMPString two bytes per
70 character in big endian format, UTF8String will be in UTF8 format.
72 Similar care should be take to ensure the data is in the correct format
73 when calling ASN1_STRING_set().
79 L<ERR_get_error(3)|ERR_get_error(3)>