5 ASN1_STRING_print_ex, ASN1_STRING_print_ex_fp - ASN1_STRING output routines.
9 #include <openssl/asn1.h>
11 int ASN1_STRING_print_ex(BIO *out, ASN1_STRING *str, unsigned long flags);
12 int ASN1_STRING_print_ex_fp(FILE *fp, ASN1_STRING *str, unsigned long flags);
13 int ASN1_STRING_print(BIO *out, ASN1_STRING *str);
18 These functions output an B<ASN1_STRING> structure. B<ASN1_STRING> is used to
19 represent all the ASN1 string types.
21 ASN1_STRING_print_ex() outputs B<str> to B<out>, the format is determined by
22 the options B<flags>. ASN1_STRING_print_ex_fp() is identical except it outputs
25 ASN1_STRING_print() prints B<str> to B<out> but using a different format to
26 ASN1_STRING_print_ex(). It replaces unprintable characters (other than CR, LF)
31 ASN1_STRING_print() is a legacy function which should be avoided in new applications.
33 Although there are a large number of options frequently B<ASN1_STRFLGS_RFC2253> is
34 suitable, or on UTF8 terminals B<ASN1_STRFLGS_RFC2253 & ~ASN1_STRFLGS_ESC_MSB>.
36 The complete set of supported options for B<flags> is listed below.
38 Various characters can be escaped. If B<ASN1_STRFLGS_ESC_2253> is set the characters
39 determined by RFC2253 are escaped. If B<ASN1_STRFLGS_ESC_CTRL> is set control
40 characters are escaped. If B<ASN1_STRFLGS_ESC_MSB> is set characters with the
41 MSB set are escaped: this option should B<not> be used if the terminal correctly
42 interprets UTF8 sequences.
44 Escaping takes several forms.
46 If the character being escaped is a 16 bit character then the form "\UXXXX" is used
47 using exactly four characters for the hex representation. If it is 32 bits then
48 "\WXXXXXXXX" is used using eight characters of its hex representation. These forms
49 will only be used if UTF8 conversion is not set (see below).
51 Printable characters are normally escaped using the backslash '\' character. If
52 B<ASN1_STRFLGS_ESC_QUOTE> is set then the whole string is instead surrounded by
53 double quote characters: this is arguably more readable than the backslash
54 notation. Other characters use the "\XX" using exactly two characters of the hex
57 If B<ASN1_STRFLGS_UTF8_CONVERT> is set then characters are converted to UTF8
58 format first. If the terminal supports the display of UTF8 sequences then this
59 option will correctly display multi byte characters.
61 If B<ASN1_STRFLGS_IGNORE_TYPE> is set then the string type is not interpreted at
62 all: everything is assumed to be one byte per character. This is primarily for
63 debugging purposes and can result in confusing output in multi character strings.
65 If B<ASN1_STRFLGS_SHOW_TYPE> is set then the string type itself is printed out
66 before its value (for example "BMPSTRING"), this actually uses ASN1_tag2str().
68 The content of a string instead of being interpreted can be "dumped": this just
69 outputs the value of the string using the form #XXXX using hex format for each
72 If B<ASN1_STRFLGS_DUMP_ALL> is set then any type is dumped.
74 Normally non character string types (such as OCTET STRING) are assumed to be
75 one byte per character, if B<ASN1_STRFLGS_DUMP_UNKNOWN> is set then they will
78 When a type is dumped normally just the content octets are printed, if
79 B<ASN1_STRFLGS_DUMP_DER> is set then the complete encoding is dumped
80 instead (including tag and length octets).
82 B<ASN1_STRFLGS_RFC2253> includes all the flags required by RFC2253. It is
84 ASN1_STRFLGS_ESC_2253 | ASN1_STRFLGS_ESC_CTRL | ASN1_STRFLGS_ESC_MSB |
85 ASN1_STRFLGS_UTF8_CONVERT | ASN1_STRFLGS_DUMP_UNKNOWN ASN1_STRFLGS_DUMP_DER
89 L<X509_NAME_print_ex(3)|X509_NAME_print_ex(3)>,
90 L<ASN1_tag2str(3)|ASN1_tag2str(3)>