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=head1 NAME

ASN1_item_d2i_ex, ASN1_item_d2i, ASN1_item_d2i_bio_ex, ASN1_item_d2i_bio,
ASN1_item_d2i_fp_ex, ASN1_item_d2i_fp, ASN1_item_i2d_mem_bio,
ASN1_item_pack, ASN1_item_unpack_ex, ASN1_item_unpack
- decode and encode DER-encoded ASN.1 structures

=head1 SYNOPSIS

 #include <openssl/asn1.h>

 ASN1_VALUE *ASN1_item_d2i_ex(ASN1_VALUE **pval, const unsigned char **in,
                              long len, const ASN1_ITEM *it,
                              OSSL_LIB_CTX *libctx, const char *propq);
 ASN1_VALUE *ASN1_item_d2i(ASN1_VALUE **pval, const unsigned char **in,
                           long len, const ASN1_ITEM *it);

 void *ASN1_item_d2i_bio_ex(const ASN1_ITEM *it, BIO *in, void *x,
                            OSSL_LIB_CTX *libctx, const char *propq);
 void *ASN1_item_d2i_bio(const ASN1_ITEM *it, BIO *in, void *x);

 void *ASN1_item_d2i_fp_ex(const ASN1_ITEM *it, FILE *in, void *x,
                           OSSL_LIB_CTX *libctx, const char *propq);
 void *ASN1_item_d2i_fp(const ASN1_ITEM *it, FILE *in, void *x);

 BIO *ASN1_item_i2d_mem_bio(const ASN1_ITEM *it, const ASN1_VALUE *val);

 ASN1_STRING *ASN1_item_pack(void *obj, const ASN1_ITEM *it, ASN1_STRING **oct);

 void *ASN1_item_unpack(const ASN1_STRING *oct, const ASN1_ITEM *it);

 void *ASN1_item_unpack_ex(const ASN1_STRING *oct, const ASN1_ITEM *it,
                          OSSL_LIB_CTX *libctx, const char *propq);

=head1 DESCRIPTION

ASN1_item_d2i_ex() decodes the contents of the data stored in I<*in> of length
I<len> which must be a DER-encoded ASN.1 structure, using the ASN.1 template
I<it>. It places the result in I<*pval> unless I<pval> is NULL. If I<*pval> is
non-NULL on entry then the B<ASN1_VALUE> present there will be reused. Otherwise
a new B<ASN1_VALUE> will be allocated. If any algorithm fetches are required
during the process then they will use the B<OSSL_LIB_CTX>provided in the
I<libctx> parameter and the property query string in I<propq>. See
L<crypto(7)/ALGORITHM FETCHING> for more information about algorithm fetching.
On exit I<*in> will be updated to point to the next byte in the buffer after the
decoded structure.

ASN1_item_d2i() is the same as ASN1_item_d2i_ex() except that the default
OSSL_LIB_CTX is used (i.e. NULL) and with a NULL property query string.

ASN1_item_d2i_bio_ex() decodes the contents of its input BIO I<in>,
which must be a DER-encoded ASN.1 structure, using the ASN.1 template I<it>
and places the result in I<*pval> unless I<pval> is NULL.
If I<in> is NULL it returns NULL, else a pointer to the parsed structure. If any
algorithm fetches are required during the process then they will use the
B<OSSL_LIB_CTX> provided in the I<libctx> parameter and the property query
string in I<propq>. See L<crypto(7)/ALGORITHM FETCHING> for more information
about algorithm fetching.

ASN1_item_d2i_bio() is the same as ASN1_item_d2i_bio_ex() except that the
default B<OSSL_LIB_CTX> is used (i.e. NULL) and with a NULL property query
string.

ASN1_item_d2i_fp_ex() is the same as ASN1_item_d2i_bio_ex() except that a FILE
pointer is provided instead of a BIO.

ASN1_item_d2i_fp() is the same as ASN1_item_d2i_fp_ex() except that the
default B<OSSL_LIB_CTX> is used (i.e. NULL) and with a NULL property query
string.

ASN1_item_i2d_mem_bio() encodes the given ASN.1 value I<val>
using the ASN.1 template I<it> and returns the result in a memory BIO.

ASN1_item_pack() encodes the given ASN.1 value in I<obj> using the
ASN.1 template I<it> and returns an B<ASN1_STRING> object. If the passed in
I<*oct> is not NULL then this is used to store the returned result, otherwise
a new B<ASN1_STRING> object is created. If I<oct> is not NULL and I<*oct> is NULL
then the returned return is also set into I<*oct>. If there is an error the optional
passed in B<ASN1_STRING> will not be freed, but the previous value may be cleared when
ASN1_STRING_set0(*oct, NULL, 0) is called internally.

ASN1_item_unpack() uses ASN1_item_d2i() to decode the DER-encoded B<ASN1_STRING>
I<oct> using the ASN.1 template I<it>.

ASN1_item_unpack_ex() is similar to ASN1_item_unpack(), but uses ASN1_item_d2i_ex() so
that the I<libctx> and I<propq> can be used when doing algorithm fetching.

=head1 RETURN VALUES

ASN1_item_d2i_bio(), ASN1_item_unpack_ex() and ASN1_item_unpack() return a pointer to
an B<ASN1_VALUE> or NULL on error.

ASN1_item_i2d_mem_bio() returns a pointer to a memory BIO or NULL on error.

ASN1_item_pack() returns a pointer to an B<ASN1_STRING> or NULL on error.

=head1 HISTORY

The functions ASN1_item_d2i_ex(), ASN1_item_d2i_bio_ex(), ASN1_item_d2i_fp_ex()
and ASN1_item_i2d_mem_bio() were added in OpenSSL 3.0.

The function ASN1_item_unpack_ex() was added in OpenSSL 3.2.

=head1 COPYRIGHT

Copyright 2021-2023 The OpenSSL Project Authors. All Rights Reserved.

Licensed under the Apache License 2.0 (the "License").  You may not use
this file except in compliance with the License.  You can obtain a copy
in the file LICENSE in the source distribution or at
L<https://www.openssl.org/source/license.html>.

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