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1 =pod
2
3 =head1 NAME
4
5 X509_NAME_ENTRY_get_object, X509_NAME_ENTRY_get_data,
6 X509_NAME_ENTRY_set_object, X509_NAME_ENTRY_set_data,
7 X509_NAME_ENTRY_create_by_txt, X509_NAME_ENTRY_create_by_NID,
8 X509_NAME_ENTRY_create_by_OBJ - X509_NAME_ENTRY utility functions
9
10 =head1 SYNOPSIS
11
12  #include <openssl/x509.h>
13
14  ASN1_OBJECT *X509_NAME_ENTRY_get_object(const X509_NAME_ENTRY *ne);
15  ASN1_STRING *X509_NAME_ENTRY_get_data(const X509_NAME_ENTRY *ne);
16
17  int X509_NAME_ENTRY_set_object(X509_NAME_ENTRY *ne, const ASN1_OBJECT *obj);
18  int X509_NAME_ENTRY_set_data(X509_NAME_ENTRY *ne, int type,
19                               const unsigned char *bytes, int len);
20
21  X509_NAME_ENTRY *X509_NAME_ENTRY_create_by_txt(X509_NAME_ENTRY **ne, const char *field,
22                                                 int type, const unsigned char *bytes,
23                                                 int len);
24  X509_NAME_ENTRY *X509_NAME_ENTRY_create_by_NID(X509_NAME_ENTRY **ne, int nid,
25                                                 int type, const unsigned char *bytes,
26                                                 int len);
27  X509_NAME_ENTRY *X509_NAME_ENTRY_create_by_OBJ(X509_NAME_ENTRY **ne,
28                                                 const ASN1_OBJECT *obj, int type,
29                                                 const unsigned char *bytes, int len);
30
31 =head1 DESCRIPTION
32
33 X509_NAME_ENTRY_get_object() retrieves the field name of B<ne> in
34 and B<ASN1_OBJECT> structure.
35
36 X509_NAME_ENTRY_get_data() retrieves the field value of B<ne> in
37 and B<ASN1_STRING> structure.
38
39 X509_NAME_ENTRY_set_object() sets the field name of B<ne> to B<obj>.
40
41 X509_NAME_ENTRY_set_data() sets the field value of B<ne> to string type
42 B<type> and value determined by B<bytes> and B<len>.
43
44 X509_NAME_ENTRY_create_by_txt(), X509_NAME_ENTRY_create_by_NID()
45 and X509_NAME_ENTRY_create_by_OBJ() create and return an
46 B<X509_NAME_ENTRY> structure.
47
48 =head1 NOTES
49
50 X509_NAME_ENTRY_get_object() and X509_NAME_ENTRY_get_data() can be
51 used to examine an B<X509_NAME_ENTRY> function as returned by
52 X509_NAME_get_entry() for example.
53
54 X509_NAME_ENTRY_create_by_txt(), X509_NAME_ENTRY_create_by_NID(),
55 and X509_NAME_ENTRY_create_by_OBJ() create and return an
56
57 X509_NAME_ENTRY_create_by_txt(), X509_NAME_ENTRY_create_by_OBJ(),
58 X509_NAME_ENTRY_create_by_NID() and X509_NAME_ENTRY_set_data()
59 are seldom used in practice because B<X509_NAME_ENTRY> structures
60 are almost always part of B<X509_NAME> structures and the
61 corresponding B<X509_NAME> functions are typically used to
62 create and add new entries in a single operation.
63
64 The arguments of these functions support similar options to the similarly
65 named ones of the corresponding B<X509_NAME> functions such as
66 X509_NAME_add_entry_by_txt(). So for example B<type> can be set to
67 B<MBSTRING_ASC> but in the case of X509_set_data() the field name must be
68 set first so the relevant field information can be looked up internally.
69
70 =head1 RETURN VALUES
71
72 X509_NAME_ENTRY_get_object() returns a valid B<ASN1_OBJECT> structure if it is
73 set or NULL if an error occurred.
74
75 X509_NAME_ENTRY_get_data() returns a valid B<ASN1_STRING> structure if it is set
76 or NULL if an error occurred.
77
78 X509_NAME_ENTRY_set_object() and X509_NAME_ENTRY_set_data() return 1 on success
79 or 0 on error.
80
81 X509_NAME_ENTRY_create_by_txt(), X509_NAME_ENTRY_create_by_NID() and
82 X509_NAME_ENTRY_create_by_OBJ() return a valid B<X509_NAME_ENTRY> on success or
83 NULL if an error occurred.
84
85 =head1 SEE ALSO
86
87 L<ERR_get_error(3)>, L<d2i_X509_NAME(3)>,
88 L<OBJ_nid2obj(3)>
89
90 =head1 COPYRIGHT
91
92 Copyright 2002-2018 The OpenSSL Project Authors. All Rights Reserved.
93
94 Licensed under the OpenSSL license (the "License").  You may not use
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96 in the file LICENSE in the source distribution or at
97 L<https://www.openssl.org/source/license.html>.
98
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