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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
- 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);

=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.

=head1 RETURN VALUES

ASN1_item_d2i_bio() returns a pointer to an B<ASN1_VALUE> or NULL.

ASN1_item_i2d_mem_bio() returns a pointer to a memory BIO 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.

=head1 COPYRIGHT

Copyright 2021 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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