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ASN1_STRING_length(3)        OpenSSL        ASN1_STRING_length(3)

NAME

     ASN1_STRING_dup, ASN1_STRING_cmp, ASN1_STRING_set,
     ASN1_STRING_length, ASN1_STRING_length_set,
     ASN1_STRING_type, ASN1_STRING_data, ASN1_STRING_to_UTF8 -
     ASN1_STRING utility functions

SYNOPSIS

      #include <openssl/asn1.h>

      int ASN1_STRING_length(ASN1_STRING *x);
      unsigned char * ASN1_STRING_data(ASN1_STRING *x);

      ASN1_STRING * ASN1_STRING_dup(ASN1_STRING *a);

      int ASN1_STRING_cmp(ASN1_STRING *a, ASN1_STRING *b);

      int ASN1_STRING_set(ASN1_STRING *str, const void *data, int len);

      int ASN1_STRING_type(ASN1_STRING *x);

      int ASN1_STRING_to_UTF8(unsigned char **out, ASN1_STRING *in);

DESCRIPTION

     These functions allow an ASN1_STRING structure to be
     manipulated.

     ASN1_STRING_length() returns the length of the content of x.

     ASN1_STRING_data() returns an internal pointer to the data
     of x.  Since this is an internal pointer it should not be
     freed or modified in any way.

     ASN1_STRING_dup() returns a copy of the structure a.

     ASN1_STRING_cmp() compares a and b returning 0 if the two
     are identical. The string types and content are compared.

     ASN1_STRING_set() sets the data of string str to the buffer
     data or length len. The supplied data is copied. If len is
     -1 then the length is determined by strlen(data).

     ASN1_STRING_type() returns the type of x, using standard
     constants such as V_ASN1_OCTET_STRING.

     ASN1_STRING_to_UTF8() converts the string in to UTF8 format,
     the converted data is allocated in a buffer in *out. The
     length of out is returned or a negative error code. The
     buffer *out should be free using OPENSSL_free().

NOTES

     Almost all ASN1 types in OpenSSL are represented as an
     ASN1_STRING structure. Other types such as ASN1_OCTET_STRING

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     are simply typedefed to ASN1_STRING and the functions call
     the ASN1_STRING equivalents.  ASN1_STRING is also used for
     some CHOICE types which consist entirely of primitive string
     types such as DirectoryString and Time.

     These functions should not be used to examine or modify
     ASN1_INTEGER or ASN1_ENUMERATED types: the relevant INTEGER
     or ENUMERATED utility functions should be used instead.

     In general it cannot be assumed that the data returned by
     ASN1_STRING_data() is null terminated or does not contain
     embedded nulls. The actual format of the data will depend on
     the actual string type itself: for example for an IA5String
     the data will be ASCII, for a BMPString two bytes per
     character in big endian format, and for an UTF8String it
     will be in UTF8 format.

     Similar care should be take to ensure the data is in the
     correct format when calling ASN1_STRING_set().

RETURN VALUES

SEE ALSO

     ERR_get_error(3)

HISTORY

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See also ASN1_STRING_cmp(3)
See also ASN1_STRING_data(3)
See also ASN1_STRING_dup(3)
See also ASN1_STRING_length(3)
See also ASN1_STRING_length_set(3)
See also ASN1_STRING_to_UTF8(3)
See also ASN1_STRING_type(3)