NAME


asn1_der_decoding_element - Fill the element named ELEMENTNAME of the structure STRUCTURE with values of a DER encoding string.

SYNOPSIS


#include <libtasn1.h>

asn1_retCode asn1_der_decoding_element(ASN1_TYPE * structure, const char * elementName, const void * ider, int len, char * errorDescription);

ARGUMENTS


ASN1_TYPE * structure pointer to an ASN1 structure
const char * elementName name of the element to fill
const void * ider vector that contains the DER encoding of the whole structure.
int len number of bytes of *der: der[0]..der[len-1]
char * errorDescription null-terminated string contains details when an error occurred.

DESCRIPTION


Fill the element named ELEMENTNAME with values of a DER encoding string. The sructure must just be created with function string of the whole STRUCTURE. If an error occurs during the decoding procedure, the *STRUCTURE is deleted and set equal to ASN1_TYPE_EMPTY.

RETURNS


ASN1_SUCCESS


DER encoding OK.

ASN1_ELEMENT_NOT_FOUND


ELEMENT is ASN1_TYPE_EMPTY or elementName == NULL.

ASN1_TAG_ERROR,ASN1_DER_ERROR: The der encoding doesn’t match the structure STRUCTURE. *ELEMENT deleted.

COPYRIGHT


Copyright © 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 Free Software Foundation, Inc.. Copying and distribution of this file, with or without modification, are permitted in any medium without royalty provided the copyright notice and this notice are preserved.

SEE ALSO


The full documentation for libtasn1 is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the info and libtasn1 programs are properly installed at your site, the command
info libtasn1
should give you access to the complete manual.

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