ASN1_OBJECT_NEW
Section: OpenSSL (3)
Updated: 2020-07-28
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NAME
ASN1_OBJECT_new, ASN1_OBJECT_free - object allocation functions
SYNOPSIS
#include <openssl/asn1.h>
ASN1_OBJECT *ASN1_OBJECT_new(void);
void ASN1_OBJECT_free(ASN1_OBJECT *a);
DESCRIPTION
The
ASN1_OBJECT allocation routines, allocate and free an
ASN1_OBJECT structure, which represents an
ASN1 OBJECT IDENTIFIER.
ASN1_OBJECT_new() allocates and initializes an ASN1_OBJECT structure.
ASN1_OBJECT_free() frees up the ASN1_OBJECT structure a.
If a is NULL, nothing is done.
NOTES
Although
ASN1_OBJECT_new() allocates a new
ASN1_OBJECT structure it
is almost never used in applications. The
ASN1 object utility functions
such as
OBJ_nid2obj() are used instead.
RETURN VALUES
If the allocation fails,
ASN1_OBJECT_new() returns
NULL and sets an error
code that can be obtained by
ERR_get_error(3).
Otherwise it returns a pointer to the newly allocated structure.
ASN1_OBJECT_free() returns no value.
SEE ALSO
ERR_get_error(3),
d2i_ASN1_OBJECT(3)
COPYRIGHT
Copyright 2002-2016 The OpenSSL Project Authors. All Rights Reserved.
Licensed under the OpenSSL license (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
<https://www.openssl.org/source/license.html>.