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diff --git a/openssl/doc/crypto/X509_NAME_get_index_by_NID.pod b/openssl/doc/crypto/X509_NAME_get_index_by_NID.pod new file mode 100644 index 000000000..333323d73 --- /dev/null +++ b/openssl/doc/crypto/X509_NAME_get_index_by_NID.pod @@ -0,0 +1,106 @@ +=pod + +=head1 NAME + +X509_NAME_get_index_by_NID, X509_NAME_get_index_by_OBJ, X509_NAME_get_entry, +X509_NAME_entry_count, X509_NAME_get_text_by_NID, X509_NAME_get_text_by_OBJ - +X509_NAME lookup and enumeration functions + +=head1 SYNOPSIS + +int X509_NAME_get_index_by_NID(X509_NAME *name,int nid,int lastpos); +int X509_NAME_get_index_by_OBJ(X509_NAME *name,ASN1_OBJECT *obj, int lastpos); + +int X509_NAME_entry_count(X509_NAME *name); +X509_NAME_ENTRY *X509_NAME_get_entry(X509_NAME *name, int loc); + +int X509_NAME_get_text_by_NID(X509_NAME *name, int nid, char *buf,int len); +int X509_NAME_get_text_by_OBJ(X509_NAME *name, ASN1_OBJECT *obj, char *buf,int len); + +=head1 DESCRIPTION + +These functions allow an B<X509_NAME> structure to be examined. The +B<X509_NAME> structure is the same as the B<Name> type defined in +RFC2459 (and elsewhere) and used for example in certificate subject +and issuer names. + +X509_NAME_get_index_by_NID() and X509_NAME_get_index_by_OBJ() retrieve +the next index matching B<nid> or B<obj> after B<lastpos>. B<lastpos> +should initially be set to -1. If there are no more entries -1 is returned. + +X509_NAME_entry_count() returns the total number of entries in B<name>. + +X509_NAME_get_entry() retrieves the B<X509_NAME_ENTRY> from B<name> +corresponding to index B<loc>. Acceptable values for B<loc> run from +0 to (X509_NAME_entry_count(name) - 1). The value returned is an +internal pointer which must not be freed. + +X509_NAME_get_text_by_NID(), X509_NAME_get_text_by_OBJ() retrieve +the "text" from the first entry in B<name> which matches B<nid> or +B<obj>, if no such entry exists -1 is returned. At most B<len> bytes +will be written and the text written to B<buf> will be null +terminated. The length of the output string written is returned +excluding the terminating null. If B<buf> is <NULL> then the amount +of space needed in B<buf> (excluding the final null) is returned. + +=head1 NOTES + +X509_NAME_get_text_by_NID() and X509_NAME_get_text_by_OBJ() are +legacy functions which have various limitations which make them +of minimal use in practice. They can only find the first matching +entry and will copy the contents of the field verbatim: this can +be highly confusing if the target is a muticharacter string type +like a BMPString or a UTF8String. + +For a more general solution X509_NAME_get_index_by_NID() or +X509_NAME_get_index_by_OBJ() should be used followed by +X509_NAME_get_entry() on any matching indices and then the +various B<X509_NAME_ENTRY> utility functions on the result. + +=head1 EXAMPLES + +Process all entries: + + int i; + X509_NAME_ENTRY *e; + + for (i = 0; i < X509_NAME_entry_count(nm); i++) + { + e = X509_NAME_get_entry(nm, i); + /* Do something with e */ + } + +Process all commonName entries: + + int loc; + X509_NAME_ENTRY *e; + + loc = -1; + for (;;) + { + lastpos = X509_NAME_get_index_by_NID(nm, NID_commonName, lastpos); + if (lastpos == -1) + break; + e = X509_NAME_get_entry(nm, lastpos); + /* Do something with e */ + } + +=head1 RETURN VALUES + +X509_NAME_get_index_by_NID() and X509_NAME_get_index_by_OBJ() +return the index of the next matching entry or -1 if not found. + +X509_NAME_entry_count() returns the total number of entries. + +X509_NAME_get_entry() returns an B<X509_NAME> pointer to the +requested entry or B<NULL> if the index is invalid. + +=head1 SEE ALSO + +L<ERR_get_error(3)|ERR_get_error(3)>, L<d2i_X509_NAME(3)|d2i_X509_NAME(3)> + +=head1 HISTORY + +TBA + +=cut |