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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 utility
     functions

SYNOPSIS
      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 manipu-
     lated.

     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
     are simply typedefed to ASN1_STRING and the functions call
     the ASN1_STRING equivalents. ASN1_STRING is also used for

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ASN1_STRING_LENGTH(3)	     OpenSSL	    ASN1_STRING_LENGTH(3)

     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 and IA5String
     the data will be ASCII, for a BMPString two bytes per char-
     acter in big endian format, UTF8String will be in UTF8 for-
     mat.

     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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