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LBER_TYPES(3)             Library Functions Manual             LBER_TYPES(3)

NAME         top

       ber_int_t,   ber_uint_t,  ber_len_t,  ber_slen_t,  ber_tag_t,  struct
       berval, BerValue, BerVarray,  BerElement,  ber_bvfree,  ber_bvecfree,
       ber_bvecadd, ber_bvarray_free, ber_bvarray_add, ber_bvdup, ber_dupbv,
       ber_bvstr,   ber_bvstrdup,   ber_str2bv,    ber_alloc_t,    ber_init,
       ber_init2, ber_free - OpenLDAP LBER types and allocation functions

LIBRARY         top

       OpenLDAP LBER (liblber, -llber)

SYNOPSIS         top

       #include <lber.h>
       typedef impl_tag_t ber_tag_t;
       typedef impl_int_t ber_int_t;
       typedef impl_uint_t ber_uint_t;
       typedef impl_len_t ber_len_t;
       typedef impl_slen_t ber_slen_t;
       typedef struct berval {
           ber_len_t bv_len;
           char *bv_val;
       } BerValue, *BerVarray;
       typedef struct berelement BerElement;
       void ber_bvfree(struct berval *bv);
       void ber_bvecfree(struct berval **bvec);
       void ber_bvecadd(struct berval ***bvec, struct berval *bv);
       void ber_bvarray_free(struct berval *bvarray);
       void ber_bvarray_add(BerVarray *bvarray, BerValue *bv);
       struct berval *ber_bvdup(const struct berval *bv);
       struct berval *ber_dupbv(const struct berval *dst, struct berval
       *src);
       struct berval *ber_bvstr(const char *str);
       struct berval *ber_bvstrdup(const char *str);
       struct berval *ber_str2bv(const char *str, ber_len_t len, int dup,
       struct berval *bv);
       BerElement *ber_alloc_t(int options);
       BerElement *ber_init(struct berval *bv);
       void ber_init2(BerElement *ber, struct berval *bv, int options);
       void ber_free(BerElement *ber, int freebuf);

DESCRIPTION         top

       The following are the basic types and structures defined for use with
       the Lightweight BER library.
       ber_int_t is a signed integer of at least 32 bits.  It is commonly
       equivalent to int.  ber_uint_t is the unsigned variant of ber_int_t.
       ber_len_t is an unsigned integer of at least 32 bits used to
       represent a length.  It is commonly equivalent to a size_t.
       ber_slen_t is the signed variant to ber_len_t.
       ber_tag_t is an unsigned integer of at least 32 bits used to
       represent a BER tag.  It is commonly equivalent to a unsigned long.
       The actual definitions of the integral impl_TYPE_t types are platform
       specific.
       BerValue, commonly used as struct berval, is used to hold an
       arbitrary sequence of octets.  bv_val points to bv_len octets.
       bv_val is not necessarily terminated by a NULL (zero) octet.
       ber_bvfree() frees a BerValue, pointed to by bv, returned from this
       API.  If bv is NULL, the routine does nothing.
       ber_bvecfree() frees an array of BerValues (and the array), pointed
       to by bvec, returned from this API.  If bvec is NULL, the routine
       does nothing.  ber_bvecadd() appends the bv pointer to the bvec
       array.  Space for the array is allocated as needed.  The end of the
       array is marked by a NULL pointer.
       ber_bvarray_free() frees an array of BerValues (and the array),
       pointed to by bvarray, returned from this API.  If bvarray is NULL,
       the routine does nothing.  ber_bvarray_add() appends the contents of
       the BerValue pointed to by bv to the bvarray array.  Space for the
       new element is allocated as needed.  The end of the array is marked
       by a BerValue with a NULL bv_val field.
       ber_bvdup() returns a copy of a BerValue.  The routine returns NULL
       upon error (e.g. out of memory).  The caller should use ber_bvfree()
       to deallocate the resulting BerValue.  ber_dupbv() copies a BerValue
       from src to dst.  If dst is NULL a new BerValue will be allocated to
       hold the copy.  The routine returns NULL upon error, otherwise it
       returns a pointer to the copy.  If dst is NULL the caller should use
       ber_bvfree() to deallocate the resulting BerValue, otherwise
       ber_memfree() should be used to deallocate the dst->bv_val.  (The
       ber_bvdup() function is internally implemented as ber_dupbv(NULL,
       bv).  ber_bvdup() is provided only for compatibility with an expired
       draft of the LDAP C API; ber_dupbv() is the preferred interface.)
       ber_bvstr() returns a BerValue containing the string pointed to by
       str.  ber_bvstrdup() returns a BerValue containing a copy of the
       string pointed to by str.  ber_str2bv() returns a BerValue containing
       the string pointed to by str, whose length may be optionally
       specified in len.  If dup is non-zero, the BerValue will contain a
       copy of str.  If len is zero, the number of bytes to copy will be
       determined by strlen(3), otherwise len bytes will be copied.  If bv
       is non-NULL, the result will be stored in the given BerValue,
       otherwise a new BerValue will be allocated to store the result.
       NOTE: Both ber_bvstr() and ber_bvstrdup() are implemented as macros
       using ber_str2bv() in this version of the library.
       BerElement is an opaque structure used to maintain state information
       used in encoding and decoding.  ber_alloc_t() is used to create an
       empty BerElement structure. If LBER_USE_DER is specified for the
       options parameter then data lengths for data written to the
       BerElement will be encoded in the minimal number of octets required,
       otherwise they will always be written as four byte values.
       ber_init() creates a BerElement structure that is initialized with a
       copy of the data in its bv parameter.  ber_init2() initializes an
       existing BerElement ber using the data in the bv parameter. The data
       is referenced directly, not copied. The options parameter is the same
       as for ber_alloc_t().  ber_free() frees a BerElement pointed to by
       ber.  If ber is NULL, the routine does nothing.  If freebuf is zero,
       the internal buffer is not freed.

SEE ALSO         top

       lber-encode(3), lber-decode(3), lber-memory(3)

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS         top

       OpenLDAP Software is developed and maintained by The OpenLDAP Project
       <http://www.openldap.org/>.  OpenLDAP Software is derived from the
       University of Michigan LDAP 3.3 Release.

COLOPHON         top

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