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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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