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ASN1_OBJECT_new(3) 9/Oct/2002 (0.9.7e) ASN1_OBJECT_new(3)
NAME
ASN1_OBJECT_new, ASN1_OBJECT_free, - object allocation
functions
SYNOPSIS
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 a ASN1_OBJECT
structure.
ASN1_OBJECT_free() frees up the ASN1_OBJECT structure a.
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)
HISTORY
ASN1_OBJECT_new() and ASN1_OBJECT_free() are available in
all versions of SSLeay and OpenSSL.
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