OSSL_ENCODER_CTX(3SSL) OpenSSL OSSL_ENCODER_CTX(3SSL)
NAME
OSSL_ENCODER_CTX, OSSL_ENCODER_CTX_new,
OSSL_ENCODER_settable_ctx_params, OSSL_ENCODER_CTX_set_params,
OSSL_ENCODER_CTX_free, OSSL_ENCODER_CTX_set_selection,
OSSL_ENCODER_CTX_set_output_type, OSSL_ENCODER_CTX_set_output_structure,
OSSL_ENCODER_CTX_add_encoder, OSSL_ENCODER_CTX_add_extra,
OSSL_ENCODER_CTX_get_num_encoders, OSSL_ENCODER_INSTANCE,
OSSL_ENCODER_INSTANCE_get_encoder,
OSSL_ENCODER_INSTANCE_get_encoder_ctx,
OSSL_ENCODER_INSTANCE_get_output_type,
OSSL_ENCODER_INSTANCE_get_output_structure, OSSL_ENCODER_CONSTRUCT,
OSSL_ENCODER_CLEANUP, OSSL_ENCODER_CTX_set_construct,
OSSL_ENCODER_CTX_set_construct_data, OSSL_ENCODER_CTX_set_cleanup -
Encoder context routines
SYNOPSIS
#include <openssl/encoder.h>
typedef struct ossl_encoder_ctx_st OSSL_ENCODER_CTX;
OSSL_ENCODER_CTX *OSSL_ENCODER_CTX_new();
const OSSL_PARAM *OSSL_ENCODER_settable_ctx_params(OSSL_ENCODER *encoder);
int OSSL_ENCODER_CTX_set_params(OSSL_ENCODER_CTX *ctx,
const OSSL_PARAM params[]);
void OSSL_ENCODER_CTX_free(OSSL_ENCODER_CTX *ctx);
int OSSL_ENCODER_CTX_set_selection(OSSL_ENCODER_CTX *ctx, int selection);
int OSSL_ENCODER_CTX_set_output_type(OSSL_ENCODER_CTX *ctx,
const char *output_type);
int OSSL_ENCODER_CTX_set_output_structure(OSSL_ENCODER_CTX *ctx,
const char *output_structure);
int OSSL_ENCODER_CTX_add_encoder(OSSL_ENCODER_CTX *ctx, OSSL_ENCODER *encoder);
int OSSL_ENCODER_CTX_add_extra(OSSL_ENCODER_CTX *ctx,
OSSL_LIB_CTX *libctx, const char *propq);
int OSSL_ENCODER_CTX_get_num_encoders(OSSL_ENCODER_CTX *ctx);
typedef struct ossl_encoder_instance_st OSSL_ENCODER_INSTANCE;
OSSL_ENCODER *
OSSL_ENCODER_INSTANCE_get_encoder(OSSL_ENCODER_INSTANCE *encoder_inst);
void *
OSSL_ENCODER_INSTANCE_get_encoder_ctx(OSSL_ENCODER_INSTANCE *encoder_inst);
const char *
OSSL_ENCODER_INSTANCE_get_output_type(OSSL_ENCODER_INSTANCE *encoder_inst);
const char *
OSSL_ENCODER_INSTANCE_get_output_structure(OSSL_ENCODER_INSTANCE *encoder_inst);
typedef const void *OSSL_ENCODER_CONSTRUCT(OSSL_ENCODER_INSTANCE *encoder_inst,
void *construct_data);
typedef void OSSL_ENCODER_CLEANUP(void *construct_data);
int OSSL_ENCODER_CTX_set_construct(OSSL_ENCODER_CTX *ctx,
OSSL_ENCODER_CONSTRUCT *construct);
int OSSL_ENCODER_CTX_set_construct_data(OSSL_ENCODER_CTX *ctx,
void *construct_data);
int OSSL_ENCODER_CTX_set_cleanup(OSSL_ENCODER_CTX *ctx,
OSSL_ENCODER_CLEANUP *cleanup);
DESCRIPTION
Encoding an input object to the desired encoding may be done with a
chain of encoder implementations, which means that the output from one
encoder may be the input for the next in the chain. The
OSSL_ENCODER_CTX holds all the data about these encoders. This allows
having generic format encoders such as DER to PEM, as well as more
specialized encoders like RSA to DER.
The final output type must be given, and a chain of encoders must end
with an implementation that produces that output type.
At the beginning of the encoding process, a constructor provided by the
caller is called to ensure that there is an appropriate provider-side
object to start with. The constructor is set with
OSSL_ENCODER_CTX_set_construct().
OSSL_ENCODER_INSTANCE is an opaque structure that contains data about
the encoder that is going to be used, and that may be useful for the
constructor. There are some functions to extract data from this type,
described in "Constructor" below.
Functions
OSSL_ENCODER_CTX_new() creates a OSSL_ENCODER_CTX.
OSSL_ENCODER_settable_ctx_params() returns an OSSL_PARAM(3) array of
parameter descriptors.
OSSL_ENCODER_CTX_set_params() attempts to set parameters specified with
an OSSL_PARAM(3) array params. Parameters that the implementation
doesn't recognise should be ignored.
OSSL_ENCODER_CTX_free() frees the given context ctx. If the argument is
NULL, nothing is done.
OSSL_ENCODER_CTX_add_encoder() populates the OSSL_ENCODER_CTX ctx with a
encoder, to be used to encode an input object.
OSSL_ENCODER_CTX_add_extra() finds encoders that further encodes output
from already added encoders, and adds them as well. This is used to
build encoder chains.
OSSL_ENCODER_CTX_set_output_type() sets the ending output type. This
must be specified, and determines if a complete encoder chain is
available.
OSSL_ENCODER_CTX_set_output_structure() sets the desired output
structure. This may be used to determines what encoder implementations
may be used. Depending on the type of object being encoded, the output
structure may not be relevant.
OSSL_ENCODER_CTX_get_num_encoders() gets the number of encoders
currently added to the context ctx.
OSSL_ENCODER_CTX_set_construct() sets the constructor construct.
OSSL_ENCODER_CTX_set_construct_data() sets the constructor data that is
passed to the constructor every time it's called.
OSSL_ENCODER_CTX_set_cleanup() sets the constructor data cleanup
function. This is called by OSSL_ENCODER_CTX_free(3).
Note that functions OSSL_ENCODER_CTX_set_selection(),
OSSL_ENCODER_CTX_set_output_type(),
OSSL_ENCODER_CTX_set_output_structure(), OSSL_ENCODER_CTX_add_encoder(),
OSSL_ENCODER_CTX_add_extra(), OSSL_ENCODER_CTX_set_construct(),
OSSL_ENCODER_CTX_set_construct_data(), and
OSSL_ENCODER_CTX_set_cleanup() shouldn't be used after the context is
finalised, in particular after calling the function
OSSL_ENCODER_CTX_new_for_pkey().
Constructor
A OSSL_ENCODER_CONSTRUCT gets the following arguments:
encoder_inst
The OSSL_ENCODER_INSTANCE for the encoder from which the constructor
gets its data.
construct_data
The pointer that was set with OSSL_ENCODE_CTX_set_construct_data().
The constructor is expected to return a valid (non-NULL) pointer to a
provider-native object that can be used as first input of an encoding
chain, or NULL to indicate that an error has occurred.
These utility functions may be used by a constructor:
OSSL_ENCODER_INSTANCE_get_encoder() can be used to get the encoder
implementation of the encoder instance encoder_inst.
OSSL_ENCODER_INSTANCE_get_encoder_ctx() can be used to get the encoder
implementation's provider context of the encoder instance encoder_inst.
OSSL_ENCODER_INSTANCE_get_output_type() can be used to get the output
type for the encoder implementation of the encoder instance
encoder_inst. This will never be NULL.
OSSL_ENCODER_INSTANCE_get_output_structure() can be used to get the
output structure for the encoder implementation of the encoder instance
encoder_inst. This may be NULL.
RETURN VALUES
OSSL_ENCODER_CTX_new() returns a pointer to a OSSL_ENCODER_CTX, or NULL
if the context structure couldn't be allocated.
OSSL_ENCODER_settable_ctx_params() returns an OSSL_PARAM(3) array, or
NULL if none is available.
OSSL_ENCODER_CTX_set_params() returns 1 if all recognised parameters
were valid, or 0 if one of them was invalid or caused some other failure
in the implementation.
OSSL_ENCODER_CTX_add_encoder(), OSSL_ENCODER_CTX_add_extra(),
OSSL_ENCODER_CTX_set_construct(), OSSL_ENCODER_CTX_set_construct_data()
and OSSL_ENCODER_CTX_set_cleanup() return 1 on success, or 0 on failure.
OSSL_ENCODER_CTX_get_num_encoders() returns the current number of
encoders. It returns 0 if ctx is NULL.
OSSL_ENCODER_INSTANCE_get_encoder() returns an OSSL_ENCODER pointer on
success, or NULL on failure.
OSSL_ENCODER_INSTANCE_get_encoder_ctx() returns a provider context
pointer on success, or NULL on failure.
OSSL_ENCODER_INSTANCE_get_output_type() returns a string with the name
of the input type, if relevant. NULL is a valid returned value.
OSSL_ENCODER_INSTANCE_get_output_type() returns a string with the name
of the output type.
OSSL_ENCODER_INSTANCE_get_output_structure() returns a string with the
name of the output structure.
NOTES AND BUGS
The chain mechanism in ENCODE is not yet completely implemented. It
affects functions such as OSSL_ENCODER_CTX_add_extra and the inner
processing loop.
SEE ALSO
provider(7), OSSL_ENCODER(3)
HISTORY
The functions described here were added in OpenSSL 3.0.
COPYRIGHT
Copyright 2019-2024 The OpenSSL Project Authors. All Rights Reserved.
Licensed under the Apache License 2.0 (the "License"). You may not use
this file except in compliance with the License. You can obtain a copy
in the file LICENSE in the source distribution or at
<https://www.openssl.org/source/license.html>.
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