asn1_parser2tree(3)

asn1_parser2tree3

Api function

Usage

#include <libtasn1.h>

int asn1_parser2tree(const char * file, asn1_node * definitions, char * error_desc);

Arguments

const char * file

specify the path and the name of file that contains ASN.1 declarations.

asn1_node * definitions

return the pointer to the structure created from "file" ASN.1 declarations.

char * error_desc

return the error description or an empty string if success.

Overview

Function used to start the parse algorithm. Creates the structures needed to manage the definitions included in file file.

Returns

ASN1_SUCCESS if the file has a correct syntax and every identifier is known, ASN1_ELEMENT_NOT_EMPTY if definitions not NULL, ASN1_FILE_NOT_FOUND if an error occurred while opening file , ASN1_SYNTAX_ERROR if the syntax is not correct, ASN1_IDENTIFIER_NOT_FOUND if in the file there is an identifier that is not defined, ASN1_NAME_TOO_LONG if in the file there is an identifier with more than ASN1_MAX_NAME_SIZE characters.

Releases

11 releases since Debian 4.0 (Etch); the text changed 9 times.

  1. 4.0
  2. 5.0
  3. 6.0
  4. 7
  5. 8
  6. 9–10
  7. 11
  8. 12
  9. 13
  10. Arch

From libtasn1 4.21.0-1 in Arch Linux 2026-11-01. Parsed by carta from the page's man source.