asn1_read_tag(3)

asn1_read_tag3

Api function

Usage

#include <libtasn1.h>

int asn1_read_tag(asn1_node_const root, const char * name, int * tagValue, int * classValue);

Arguments

asn1_node_const root

pointer to a structure

const char * name

the name of the element inside a structure.

int * tagValue

variable that will contain the TAG value.

int * classValue

variable that will specify the TAG type.

Overview

Returns the TAG and the CLASS of one element inside a structure. CLASS can have one of these constants: ASN1_CLASS_APPLICATION, ASN1_CLASS_UNIVERSAL, ASN1_CLASS_PRIVATE or ASN1_CLASS_CONTEXT_SPECIFIC.

Returns

ASN1_SUCCESS if successful, ASN1_ELEMENT_NOT_FOUND if
name is not a valid element.

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.