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.SH "NAME"
OBJ_nid2obj, OBJ_nid2ln, OBJ_nid2sn, OBJ_obj2nid, OBJ_txt2nid, OBJ_ln2nid, OBJ_sn2nid,
OBJ_cmp, OBJ_dup, OBJ_txt2obj, OBJ_obj2txt, OBJ_create, OBJ_cleanup \- ASN1 object utility
functions
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
.PP
.Vb 3
\& ASN1_OBJECT * OBJ_nid2obj(int n);
\& const char *  OBJ_nid2ln(int n);
\& const char *  OBJ_nid2sn(int n);
.Ve
.Vb 3
\& int OBJ_obj2nid(const ASN1_OBJECT *o);
\& int OBJ_ln2nid(const char *ln);
\& int OBJ_sn2nid(const char *sn);
.Ve
.Vb 1
\& int OBJ_txt2nid(const char *s);
.Ve
.Vb 2
\& ASN1_OBJECT * OBJ_txt2obj(const char *s, int no_name);
\& int OBJ_obj2txt(char *buf, int buf_len, const ASN1_OBJECT *a, int no_name);
.Ve
.Vb 2
\& int OBJ_cmp(const ASN1_OBJECT *a,const ASN1_OBJECT *b);
\& ASN1_OBJECT * OBJ_dup(const ASN1_OBJECT *o);
.Ve
.Vb 2
\& int OBJ_create(const char *oid,const char *sn,const char *ln);
\& void OBJ_cleanup(void);
.Ve
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
The ASN1 object utility functions process ASN1_OBJECT structures which are
a representation of the ASN1 OBJECT IDENTIFIER (OID) type.
.PP
\fIOBJ_nid2obj()\fR, \fIOBJ_nid2ln()\fR and \fIOBJ_nid2sn()\fR convert the NID \fBn\fR to 
an ASN1_OBJECT structure, its long name and its short name respectively,
or \fBNULL\fR is an error occurred.
.PP
\fIOBJ_obj2nid()\fR, \fIOBJ_ln2nid()\fR, \fIOBJ_sn2nid()\fR return the corresponding NID
for the object \fBo\fR, the long name <ln> or the short name <sn> respectively
or NID_undef if an error occurred.
.PP
\fIOBJ_txt2nid()\fR returns NID corresponding to text string <s>. \fBs\fR can be
a long name, a short name or the numerical respresentation of an object.
.PP
\fIOBJ_txt2obj()\fR converts the text string \fBs\fR into an ASN1_OBJECT structure.
If \fBno_name\fR is 0 then long names and short names will be interpreted
as well as numerical forms. If \fBno_name\fR is 1 only the numerical form
is acceptable.
.PP
\fIOBJ_obj2txt()\fR converts the \fBASN1_OBJECT\fR \fBa\fR into a textual representation.
The representation is written as a null terminated string to \fBbuf\fR
at most \fBbuf_len\fR bytes are written, truncating the result if necessary.
The total amount of space required is returned. If \fBno_name\fR is 0 then
if the object has a long or short name then that will be used, otherwise
the numerical form will be used. If \fBno_name\fR is 1 then the numerical
form will always be used.
.PP
\fIOBJ_cmp()\fR compares \fBa\fR to \fBb\fR. If the two are identical 0 is returned.
.PP
\fIOBJ_dup()\fR returns a copy of \fBo\fR.
.PP
\fIOBJ_create()\fR adds a new object to the internal table. \fBoid\fR is the 
numerical form of the object, \fBsn\fR the short name and \fBln\fR the
long name. A new NID is returned for the created object.
.PP
\fIOBJ_cleanup()\fR cleans up OpenSSLs internal object table: this should
be called before an application exits if any new objects were added
using \fIOBJ_create()\fR.
.SH "NOTES"
Objects in OpenSSL can have a short name, a long name and a numerical
identifier (NID) associated with them. A standard set of objects is
represented in an internal table. The appropriate values are defined
in the header file \fBobjects.h\fR.
.PP
For example the OID for commonName has the following definitions:
.PP
.Vb 3
\& #define SN_commonName                   "CN"
\& #define LN_commonName                   "commonName"
\& #define NID_commonName                  13
.Ve
New objects can be added by calling \fIOBJ_create()\fR.
.PP
Table objects have certain advantages over other objects: for example
their NIDs can be used in a C language switch statement. They are
also static constant structures which are shared: that is there
is only a single constant structure for each table object.
.PP
Objects which are not in the table have the NID value NID_undef.
.PP
Objects do not need to be in the internal tables to be processed,
the functions \fIOBJ_txt2obj()\fR and \fIOBJ_obj2txt()\fR can process the numerical
form of an OID.
.SH "EXAMPLES"
Create an object for \fBcommonName\fR:
.PP
.Vb 2
\& ASN1_OBJECT *o;
\& o = OBJ_nid2obj(NID_commonName);
.Ve
Check if an object is \fBcommonName\fR
.PP
.Vb 2
\& if (OBJ_obj2nid(obj) == NID_commonName)
\&        /* Do something */
.Ve
Create a new NID and initialize an object from it:
.PP
.Vb 3
\& int new_nid;
\& ASN1_OBJECT *obj;
\& new_nid = OBJ_create("1.2.3.4", "NewOID", "New Object Identifier");
.Ve
.Vb 3
\& obj = OBJ_nid2obj(new_nid);
\& 
\&Create a new object directly:
.Ve
.Vb 1
\& obj = OBJ_txt2obj("1.2.3.4", 1);
.Ve
.SH "BUGS"
\fIOBJ_obj2txt()\fR is awkward and messy to use: it doesn't follow the 
convention of other OpenSSL functions where the buffer can be set
to \fBNULL\fR to determine the amount of data that should be written.
Instead \fBbuf\fR must point to a valid buffer and \fBbuf_len\fR should
be set to a positive value. A buffer length of 80 should be more
than enough to handle any OID encountered in practice.
.SH "RETURN VALUES"
\fIOBJ_nid2obj()\fR returns an \fBASN1_OBJECT\fR structure or \fBNULL\fR is an
error occurred.
.PP
\fIOBJ_nid2ln()\fR and \fIOBJ_nid2sn()\fR returns a valid string or \fBNULL\fR
on error.
.PP
\fIOBJ_obj2nid()\fR, \fIOBJ_ln2nid()\fR, \fIOBJ_sn2nid()\fR and \fIOBJ_txt2nid()\fR return
a NID or \fBNID_undef\fR on error.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
ERR_get_error(3)
.SH "HISTORY"
TBA

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.IX Title "OBJ_nid2obj 3"
.IX Name "OBJ_nid2obj, OBJ_nid2ln, OBJ_nid2sn, OBJ_obj2nid, OBJ_txt2nid, OBJ_ln2nid, OBJ_sn2nid,
OBJ_cmp, OBJ_dup, OBJ_txt2obj, OBJ_obj2txt, OBJ_create, OBJ_cleanup - ASN1 object utility
functions"

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