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| =head1 NAME |
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| ASN1_OBJECT_new, ASN1_OBJECT_free, - object allocation functions |
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| =head1 SYNOPSIS |
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| ASN1_OBJECT *ASN1_OBJECT_new(void); |
| void ASN1_OBJECT_free(ASN1_OBJECT *a); |
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| =head1 DESCRIPTION |
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| The ASN1_OBJECT allocation routines, allocate and free an |
| ASN1_OBJECT structure, which represents an ASN1 OBJECT IDENTIFIER. |
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| ASN1_OBJECT_new() allocates and initializes a ASN1_OBJECT structure. |
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| ASN1_OBJECT_free() frees up the B<ASN1_OBJECT> structure B<a>. |
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| =head1 NOTES |
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| 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. |
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| =head1 RETURN VALUES |
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| If the allocation fails, ASN1_OBJECT_new() returns B<NULL> and sets an error |
| code that can be obtained by L<ERR_get_error(3)|ERR_get_error(3)>. |
| Otherwise it returns a pointer to the newly allocated structure. |
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| ASN1_OBJECT_free() returns no value. |
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| =head1 SEE ALSO |
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| L<ERR_get_error(3)|ERR_get_error(3)>, L<d2i_ASN1_OBJECT(3)|d2i_ASN1_OBJECT(3)> |
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| =head1 HISTORY |
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| ASN1_OBJECT_new() and ASN1_OBJECT_free() are available in all versions of SSLeay and OpenSSL. |
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