NAME

       ASN1_OBJECT_new, ASN1_OBJECT_free - object allocation functions

SYNOPSIS

        #include <openssl/asn1.h>

        ASN1_OBJECT *ASN1_OBJECT_new(void);
        void ASN1_OBJECT_free(ASN1_OBJECT *a);

DESCRIPTION

       The ASN1_OBJECT allocation routines, allocate and free an ASN1_OBJECT structure, which
       represents an ASN1 OBJECT IDENTIFIER.

       ASN1_OBJECT_new() allocates and initializes an ASN1_OBJECT structure.

       ASN1_OBJECT_free() frees up the ASN1_OBJECT structure a.  If a is NULL, nothing is done.

NOTES

       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.

RETURN VALUES

       If the allocation fails, ASN1_OBJECT_new() returns NULL and sets an error code that can be
       obtained by ERR_get_error(3).  Otherwise it returns a pointer to the newly allocated
       structure.

       ASN1_OBJECT_free() returns no value.

SEE ALSO

       ERR_get_error(3), d2i_ASN1_OBJECT(3)

COPYRIGHT

       Copyright 2002-2016 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>.