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NAME

       ber_alloc_t,     ber_flush,    ber_flush2,    ber_printf,    ber_put_int,    ber_put_enum,
       ber_put_ostring,   ber_put_string,   ber_put_null,   ber_put_boolean,   ber_put_bitstring,
       ber_start_seq,  ber_start_set,  ber_put_seq,  ber_put_set - OpenLDAP LBER simplified Basic
       Encoding Rules library routines for encoding

LIBRARY

       OpenLDAP LBER (liblber, -llber)

SYNOPSIS

       #include <lber.h>

       BerElement *ber_alloc_t(int options);

       int ber_flush(Sockbuf *sb, BerElement *ber, int freeit);

       int ber_flush2(Sockbuf *sb, BerElement *ber, int freeit);

       int ber_printf(BerElement *ber, const char *fmt, ...);

       int ber_put_int(BerElement *ber, ber_int_t num, ber_tag_t tag);

       int ber_put_enum(BerElement *ber, ber_int_t num, ber_tag_t tag);

       int ber_put_ostring(BerElement *ber, const char *str, ber_len_t len, ber_tag_t tag);

       int ber_put_string(BerElement *ber, const char *str, ber_tag_t tag);

       int ber_put_null(BerElement *ber, ber_tag_t tag);

       int ber_put_boolean(BerElement *ber, ber_int_t bool, ber_tag_t tag);

       int ber_put_bitstring(BerElement *ber, const char *str, ber_len_t blen, ber_tag_t tag);

       int ber_start_seq(BerElement *ber, ber_tag_t tag);

       int ber_start_set(BerElement *ber, ber_tag_t tag);

       int ber_put_seq(BerElement *ber);

       int ber_put_set(BerElement *ber);

DESCRIPTION

       These routines provide a subroutine interface to a simplified implementation of the  Basic
       Encoding Rules of ASN.1.  The version of BER these routines support is the one defined for
       the LDAP protocol.  The encoding rules are the same as BER, except that only definite form
       lengths  are  used, and bitstrings and octet strings are always encoded in primitive form.
       This man page describes the encoding routines in the lber library.  See lber-decode(3) for
       details  on  the  corresponding  decoding routines.  Consult lber-types(3) for information
       about types, allocators, and deallocators.

       Normally, the only routines that need to be called by an application are ber_alloc_t()  to
       allocate  a  BER  element  for  encoding,  ber_printf()  to  do  the  actual encoding, and
       ber_flush2() to actually write the element.  The other routines  are  provided  for  those
       applications  that  need  more  control  than  ber_printf()  provides.   In general, these
       routines return the length of the element encoded, or -1 if an error occurred.

       The ber_alloc_t() routine is used to allocate a new BER element.  It should be called with
       an argument of LBER_USE_DER.

       The  ber_flush2()  routine  is  used  to  actually write the element to a socket (or file)
       descriptor, once it has been fully encoded (using ber_printf() and  friends).   See  lber-
       sockbuf(3)  for  more  details  on the Sockbuf implementation of the sb parameter.  If the
       freeit   parameter   is   non-zero,   the   supplied    ber    will    be    freed.     If
       LBER_FLUSH_FREE_ON_SUCCESS  is  used,  the  ber  is  only freed when successfully flushed,
       otherwise it is left intact; if LBER_FLUSH_FREE_ON_ERROR is used, the ber  is  only  freed
       when  an error occurs, otherwise it is left intact; if LBER_FLUSH_FREE_ALWAYS is used, the
       ber is freed anyway.  This function differs from the original ber_flush(3) function, whose
       behavior  corresponds  to that indicated for LBER_FLUSH_FREE_ON_SUCCESS.  Note that in the
       future, the behavior of ber_flush(3) with  freeit  non-zero  might  change  into  that  of
       ber_flush2(3) with freeit set to LBER_FLUSH_FREE_ALWAYS.

       The  ber_printf()  routine  is  used  to  encode  a  BER element in much the same way that
       sprintf(3) works.  One important difference, though, is that  some  state  information  is
       kept  with  the ber parameter so that multiple calls can be made to ber_printf() to append
       things to the end of the BER  element.   Ber_printf()  writes  to  ber,  a  pointer  to  a
       BerElement  such  as  returned  by ber_alloc_t().  It interprets and formats its arguments
       according to the  format  string  fmt.   The  format  string  can  contain  the  following
       characters:

              b  Boolean.   An  ber_int_t  parameter  should  be  supplied.  A boolean element is
                 output.

              e  Enumeration.  An ber_int_t parameter should be supplied.  An enumeration element
                 is output.

              i  Integer.   An  ber_int_t  parameter  should  be supplied.  An integer element is
                 output.

              B  Bitstring.  A char * pointer to the start of the bitstring is supplied, followed
                 by the number of bits in the bitstring.  A bitstring element is output.

              n  Null.  No parameter is required.  A null element is output.

              o  Octet  string.   A  char  *  is  supplied,  followed by the length of the string
                 pointed to.  An octet string element is output.

              O  Octet string.  A struct berval *  is  supplied.   An  octet  string  element  is
                 output.

              s  Octet string.  A null-terminated string is supplied.  An octet string element is
                 output, not including the trailing NULL octet.

              t  Tag.  A ber_tag_t specifying the tag to give the next element is provided.  This
                 works across calls.

              v  Several  octet  strings.  A null-terminated array of char *'s is supplied.  Note
                 that a construct like '{v}' is required to  get  an  actual  SEQUENCE  OF  octet
                 strings.

              V  Several  octet  strings.   A  null-terminated  array  of  struct  berval  *'s is
                 supplied.  Note that a construct  like  '{V}'  is  required  to  get  an  actual
                 SEQUENCE OF octet strings.

              W  Several  octet  strings.  An array of struct berval's is supplied.  The array is
                 terminated by a struct berval with a NULL bv_val.  Note that  a  construct  like
                 '{W}' is required to get an actual SEQUENCE OF octet strings.

              {  Begin sequence.  No parameter is required.

              }  End sequence.  No parameter is required.

              [  Begin set.  No parameter is required.

              ]  End set.  No parameter is required.

       The ber_put_int() routine writes the integer element num to the BER element ber.

       The ber_put_enum() routine writes the enumeration element num to the BER element ber.

       The ber_put_boolean() routine writes the boolean value given by bool to the BER element.

       The  ber_put_bitstring()  routine writes blen bits starting at str as a bitstring value to
       the given BER element.  Note that blen is the length in bits of the bitstring.

       The ber_put_ostring() routine writes len bytes starting at str to the BER  element  as  an
       octet string.

       The ber_put_string() routine writes the null-terminated string (minus the terminating ' ')
       to the BER element as an octet string.

       The ber_put_null() routine writes a NULL element to the BER element.

       The ber_start_seq() routine is  used  to  start  a  sequence  in  the  BER  element.   The
       ber_start_set()  routine works similarly.  The end of the sequence or set is marked by the
       nearest matching call to ber_put_seq() or ber_put_set(), respectively.

EXAMPLES

       Assuming the following variable declarations, and that the variables  have  been  assigned
       appropriately, an lber encoding of the following ASN.1 object:

             AlmostASearchRequest := SEQUENCE {
                 baseObject      DistinguishedName,
                 scope           ENUMERATED {
                     baseObject    (0),
                     singleLevel   (1),
                     wholeSubtree  (2)
                 },
                 derefAliases    ENUMERATED {
                     neverDerefaliases   (0),
                     derefInSearching    (1),
                     derefFindingBaseObj (2),
                     alwaysDerefAliases  (3)
                 },
                 sizelimit       INTEGER (0 .. 65535),
                 timelimit       INTEGER (0 .. 65535),
                 attrsOnly       BOOLEAN,
                 attributes      SEQUENCE OF AttributeType
             }

       can be achieved like so:

             int rc;
             ber_int_t    scope, ali, size, time, attrsonly;
             char   *dn, **attrs;
             BerElement *ber;

             /* ... fill in values ... */

             ber = ber_alloc_t( LBER_USE_DER );

             if ( ber == NULL ) {
                     /* error */
             }

             rc = ber_printf( ber, "{siiiib{v}}", dn, scope, ali,
                 size, time, attrsonly, attrs );

             if( rc == -1 ) {
                     /* error */
             } else {
                     /* success */
             }

ERRORS

       If an error occurs during encoding, generally these routines return -1.

NOTES

       The return values for all of these functions are declared in the <lber.h> header file.

SEE ALSO

       lber-decode(3), lber-memory(3), lber-sockbuf(3), lber-types(3)

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

       OpenLDAP    Software    is    developed   and   maintained   by   The   OpenLDAP   Project
       <http://www.openldap.org/>.  OpenLDAP Software is derived from the University of  Michigan
       LDAP 3.3 Release.