Ubuntu Manpage: OSSL_DECODER_CTX, OSSL_DECODER_CTX_new, OSSL_DECODER_settable_ctx

Provided by: libssl-doc_3.0.8-1ubuntu1_all

NAME

       OSSL_DECODER_CTX, OSSL_DECODER_CTX_new, OSSL_DECODER_settable_ctx_params,
       OSSL_DECODER_CTX_set_params, OSSL_DECODER_CTX_free, OSSL_DECODER_CTX_set_selection,
       OSSL_DECODER_CTX_set_input_type, OSSL_DECODER_CTX_set_input_structure,
       OSSL_DECODER_CTX_add_decoder, OSSL_DECODER_CTX_add_extra,
       OSSL_DECODER_CTX_get_num_decoders, OSSL_DECODER_INSTANCE, OSSL_DECODER_CONSTRUCT,
       OSSL_DECODER_CLEANUP, OSSL_DECODER_CTX_set_construct, OSSL_DECODER_CTX_set_construct_data,
       OSSL_DECODER_CTX_set_cleanup, OSSL_DECODER_CTX_get_construct,
       OSSL_DECODER_CTX_get_construct_data, OSSL_DECODER_CTX_get_cleanup, OSSL_DECODER_export,
       OSSL_DECODER_INSTANCE_get_decoder, OSSL_DECODER_INSTANCE_get_decoder_ctx,
       OSSL_DECODER_INSTANCE_get_input_type, OSSL_DECODER_INSTANCE_get_input_structure - Decoder
       context routines

SYNOPSIS

        #include <openssl/decoder.h>

        typedef struct ossl_decoder_ctx_st OSSL_DECODER_CTX;

        OSSL_DECODER_CTX *OSSL_DECODER_CTX_new(void);
        const OSSL_PARAM *OSSL_DECODER_settable_ctx_params(OSSL_DECODER *decoder);
        int OSSL_DECODER_CTX_set_params(OSSL_DECODER_CTX *ctx,
                                        const OSSL_PARAM params[]);
        void OSSL_DECODER_CTX_free(OSSL_DECODER_CTX *ctx);

        int OSSL_DECODER_CTX_set_selection(OSSL_DECODER_CTX *ctx, int selection);
        int OSSL_DECODER_CTX_set_input_type(OSSL_DECODER_CTX *ctx,
                                            const char *input_type);
        int OSSL_DECODER_CTX_set_input_structure(OSSL_DECODER_CTX *ctx,
                                                 const char *input_structure);
        int OSSL_DECODER_CTX_add_decoder(OSSL_DECODER_CTX *ctx, OSSL_DECODER *decoder);
        int OSSL_DECODER_CTX_add_extra(OSSL_DECODER_CTX *ctx,
                                       OSSL_LIB_CTX *libctx,
                                       const char *propq);
        int OSSL_DECODER_CTX_get_num_decoders(OSSL_DECODER_CTX *ctx);

        typedef struct ossl_decoder_instance_st OSSL_DECODER_INSTANCE;
        OSSL_DECODER *
        OSSL_DECODER_INSTANCE_get_decoder(OSSL_DECODER_INSTANCE *decoder_inst);
        void *
        OSSL_DECODER_INSTANCE_get_decoder_ctx(OSSL_DECODER_INSTANCE *decoder_inst);
        const char *
        OSSL_DECODER_INSTANCE_get_input_type(OSSL_DECODER_INSTANCE *decoder_inst);
        OSSL_DECODER_INSTANCE_get_input_structure(OSSL_DECODER_INSTANCE *decoder_inst,
                                                  int *was_set);

        typedef int OSSL_DECODER_CONSTRUCT(OSSL_DECODER_INSTANCE *decoder_inst,
                                           const OSSL_PARAM *object,
                                           void *construct_data);
        typedef void OSSL_DECODER_CLEANUP(void *construct_data);

        int OSSL_DECODER_CTX_set_construct(OSSL_DECODER_CTX *ctx,
                                           OSSL_DECODER_CONSTRUCT *construct);
        int OSSL_DECODER_CTX_set_construct_data(OSSL_DECODER_CTX *ctx,
                                                void *construct_data);
        int OSSL_DECODER_CTX_set_cleanup(OSSL_DECODER_CTX *ctx,
                                         OSSL_DECODER_CLEANUP *cleanup);
        OSSL_DECODER_CONSTRUCT *OSSL_DECODER_CTX_get_construct(OSSL_DECODER_CTX *ctx);
        void *OSSL_DECODER_CTX_get_construct_data(OSSL_DECODER_CTX *ctx);
        OSSL_DECODER_CLEANUP *OSSL_DECODER_CTX_get_cleanup(OSSL_DECODER_CTX *ctx);

        int OSSL_DECODER_export(OSSL_DECODER_INSTANCE *decoder_inst,
                                void *reference, size_t reference_sz,
                                OSSL_CALLBACK *export_cb, void *export_cbarg);

DESCRIPTION

The OSSL_DECODER_CTX holds data about multiple decoders, as needed to figure out what the
input data is and to attempt to unpack it into one of several possible related results.
This also includes chaining decoders, so the output from one can become the input for
another. This allows having generic format decoders such as PEM to DER, as well as more
specialized decoders like DER to RSA.

The chains may be limited by specifying an input type, which is considered a starting
point. This is both considered by OSSL_DECODER_CTX_add_extra(), which will stop adding
one more decoder implementations when it has already added those that take the specified
input type, and functions like OSSL_DECODER_from_bio(3), which will only start the
decoding process with the decoder implementations that take that input type. For example,
if the input type is set to "DER", a PEM to DER decoder will be ignored.

The input type can also be NULL, which means that the caller doesn't know what type of
input they have. In this case, OSSL_DECODER_from_bio() will simply try with one decoder
implementation after the other, and thereby discover what kind of input the caller gave
it.

For every decoding done, even an intermediary one, a constructor provided by the caller is
called to attempt to construct an appropriate type / structure that the caller knows how
to handle from the current decoding result. The constructor is set with
OSSL_DECODER_CTX_set_construct().

OSSL_DECODER_INSTANCE is an opaque structure that contains data about the decoder that was
just used, and that may be useful for the constructor. There are some functions to
extract data from this type, described further down.

Functions
OSSL_DECODER_CTX_new() creates a new empty OSSL_DECODER_CTX.

OSSL_DECODER_settable_ctx_params() returns an OSSL_PARAM(3) array of parameter
descriptors.

OSSL_DECODER_CTX_set_params() attempts to set parameters specified with an OSSL_PARAM(3)
array params. These parameters are passed to all decoders that have been added to the ctx
so far. Parameters that an implementation doesn't recognise should be ignored by it.

OSSL_DECODER_CTX_free() frees the given context ctx.

OSSL_DECODER_CTX_add_decoder() populates the OSSL_DECODER_CTX ctx with a decoder, to be
used to attempt to decode some encoded input.

OSSL_DECODER_CTX_add_extra() finds decoders that generate input for already added
decoders, and adds them as well. This is used to build decoder chains.

OSSL_DECODER_CTX_set_input_type() sets the starting input type. This limits the decoder
chains to be considered, as explained in the general description above.

OSSL_DECODER_CTX_set_input_structure() sets the name of the structure that the input is
expected to have. This may be used to determines what decoder implementations may be
used. NULL is a valid input structure, when it's not relevant, or when the decoder
implementations are expected to figure it out.

OSSL_DECODER_CTX_get_num_decoders() gets the number of decoders currently added to the
context ctx.

OSSL_DECODER_CTX_set_construct() sets the constructor construct.

OSSL_DECODER_CTX_set_construct_data() sets the constructor data that is passed to the
constructor every time it's called.

OSSL_DECODER_CTX_set_cleanup() sets the constructor data cleanup function. This is called
by OSSL_DECODER_CTX_free(3).

OSSL_DECODER_CTX_get_construct(), OSSL_DECODER_CTX_get_construct_data() and
OSSL_DECODER_CTX_get_cleanup() return the values that have been set by
OSSL_DECODER_CTX_set_construct(), OSSL_DECODER_CTX_set_construct_data() and
OSSL_DECODER_CTX_set_cleanup() respectively.

OSSL_DECODER_export() is a fallback function for constructors that cannot use the data
they get directly for diverse reasons. It takes the same decode instance decoder_inst
that the constructor got and an object reference, unpacks the object which it refers to,
and exports it by creating an OSSL_PARAM(3) array that it then passes to export_cb, along
with export_arg.

Constructor
A OSSL_DECODER_CONSTRUCT gets the following arguments:

decoder_inst
The OSSL_DECODER_INSTANCE for the decoder from which the constructor gets its data.

object
A provider-native object abstraction produced by the decoder. Further information on
the provider-native object abstraction can be found in provider-object(7).

construct_data
The pointer that was set with OSSL_DECODE_CTX_set_construct_data().

The constructor is expected to return 1 when the data it receives can be constructed,
otherwise 0.

These utility functions may be used by a constructor:

OSSL_DECODER_INSTANCE_get_decoder() can be used to get the decoder implementation from a
decoder instance decoder_inst.

OSSL_DECODER_INSTANCE_get_decoder_ctx() can be used to get the decoder implementation's
provider context from a decoder instance decoder_inst.

OSSL_DECODER_INSTANCE_get_input_type() can be used to get the decoder implementation's
input type from a decoder instance decoder_inst.

OSSL_DECODER_INSTANCE_get_input_structure() can be used to get the input structure for the
decoder implementation from a decoder instance decoder_inst. This may be NULL.

RETURN VALUES

       OSSL_DECODER_CTX_new() returns a pointer to a OSSL_DECODER_CTX, or NULL if the context
       structure couldn't be allocated.

       OSSL_DECODER_settable_ctx_params() returns an OSSL_PARAM(3) array, or NULL if none is
       available.

       OSSL_DECODER_CTX_set_params() returns 1 if all recognised parameters were valid, or 0 if
       one of them was invalid or caused some other failure in the implementation.

       OSSL_DECODER_CTX_add_decoder(), OSSL_DECODER_CTX_add_extra(),
       OSSL_DECODER_CTX_set_construct(), OSSL_DECODER_CTX_set_construct_data() and
       OSSL_DECODER_CTX_set_cleanup() return 1 on success, or 0 on failure.

       OSSL_DECODER_CTX_get_construct(), OSSL_DECODER_CTX_get_construct_data() and
       OSSL_DECODER_CTX_get_cleanup() return the current pointers to the constructor, the
       constructor data and the cleanup functions, respectively.

       OSSL_DECODER_CTX_num_decoders() returns the current number of decoders.  It returns 0 if
       ctx is NULL.

       OSSL_DECODER_export() returns 1 on success, or 0 on failure.

       OSSL_DECODER_INSTANCE_decoder() returns an OSSL_DECODER pointer on success, or NULL on
       failure.

       OSSL_DECODER_INSTANCE_decoder_ctx() returns a provider context pointer on success, or NULL
       on failure.

HISTORY

       The functions described here were added in OpenSSL 3.0.

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