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NAME

       OSSL_PARAM_dup, OSSL_PARAM_merge, OSSL_PARAM_free - OSSL_PARAM array copy functions

SYNOPSIS

        #include <openssl/params.h>

        OSSL_PARAM *OSSL_PARAM_dup(const OSSL_PARAM *params);
        OSSL_PARAM *OSSL_PARAM_merge(const OSSL_PARAM *params, const OSSL_PARAM *params1);
        void OSSL_PARAM_free(OSSL_PARAM *params);

DESCRIPTION

       Algorithm parameters can be exported/imported from/to providers using arrays of OSSL_PARAM(3). The
       following utility functions allow the parameters to be duplicated and merged with other OSSL_PARAM(3) to
       assist in this process.

       OSSL_PARAM_dup() duplicates the parameter array params. This function does a deep copy of the data.

       OSSL_PARAM_merge() merges the parameter arrays params and params1 into a new parameter array. If params
       and params1 contain values with the same 'key' then the value from params1 will replace the param value.
       This function does a shallow copy of the parameters. Either params or params1 may be NULL. The behaviour
       of the merge is unpredictable if params and params1 contain the same key, and there are multiple entries
       within either array that have the same key.

       OSSL_PARAM_free() frees the parameter array params that was created using OSSL_PARAM_dup(),
       OSSL_PARAM_merge() or OSSL_PARAM_BLD_to_param().

RETURN VALUES

       The functions OSSL_PARAM_dup() and OSSL_PARAM_merge() return a newly allocated OSSL_PARAM(3) array, or
       NULL if there was an error. If both parameters are NULL
        then NULL is returned.

SEE ALSO

       OSSL_PARAM(3), OSSL_PARAM_BLD(3)

HISTORY

       The functions were added in OpenSSL 3.0.

COPYRIGHT

       Copyright 2021 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>.