X509_NAME_ENTRY_GET_OBJECT(3)

NAME
X509_NAME_ENTRY_new, X509_NAME_ENTRY_free, X509_NAME_ENTRY_get_object, X509_NAME_ENTRY_get_data, X509_NAME_ENTRY_set_object, X509_NAME_ENTRY_set_data, X509_NAME_ENTRY_create_by_txt, X509_NAME_ENTRY_create_by_NID, X509_NAME_ENTRY_create_by_OBJ - X.501 relative distinguished name

SYNOPSIS
#include <openssl/x509.h>
X509_NAME_ENTRY *
X509_NAME_ENTRY_new(void);
void
X509_NAME_ENTRY_free(X509_NAME_ENTRY* ne);
ASN1_OBJECT *
X509_NAME_ENTRY_get_object(const X509_NAME_ENTRY *ne);
ASN1_STRING *
X509_NAME_ENTRY_get_data(const X509_NAME_ENTRY *ne);
int
X509_NAME_ENTRY_set_object(X509_NAME_ENTRY *ne, const ASN1_OBJECT *obj);
int
X509_NAME_ENTRY_set_data(X509_NAME_ENTRY *ne, int type, const unsigned char *bytes, int len);
X509_NAME_ENTRY *
X509_NAME_ENTRY_create_by_txt(X509_NAME_ENTRY **ne, const char *field, int type, const unsigned char *bytes, int len);
X509_NAME_ENTRY *
X509_NAME_ENTRY_create_by_NID(X509_NAME_ENTRY **ne, int nid, int type, const unsigned char *bytes, int len);
X509_NAME_ENTRY *
X509_NAME_ENTRY_create_by_OBJ(X509_NAME_ENTRY **ne, const ASN1_OBJECT *obj, int type, const unsigned char *bytes, int len);

DESCRIPTION
An X.501 RelativeDistinguishedName is a set of field type and value pairs. It is the building block for constructing X.501 Name objects. This implementation only supports sets with one element, so an X509_NAME_ENTRY object contains only one field type and one value.

X509_NAME_ENTRY_new() allocates and initializes an empty X509_NAME_ENTRY object, representing an ASN.1 RelativeDistinguishedName structure defined in RFC 5280 section 4.1.2.4.

X509_NAME_ENTRY_free() frees ne and the type and value contained in it.

X509_NAME_ENTRY_get_object() retrieves the field type of ne in an ASN1_OBJECT structure. X509_NAME_ENTRY_get_data() retrieves the field value of ne in an ASN1_STRING structure. These two functions can be used to examine an X509_NAME_ENTRY object as returned by X509_NAME_get_entry(3).

X509_NAME_ENTRY_set_object() sets the field type of ne to obj.

X509_NAME_ENTRY_set_data() sets the field value of ne to string type type and the value determined by bytes and len.

X509_NAME_ENTRY_create_by_txt(), X509_NAME_ENTRY_create_by_NID(), and X509_NAME_ENTRY_create_by_OBJ() create and return an X509_NAME_ENTRY structure.

Except for X509_NAME_ENTRY_get_object() and X509_NAME_ENTRY_get_data(), these functions are rarely used because X509_NAME_ENTRY structures are almost always part of X509_NAME structures and the functions described in X509_NAME_add_entry_by_txt(3) are typically used to create and add new entries in a single operation.

The arguments of these functions support similar options to the similarly named ones described in X509_NAME_add_entry_by_txt(3). So for example type can be set to MBSTRING_ASC, but in the case of X509_NAME_ENTRY_set_data() the field type must be set first so the relevant field information can be looked up internally.

RETURN VALUES
The X509_NAME_ENTRY_new() function returns a valid X509_NAME_ENTRY structure if successful; otherwise NULL is returned and an error code can be retrieved with ERR_get_error(3).

X509_NAME_ENTRY_get_object() returns a valid ASN1_OBJECT structure if it is set or NULL if an error occurred.

X509_NAME_ENTRY_get_data() returns a valid ASN1_STRING structure if it is set or NULL if an error occurred.

The X509_NAME_ENTRY_set_object() function returns 1 if successful; otherwise 0 is returned and an error code can be retrieved with ERR_get_error(3).

X509_NAME_ENTRY_set_data() return 1 on success or 0 on error. In some cases of failure, the reason can be determined with ERR_get_error(3).

X509_NAME_ENTRY_create_by_txt(), X509_NAME_ENTRY_create_by_NID(), and X509_NAME_ENTRY_create_by_OBJ() return a valid X509_NAME_ENTRY structure on success or NULL if an error occurred. In some cases of failure, the reason can be determined with ERR_get_error(3).

SEE ALSO
OBJ_nid2obj(3), X509_NAME_add_entry(3), X509_NAME_get_entry(3), X509_NAME_new(3)

STANDARDS
RFC 5280: Internet X.509 Public Key Infrastructure Certificate and Certificate Revocation List (CRL) Profile

ITU-T Recommendation X.501, also known as ISO/IEC 9594-2: Information Technology Open Systems Interconnection The Directory: Models, section 9.3: Relative distinguished name

HISTORY
X509_NAME_ENTRY_new() and X509_NAME_ENTRY_free() first appeared in SSLeay 0.5.1. X509_NAME_ENTRY_get_object(), X509_NAME_ENTRY_get_data(), X509_NAME_ENTRY_set_object(), X509_NAME_ENTRY_set_data(), X509_NAME_ENTRY_create_by_NID(), and X509_NAME_ENTRY_create_by_OBJ() first appeared in SSLeay 0.8.0. These functions have been available since OpenBSD 2.4.

X509_NAME_ENTRY_create_by_txt() first appeared in OpenSSL 0.9.5 and has been available since OpenBSD 2.7.