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NAME top

   ber_int_t, ber_uint_t, ber_len_t, ber_slen_t, ber_tag_t, struct
   berval, BerValue, BerVarray, BerElement, ber_bvfree, ber_bvecfree,
   ber_bvecadd, ber_bvarray_free, ber_bvarray_add, ber_bvdup,
   ber_dupbv, ber_bvstr, ber_bvstrdup, ber_str2bv, ber_alloc_t,
   ber_init, ber_init2, ber_free - OpenLDAP LBER types and allocation
   functions

LIBRARY top

   OpenLDAP LBER (liblber, -llber)

SYNOPSIS top

   **#include <lber.h>**

   **typedef impl_tag_t ber_tag_t;**
   **typedef impl_int_t ber_int_t;**
   **typedef impl_uint_t ber_uint_t;**
   **typedef impl_len_t ber_len_t;**
   **typedef impl_slen_t ber_slen_t;**

   **typedef struct berval {**
       **ber_len_t bv_len;**
       **char *bv_val;**
   **} BerValue, *BerVarray;**

   **typedef struct berelement BerElement;**

   **void ber_bvfree(struct berval ***_bv_**);**

   **void ber_bvecfree(struct berval** _bvec_**);**

   **void ber_bvecadd(struct berval ***_bvec_**, struct berval ***_bv_**);**

   **void ber_bvarray_free(struct berval ***_bvarray_**);**

   **void ber_bvarray_add(BerVarray ***_bvarray_**, BerValue ***_bv_**);**

   **struct berval *ber_bvdup(const struct berval ***_bv_**);**

   **struct berval *ber_dupbv(const struct berval ***_dst_**, struct berval**
   *****_src_**);**

   **struct berval *ber_bvstr(const char ***_str_**);**

   **struct berval *ber_bvstrdup(const char ***_str_**);**

   **struct berval *ber_str2bv(const char ***_str_**, ber_len_t** _len_**, int** _dup_**,**
   **struct berval ***_bv_**);**

   **BerElement *ber_alloc_t(int** _options_**);**

   **BerElement *ber_init(struct berval ***_bv_**);**

   **void ber_init2(BerElement ***_ber_**, struct berval ***_bv_**, int** _options_**);**

   **void ber_free(BerElement ***_ber_**, int** _freebuf_**);**

DESCRIPTION top

   The following are the basic types and structures defined for use
   with the Lightweight BER library.

   **ber_int_t** is a signed integer of at least 32 bits.  It is commonly
   equivalent to **int**.  **ber_uint_t** is the unsigned variant of
   **ber_int_t**.

   **ber_len_t** is an unsigned integer of at least 32 bits used to
   represent a length.  It is commonly equivalent to a **size_t**.
   **ber_slen_t** is the signed variant to **ber_len_t**.

   **ber_tag_t** is an unsigned integer of at least 32 bits used to
   represent a BER tag.  It is commonly equivalent to a
   **unsigned long**.

   The actual definitions of the integral impl_TYPE_t types are
   platform specific.

   **BerValue**, commonly used as **struct berval**, is used to hold an
   arbitrary sequence of octets.  **bv_val** points to **bv_len** octets.
   **bv_val** is not necessarily terminated by a NULL (zero) octet.
   **ber_bvfree**() frees a BerValue, pointed to by _bv_, returned from
   this API.  If _bv_ is NULL, the routine does nothing.

   **ber_bvecfree**() frees an array of BerValues (and the array),
   pointed to by _bvec_, returned from this API.  If _bvec_ is NULL, the
   routine does nothing.  **ber_bvecadd**() appends the _bv_ pointer to the
   _bvec_ array.  Space for the array is allocated as needed.  The end
   of the array is marked by a NULL pointer.

   **ber_bvarray_free**() frees an array of BerValues (and the array),
   pointed to by _bvarray_, returned from this API.  If _bvarray_ is
   NULL, the routine does nothing.  **ber_bvarray_add**() appends the
   contents of the BerValue pointed to by _bv_ to the _bvarray_ array.
   Space for the new element is allocated as needed.  The end of the
   array is marked by a BerValue with a NULL bv_val field.

   **ber_bvdup**() returns a copy of a BerValue.  The routine returns
   NULL upon error (e.g. out of memory).  The caller should use
   **ber_bvfree**() to deallocate the resulting BerValue.  **ber_dupbv**()
   copies a BerValue from _src_ to _dst_.  If _dst_ is NULL a new BerValue
   will be allocated to hold the copy.  The routine returns NULL upon
   error, otherwise it returns a pointer to the copy.  If _dst_ is NULL
   the caller should use **ber_bvfree**() to deallocate the resulting
   BerValue, otherwise **ber_memfree**() should be used to deallocate the
   _dst->bvval_.  (The **ber_bvdup**() function is internally implemented
   as ber_dupbv(NULL, bv).  **ber_bvdup**() is provided only for
   compatibility with an expired draft of the LDAP C API; **ber_dupbv**()
   is the preferred interface.)

   **ber_bvstr**() returns a BerValue containing the string pointed to by
   _str_.  **ber_bvstrdup**() returns a BerValue containing a copy of the
   string pointed to by _str_.  **ber_str2bv**() returns a BerValue
   containing the string pointed to by _str_, whose length may be
   optionally specified in _len_.  If _dup_ is non-zero, the BerValue
   will contain a copy of _str_.  If _len_ is zero, the number of bytes
   to copy will be determined by [strlen(3)](../man3/strlen.3.html), otherwise _len_ bytes will
   be copied.  If _bv_ is non-NULL, the result will be stored in the
   given BerValue, otherwise a new BerValue will be allocated to
   store the result.  NOTE: Both **ber_bvstr**() and **ber_bvstrdup**() are
   implemented as macros using **ber_str2bv**() in this version of the
   library.

   **BerElement** is an opaque structure used to maintain state
   information used in encoding and decoding.  **ber_alloc_t**() is used
   to create an empty BerElement structure. If **LBER_USE_DER** is
   specified for the _options_ parameter then data lengths for data
   written to the BerElement will be encoded in the minimal number of
   octets required, otherwise they will always be written as four
   byte values.  **ber_init**() creates a BerElement structure that is
   initialized with a copy of the data in its _bv_ parameter.
   **ber_init2**() initializes an existing BerElement _ber_ using the data
   in the _bv_ parameter. The data is referenced directly, not copied.
   The _options_ parameter is the same as for **ber_alloc_t**().
   **ber_free**() frees a BerElement pointed to by _ber_.  If _ber_ is NULL,
   the routine does nothing.  If _freebuf_ is zero, the internal buffer
   is not freed.

SEE ALSO top

   [lber-encode(3)](../man3/lber-encode.3.html), [lber-decode(3)](../man3/lber-decode.3.html), [lber-memory(3)](../man3/lber-memory.3.html)

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   from the University of Michigan LDAP 3.3 Release.

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