ASN1_OBJECT_new(3)          OpenSSL          ASN1_OBJECT_new(3)





NAME
       ASN1_OBJECT_new, ASN1_OBJECT_free, - object allocation
       functions

SYNOPSIS
        ASN1_OBJECT *ASN1_OBJECT_new(void);
        void ASN1_OBJECT_free(ASN1_OBJECT *a);

DESCRIPTION
       The ASN1_OBJECT allocation routines, allocate and free
       an ASN1_OBJECT structure, which represents an ASN1
       OBJECT IDENTIFIER.

       ASN1_OBJECT_new() allocates and initializes a
       ASN1_OBJECT structure.

       ASN1_OBJECT_free() frees up the ASN1_OBJECT structure a.

NOTES
       Although ASN1_OBJECT_new() allocates a new ASN1_OBJECT
       structure it is almost never used in applications. The
       ASN1 object utility functions such as OBJ_nid2obj() are
       used instead.

RETURN VALUES
       If the allocation fails, ASN1_OBJECT_new() returns NULL
       and sets an error code that can be obtained by
       ERR_get_error(3).  Otherwise it returns a pointer to the
       newly allocated structure.

       ASN1_OBJECT_free() returns no value.

SEE ALSO
       ERR_get_error(3), d2i_ASN1_OBJECT(3)

HISTORY
       ASN1_OBJECT_new() and ASN1_OBJECT_free() are available
       in all versions of SSLeay and OpenSSL.



0.9.7c                     2002-10-09        ASN1_OBJECT_new(3)
