/*-
- * Copyright (c) 2006 Lev Walkin <vlm@lionet.info>. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2006-2017 Lev Walkin <vlm@lionet.info>. All rights reserved.
* Redistribution and modifications are permitted subject to BSD license.
*/
#ifndef _PER_ENCODER_H_
/*
* Unaligned PER encoder of any ASN.1 type. May be invoked by the application.
+ * WARNING: This function returns the number of encoded bits in the .encoded
+ * field of the return value. Use the following formula to convert to bytes:
+ * bytes = ((.encoded + 7) / 8)
*/
-asn_enc_rval_t uper_encode(struct asn_TYPE_descriptor_s *type_descriptor,
- void *struct_ptr, /* Structure to be encoded */
- asn_app_consume_bytes_f *consume_bytes_cb, /* Data collector */
- void *app_key /* Arbitrary callback argument */
+asn_enc_rval_t uper_encode(
+ const struct asn_TYPE_descriptor_s *type_descriptor,
+ const asn_per_constraints_t *constraints,
+ const void *struct_ptr, /* Structure to be encoded */
+ asn_app_consume_bytes_f *consume_bytes_cb, /* Data collector */
+ void *app_key /* Arbitrary callback argument */
);
-/* A variant of uper_encode() which encodes data into the existing buffer */
+/*
+ * A variant of uper_encode() which encodes data into the existing buffer
+ * WARNING: This function returns the number of encoded bits in the .encoded
+ * field of the return value.
+ */
asn_enc_rval_t uper_encode_to_buffer(
- struct asn_TYPE_descriptor_s *type_descriptor,
- void *struct_ptr, /* Structure to be encoded */
- void *buffer, /* Pre-allocated buffer */
- size_t buffer_size /* Initial buffer size (max) */
+ const struct asn_TYPE_descriptor_s *type_descriptor,
+ const asn_per_constraints_t *constraints,
+ const void *struct_ptr, /* Structure to be encoded */
+ void *buffer, /* Pre-allocated buffer */
+ size_t buffer_size /* Initial buffer size (max) */
);
+/*
+ * A variant of uper_encode_to_buffer() which allocates buffer itself.
+ * Returns the number of bytes in the buffer or -1 in case of failure.
+ * WARNING: This function produces a "Production of the complete encoding",
+ * with length of at least one octet. Contrast this to precise bit-packing
+ * encoding of uper_encode() and uper_encode_to_buffer().
+ */
+ssize_t uper_encode_to_new_buffer(
+ const struct asn_TYPE_descriptor_s *type_descriptor,
+ const asn_per_constraints_t *constraints,
+ const void *struct_ptr, /* Structure to be encoded */
+ void **buffer_r /* Buffer allocated and returned */
+);
/*
* Type of the generic PER encoder function.
*/
-typedef asn_enc_rval_t (per_type_encoder_f)(
- struct asn_TYPE_descriptor_s *type_descriptor,
- asn_per_constraints_t *constraints,
- void *struct_ptr,
- asn_per_outp_t *per_output
-);
+typedef asn_enc_rval_t(per_type_encoder_f)(
+ const struct asn_TYPE_descriptor_s *type_descriptor,
+ const asn_per_constraints_t *constraints, const void *struct_ptr,
+ asn_per_outp_t *per_output);
#ifdef __cplusplus
}