diff options
Diffstat (limited to 'doc/texi/decoding.c.texi')
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/texi/decoding.c.texi | 10 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/doc/texi/decoding.c.texi b/doc/texi/decoding.c.texi index 7c04d30..b9a3003 100644 --- a/doc/texi/decoding.c.texi +++ b/doc/texi/decoding.c.texi @@ -56,17 +56,19 @@ the value was too big. @deftypefun {int} {asn1_get_octet_der} (const unsigned char * @var{der}, int @var{der_len}, int * @var{ret_len}, unsigned char * @var{str}, int @var{str_size}, int * @var{str_len}) @var{der}: DER data to decode containing the OCTET SEQUENCE. -@var{der_len}: Length of DER data to decode. +@var{der_len}: The length of the @code{der} data to decode. -@var{ret_len}: Output variable containing the length of the DER data. +@var{ret_len}: Output variable containing the encoded length of the DER data. @var{str}: Pre-allocated output buffer to put decoded OCTET SEQUENCE in. @var{str_size}: Length of pre-allocated output buffer. -@var{str_len}: Output variable containing the length of the OCTET SEQUENCE. +@var{str_len}: Output variable containing the length of the contents of the OCTET SEQUENCE. -Extract an OCTET SEQUENCE from DER data. +Extract an OCTET SEQUENCE from DER data. Note that this function +expects the DER data past the tag field, i.e., the length and +content octets. @strong{Returns:} Returns @code{ASN1_SUCCESS} on success, or an error. @end deftypefun |