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ASN1_OBJECT_new(3)           OpenSSL           ASN1_OBJECT_new(3)

NAME

     ASN1_OBJECT_new, ASN1_OBJECT_free, - object allocation
     functions

SYNOPSIS

      #include <openssl/asn1.h>

      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.

1.0.2t               Last change: 2019-09-10                    1

See also ASN1_OBJECT_free(3)