Loading doc/crypto/X509_new.pod +15 −5 Original line number Diff line number Diff line Loading @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ =head1 NAME X509_new, X509_free - X509 certificate ASN1 allocation functions X509_new, X509_free, X509_up_ref - X509 certificate ASN1 allocation functions =head1 SYNOPSIS Loading @@ -10,16 +10,26 @@ X509_new, X509_free - X509 certificate ASN1 allocation functions X509 *X509_new(void); void X509_free(X509 *a); void X509_up_ref(X509 *a); =head1 DESCRIPTION The X509 ASN1 allocation routines, allocate and free an X509 structure, which represents an X509 certificate. X509_new() allocates and initializes a X509 structure. X509_new() allocates and initializes a X509 structure with reference count B<1>. X509_free() frees up the B<X509> structure B<a>. If B<a> is NULL nothing is done. X509_free() decrements the reference count of B<X509> structure B<a> and frees it up if the reference count is zero. If B<a> is NULL nothing is done. X509_up_ref() increments the reference count of B<a>. =head1 NOTES The function X509_up_ref() if useful if a certificate structure is being used by several different operations each of which will free it up after use: this avoids the need to duplicate the entire certificate structure. =head1 RETURN VALUES Loading @@ -27,7 +37,7 @@ If the allocation fails, X509_new() returns B<NULL> and sets an error code that can be obtained by L<ERR_get_error(3)>. Otherwise it returns a pointer to the newly allocated structure. X509_free() returns no value. X509_free() and X509_up_ref() do not return a value. =head1 SEE ALSO Loading Loading
doc/crypto/X509_new.pod +15 −5 Original line number Diff line number Diff line Loading @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ =head1 NAME X509_new, X509_free - X509 certificate ASN1 allocation functions X509_new, X509_free, X509_up_ref - X509 certificate ASN1 allocation functions =head1 SYNOPSIS Loading @@ -10,16 +10,26 @@ X509_new, X509_free - X509 certificate ASN1 allocation functions X509 *X509_new(void); void X509_free(X509 *a); void X509_up_ref(X509 *a); =head1 DESCRIPTION The X509 ASN1 allocation routines, allocate and free an X509 structure, which represents an X509 certificate. X509_new() allocates and initializes a X509 structure. X509_new() allocates and initializes a X509 structure with reference count B<1>. X509_free() frees up the B<X509> structure B<a>. If B<a> is NULL nothing is done. X509_free() decrements the reference count of B<X509> structure B<a> and frees it up if the reference count is zero. If B<a> is NULL nothing is done. X509_up_ref() increments the reference count of B<a>. =head1 NOTES The function X509_up_ref() if useful if a certificate structure is being used by several different operations each of which will free it up after use: this avoids the need to duplicate the entire certificate structure. =head1 RETURN VALUES Loading @@ -27,7 +37,7 @@ If the allocation fails, X509_new() returns B<NULL> and sets an error code that can be obtained by L<ERR_get_error(3)>. Otherwise it returns a pointer to the newly allocated structure. X509_free() returns no value. X509_free() and X509_up_ref() do not return a value. =head1 SEE ALSO Loading