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+++ b/secure/lib/libcrypto/man/man3/OSSL_DECODER_CTX.3
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
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.\" ========================================================================
.\"
.IX Title "OSSL_DECODER_CTX 3ossl"
-.TH OSSL_DECODER_CTX 3ossl "2023-09-19" "3.0.11" "OpenSSL"
+.TH OSSL_DECODER_CTX 3ossl 2025-07-01 3.5.1 OpenSSL
.\" For nroff, turn off justification. Always turn off hyphenation; it makes
.\" way too many mistakes in technical documents.
.if n .ad l
.nh
-.SH "NAME"
+.SH NAME
OSSL_DECODER_CTX,
OSSL_DECODER_CTX_new,
OSSL_DECODER_settable_ctx_params,
@@ -163,7 +87,7 @@ OSSL_DECODER_INSTANCE_get_decoder_ctx,
OSSL_DECODER_INSTANCE_get_input_type,
OSSL_DECODER_INSTANCE_get_input_structure
\&\- Decoder context routines
-.SH "SYNOPSIS"
+.SH SYNOPSIS
.IX Header "SYNOPSIS"
.Vb 1
\& #include <openssl/decoder.h>
@@ -216,14 +140,14 @@ OSSL_DECODER_INSTANCE_get_input_structure
\& void *reference, size_t reference_sz,
\& OSSL_CALLBACK *export_cb, void *export_cbarg);
.Ve
-.SH "DESCRIPTION"
+.SH DESCRIPTION
.IX Header "DESCRIPTION"
-The \fB\s-1OSSL_DECODER_CTX\s0\fR holds data about multiple decoders, as needed to
+The \fBOSSL_DECODER_CTX\fR holds data about multiple decoders, as needed to
figure out what the input data is and to attempt to unpack it into one of
several possible related results. This also includes chaining decoders, so
the output from one can become the input for another. This allows having
-generic format decoders such as \s-1PEM\s0 to \s-1DER,\s0 as well as more specialized
-decoders like \s-1DER\s0 to \s-1RSA.\s0
+generic format decoders such as PEM to DER, as well as more specialized
+decoders like DER to RSA.
.PP
The chains may be limited by specifying an input type, which is considered a
starting point. This is both considered by \fBOSSL_DECODER_CTX_add_extra()\fR,
@@ -231,9 +155,9 @@ which will stop adding one more decoder implementations when it has already
added those that take the specified input type, and functions like
\&\fBOSSL_DECODER_from_bio\fR\|(3), which will only start the decoding process with
the decoder implementations that take that input type. For example, if the
-input type is set to \f(CW\*(C`DER\*(C'\fR, a \s-1PEM\s0 to \s-1DER\s0 decoder will be ignored.
+input type is set to \f(CW\*(C`DER\*(C'\fR, a PEM to DER decoder will be ignored.
.PP
-The input type can also be \s-1NULL,\s0 which means that the caller doesn't know
+The input type can also be NULL, which means that the caller doesn't know
what type of input they have. In this case, \fBOSSL_DECODER_from_bio()\fR will
simply try with one decoder implementation after the other, and thereby
discover what kind of input the caller gave it.
@@ -243,25 +167,26 @@ the caller is called to attempt to construct an appropriate type / structure
that the caller knows how to handle from the current decoding result.
The constructor is set with \fBOSSL_DECODER_CTX_set_construct()\fR.
.PP
-\&\fB\s-1OSSL_DECODER_INSTANCE\s0\fR is an opaque structure that contains data about the
+\&\fBOSSL_DECODER_INSTANCE\fR is an opaque structure that contains data about the
decoder that was just used, and that may be useful for the constructor.
There are some functions to extract data from this type, described further
down.
-.SS "Functions"
+.SS Functions
.IX Subsection "Functions"
-\&\fBOSSL_DECODER_CTX_new()\fR creates a new empty \fB\s-1OSSL_DECODER_CTX\s0\fR.
+\&\fBOSSL_DECODER_CTX_new()\fR creates a new empty \fBOSSL_DECODER_CTX\fR.
.PP
-\&\fBOSSL_DECODER_settable_ctx_params()\fR returns an \s-1\fBOSSL_PARAM\s0\fR\|(3) array of
+\&\fBOSSL_DECODER_settable_ctx_params()\fR returns an \fBOSSL_PARAM\fR\|(3) array of
parameter descriptors.
.PP
\&\fBOSSL_DECODER_CTX_set_params()\fR attempts to set parameters specified with an
-\&\s-1\fBOSSL_PARAM\s0\fR\|(3) array \fIparams\fR. These parameters are passed to all
+\&\fBOSSL_PARAM\fR\|(3) array \fIparams\fR. These parameters are passed to all
decoders that have been added to the \fIctx\fR so far. Parameters that an
implementation doesn't recognise should be ignored by it.
.PP
\&\fBOSSL_DECODER_CTX_free()\fR frees the given context \fIctx\fR.
+If the argument is NULL, nothing is done.
.PP
-\&\fBOSSL_DECODER_CTX_add_decoder()\fR populates the \fB\s-1OSSL_DECODER_CTX\s0\fR \fIctx\fR with
+\&\fBOSSL_DECODER_CTX_add_decoder()\fR populates the \fBOSSL_DECODER_CTX\fR \fIctx\fR with
a decoder, to be used to attempt to decode some encoded input.
.PP
\&\fBOSSL_DECODER_CTX_add_extra()\fR finds decoders that generate input for already
@@ -274,7 +199,7 @@ above.
.PP
\&\fBOSSL_DECODER_CTX_set_input_structure()\fR sets the name of the structure that
the input is expected to have. This may be used to determines what decoder
-implementations may be used. \s-1NULL\s0 is a valid input structure, when it's not
+implementations may be used. NULL is a valid input structure, when it's not
relevant, or when the decoder implementations are expected to figure it out.
.PP
\&\fBOSSL_DECODER_CTX_get_num_decoders()\fR gets the number of decoders currently
@@ -297,21 +222,21 @@ function. This is called by \fBOSSL_DECODER_CTX_free\fR\|(3).
use the data they get directly for diverse reasons. It takes the same
decode instance \fIdecoder_inst\fR that the constructor got and an object
\&\fIreference\fR, unpacks the object which it refers to, and exports it by
-creating an \s-1\fBOSSL_PARAM\s0\fR\|(3) array that it then passes to \fIexport_cb\fR,
+creating an \fBOSSL_PARAM\fR\|(3) array that it then passes to \fIexport_cb\fR,
along with \fIexport_arg\fR.
-.SS "Constructor"
+.SS Constructor
.IX Subsection "Constructor"
-A \fB\s-1OSSL_DECODER_CONSTRUCT\s0\fR gets the following arguments:
-.IP "\fIdecoder_inst\fR" 4
+A \fBOSSL_DECODER_CONSTRUCT\fR gets the following arguments:
+.IP \fIdecoder_inst\fR 4
.IX Item "decoder_inst"
-The \fB\s-1OSSL_DECODER_INSTANCE\s0\fR for the decoder from which the constructor gets
+The \fBOSSL_DECODER_INSTANCE\fR for the decoder from which the constructor gets
its data.
-.IP "\fIobject\fR" 4
+.IP \fIobject\fR 4
.IX Item "object"
A provider-native object abstraction produced by the decoder. Further
information on the provider-native object abstraction can be found in
\&\fBprovider\-object\fR\|(7).
-.IP "\fIconstruct_data\fR" 4
+.IP \fIconstruct_data\fR 4
.IX Item "construct_data"
The pointer that was set with \fBOSSL_DECODE_CTX_set_construct_data()\fR.
.PP
@@ -332,14 +257,14 @@ implementation's input type from a decoder instance \fIdecoder_inst\fR.
\&\fBOSSL_DECODER_INSTANCE_get_input_structure()\fR can be used to get the input
structure for the decoder implementation from a decoder instance
\&\fIdecoder_inst\fR.
-This may be \s-1NULL.\s0
+This may be NULL.
.SH "RETURN VALUES"
.IX Header "RETURN VALUES"
-\&\fBOSSL_DECODER_CTX_new()\fR returns a pointer to a \fB\s-1OSSL_DECODER_CTX\s0\fR, or \s-1NULL\s0
+\&\fBOSSL_DECODER_CTX_new()\fR returns a pointer to a \fBOSSL_DECODER_CTX\fR, or NULL
if the context structure couldn't be allocated.
.PP
-\&\fBOSSL_DECODER_settable_ctx_params()\fR returns an \s-1\fBOSSL_PARAM\s0\fR\|(3) array, or
-\&\s-1NULL\s0 if none is available.
+\&\fBOSSL_DECODER_settable_ctx_params()\fR returns an \fBOSSL_PARAM\fR\|(3) array, or
+NULL if none is available.
.PP
\&\fBOSSL_DECODER_CTX_set_params()\fR returns 1 if all recognised parameters were
valid, or 0 if one of them was invalid or caused some other failure in the
@@ -354,26 +279,26 @@ implementation.
constructor, the constructor data and the cleanup functions, respectively.
.PP
\&\fBOSSL_DECODER_CTX_num_decoders()\fR returns the current number of decoders. It
-returns 0 if \fIctx\fR is \s-1NULL.\s0
+returns 0 if \fIctx\fR is NULL.
.PP
\&\fBOSSL_DECODER_export()\fR returns 1 on success, or 0 on failure.
.PP
-\&\fBOSSL_DECODER_INSTANCE_decoder()\fR returns an \fB\s-1OSSL_DECODER\s0\fR pointer on
-success, or \s-1NULL\s0 on failure.
+\&\fBOSSL_DECODER_INSTANCE_decoder()\fR returns an \fBOSSL_DECODER\fR pointer on
+success, or NULL on failure.
.PP
\&\fBOSSL_DECODER_INSTANCE_decoder_ctx()\fR returns a provider context pointer on
-success, or \s-1NULL\s0 on failure.
+success, or NULL on failure.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.IX Header "SEE ALSO"
-\&\fBprovider\fR\|(7), \s-1\fBOSSL_DECODER\s0\fR\|(3), \fBOSSL_DECODER_from_bio\fR\|(3)
-.SH "HISTORY"
+\&\fBprovider\fR\|(7), \fBOSSL_DECODER\fR\|(3), \fBOSSL_DECODER_from_bio\fR\|(3)
+.SH HISTORY
.IX Header "HISTORY"
The functions described here were added in OpenSSL 3.0.
-.SH "COPYRIGHT"
+.SH COPYRIGHT
.IX Header "COPYRIGHT"
-Copyright 2020\-2021 The OpenSSL Project Authors. All Rights Reserved.
+Copyright 2020\-2024 The OpenSSL Project Authors. All Rights Reserved.
.PP
-Licensed under the Apache License 2.0 (the \*(L"License\*(R"). You may not use
+Licensed under the Apache License 2.0 (the "License"). You may not use
this file except in compliance with the License. You can obtain a copy
-in the file \s-1LICENSE\s0 in the source distribution or at
+in the file LICENSE in the source distribution or at
<https://www.openssl.org/source/license.html>.