openssl/doc/crypto/BIO_meth_new.pod

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=head1 NAME

BIO_meth_new, BIO_meth_free, BIO_meth_get_write, BIO_meth_set_write,
BIO_meth_get_read, BIO_meth_set_read, BIO_meth_get_puts, BIO_meth_set_puts,
BIO_meth_get_gets, BIO_meth_set_gets, BIO_meth_get_ctrl, BIO_meth_set_ctrl,
BIO_meth_get_create, BIO_meth_set_create, BIO_meth_get_destroy,
BIO_meth_set_destroy, BIO_meth_get_callback_ctrl,
BIO_meth_set_callback_ctrl  - Routines to build up BIO methods

=head1 SYNOPSIS

 #include <openssl/bio.h>

 BIO_METHOD *BIO_meth_new(int type, const char *name);
 void BIO_meth_free(BIO_METHOD *biom);
 int (*BIO_meth_get_write(BIO_METHOD *biom)) (BIO *, const char *, int);
 int BIO_meth_set_write(BIO_METHOD *biom,
                        int (*write) (BIO *, const char *, int));
 int (*BIO_meth_get_read(BIO_METHOD *biom)) (BIO *, char *, int);
 int BIO_meth_set_read(BIO_METHOD *biom,
                       int (*read) (BIO *, char *, int));
 int (*BIO_meth_get_puts(BIO_METHOD *biom)) (BIO *, const char *);
 int BIO_meth_set_puts(BIO_METHOD *biom,
                       int (*puts) (BIO *, const char *));
 int (*BIO_meth_get_gets(BIO_METHOD *biom)) (BIO *, char *, int);
 int BIO_meth_set_gets(BIO_METHOD *biom,
                       int (*gets) (BIO *, char *, int));
 long (*BIO_meth_get_ctrl(BIO_METHOD *biom)) (BIO *, int, long, void *);
 int BIO_meth_set_ctrl(BIO_METHOD *biom,
                       long (*ctrl) (BIO *, int, long, void *));
 int (*BIO_meth_get_create(BIO_METHOD *bion)) (BIO *);
 int BIO_meth_set_create(BIO_METHOD *biom, int (*create) (BIO *));
 int (*BIO_meth_get_destroy(BIO_METHOD *biom)) (BIO *);
 int BIO_meth_set_destroy(BIO_METHOD *biom, int (*destroy) (BIO *));
 long (*BIO_meth_get_callback_ctrl(BIO_METHOD *biom))
                                  (BIO *, int, bio_info_cb *);
 int BIO_meth_set_callback_ctrl(BIO_METHOD *biom,
                                long (*callback_ctrl) (BIO *, int,
                                                      bio_info_cb *));

=head1 DESCRIPTION

The B<BIO_METHOD> type is a structure used for the implementation of new BIO
types. It provides a set of of functions used by OpenSSL for the implementation
of the various BIO capabilities. See the L<bio> page for more information.

BIO_meth_new() creates a new B<BIO_METHOD> structure. It should be given a
unique integer B<type> and a string that represents its B<name>. The set of
standard OpenSSL provided BIO types is provided in B<bio.h>. Some examples
include B<BIO_TYPE_BUFFER> and B<BIO_TYPE_CIPHER>. Filter BIOs should have a
type which have the "filter" bit set (B<BIO_TYPE_FILTER>). Source/sink BIOs
should have the "source/sink" bit set (B<BIO_TYPE_SOURCE_SINK>). File descriptor
based BIOs (e.g. socket, fd, connect, accept etc) should additionally have the
"descriptor" bit set (B<BIO_TYPE_DESCRIPTOR>). See the L<BIO_find_type> page for
more information.

BIO_meth_free() destroys a B<BIO_METHOD> structure and frees up any memory
associated with it.

BIO_meth_get_write() and BIO_meth_set_write() get and set the function used for
writing arbitrary length data to the BIO respectively. This function will be
called in response to the application calling BIO_write(). The parameters for
the function have the same meaning as for BIO_write().

BIO_meth_get_read() and BIO_meth_set_read() get and set the function used for
reading arbitrary length data from the BIO respectively. This function will be
called in response to the application calling BIO_read(). The parameters for the
function have the same meaning as for BIO_read().

BIO_meth_get_puts() and BIO_meth_set_puts() get and set the function used for
writing a NULL terminated string to the BIO respectively. This function will be
called in response to the application calling BIO_puts(). The parameters for
the function have the same meaning as for BIO_puts().

BIO_meth_get_gets() and BIO_meth_set_gets() get and set the function typically
used for reading a line of data from the BIO respectively (see the L<BIO_gets(3)>
page for more information). This function will be called in response to the
application calling BIO_gets(). The parameters for the function have the same
meaning as for BIO_gets().

BIO_meth_get_ctrl() and BIO_meth_set_ctrl() get and set the function used for
processing ctrl messages in the BIO respectively. See the L<BIO_ctrl> page for
more information. This function will be called in response to the application
calling BIO_ctrl(). The parameters for the function have the same meaning as for
BIO_ctrl().

BIO_meth_get_create() and BIO_meth_set_create() get and set the function used
for creating a new instance of the BIO respectively. This function will be
called in response to the application calling BIO_new() or BIO_set() and passing
in a pointer to the current BIO_METHOD. The BIO_new() function will allocate the
memory for the new BIO, and a pointer to this newly allocated structure will
be passed as a parameter to the function.

BIO_meth_get_destroy() and BIO_meth_set_destroy() get and set the function used
for destroying an instance of a BIO respectively. This function will be
called in response to the application calling BIO_free(). A pointer to the BIO
to be destroyed is passed as a parameter. The destroy function should be used
for BIO specific clean up. The memory for the BIO itself should not be freed by
this function.

BIO_meth_get_callback_ctrl() and BIO_meth_set_callback_ctrl() get and set the
function used for processing callback ctrl messages in the BIO respectively. See
the L<BIO_callback_ctrl(3)> page for more information. This function will be called
in response to the application calling BIO_callback_ctrl(). The parameters for
the function have the same meaning as for BIO_callback_ctrl().

=head1 SEE ALSO

L<bio>, L<BIO_find_type>, L<BIO_ctrl>, L<BIO_read>, L<BIO_new>

=head1 HISTORY

The functions described here were added in OpenSSL version 1.1.0.

=head1 COPYRIGHT

Copyright 2016 The OpenSSL Project Authors. All Rights Reserved.

Licensed under the OpenSSL license (the "License").  You may not use
this file except in compliance with the License.  You can obtain a copy
in the file LICENSE in the source distribution or at
L<https://www.openssl.org/source/license.html>.

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