5 * Author: Tatu Ylonen <ylo@cs.hut.fi>
7 * Copyright (c) 1995 Tatu Ylonen <ylo@cs.hut.fi>, Espoo, Finland
10 * Created: Wed Mar 29 02:18:23 1995 ylo
22 * Stores an BIGNUM in the buffer with a 2-byte msb first bit count, followed
23 * by (bits+7)/8 bytes of binary data, msb first.
25 void buffer_put_bignum(Buffer * buffer, BIGNUM * value);
27 /* Retrieves an BIGNUM from the buffer. */
28 int buffer_get_bignum(Buffer * buffer, BIGNUM * value);
30 /* Returns an integer from the buffer (4 bytes, msb first). */
31 unsigned int buffer_get_int(Buffer * buffer);
33 /* Stores an integer in the buffer in 4 bytes, msb first. */
34 void buffer_put_int(Buffer * buffer, unsigned int value);
36 /* Returns a character from the buffer (0 - 255). */
37 int buffer_get_char(Buffer * buffer);
39 /* Stores a character in the buffer. */
40 void buffer_put_char(Buffer * buffer, int value);
43 * Returns an arbitrary binary string from the buffer. The string cannot be
44 * longer than 256k. The returned value points to memory allocated with
45 * xmalloc; it is the responsibility of the calling function to free the
46 * data. If length_ptr is non-NULL, the length of the returned data will be
47 * stored there. A null character will be automatically appended to the
48 * returned string, and is not counted in length.
50 char *buffer_get_string(Buffer * buffer, unsigned int *length_ptr);
52 /* Stores and arbitrary binary string in the buffer. */
53 void buffer_put_string(Buffer * buffer, const void *buf, unsigned int len);