On Sat, Mar 20, 2004, murugesandins wrote:
> Thanks Stephen.
>
> I have a CPP file which has been programmed by another programmer (Say A
> ).
> This CPP file has a member function ( fun of class test ) which accepts
> the parameters of the function
> PEM_read_bio_PKCS8_PRIV_KEY_INFO(SAME_PARAMETERS)
>
> [
>
> that is fun is defined like this
> fun(SAME_PARAMETERS)
> {
> //some stuff
> }
>
> ]
>
> Now I am not supposed to modify A's code and I am calling that function
> using that class's (test's ) object.
> What I need to know is how the parameters should be initialized before
> passing values to that function (fun of class test ).
>
> Of course we can override that function with another class inheriting
> the class test and making my own implementation of a function calling
> PEM_read_bio_PrivateKey.
> But for this case I need to repeat the process what has been implemented
> in the function fun.
> One more thing is that I need the source code of programmer A.
> Another issue is that, if in future Programmer A changes his source code
> I need to do the same in my own implementation of that function (fun).
>
> But as I have mentioned in the previous mail, I want to use this
> function (fun of class test ) in my program
>
The function is similar to the stuff in the pem manual page and there is an
example of its use in the pkcs8 application in apps/pkcs8.c
Basically it reads in a PEM format unencrypted PKCS#8 private key and returns
a PKCS8_PRIV_KEY_INFO structure.
Steve.
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