1UI_STRING(3)                        OpenSSL                       UI_STRING(3)
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NAME

6       UI_STRING, UI_string_types, UI_get_string_type, UI_get_input_flags,
7       UI_get0_output_string, UI_get0_action_string, UI_get0_result_string,
8       UI_get_result_string_length, UI_get0_test_string,
9       UI_get_result_minsize, UI_get_result_maxsize, UI_set_result,
10       UI_set_result_ex - User interface string parsing
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SYNOPSIS

13        #include <openssl/ui.h>
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15        typedef struct ui_string_st UI_STRING;
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17        enum UI_string_types {
18            UIT_NONE = 0,
19            UIT_PROMPT,                 /* Prompt for a string */
20            UIT_VERIFY,                 /* Prompt for a string and verify */
21            UIT_BOOLEAN,                /* Prompt for a yes/no response */
22            UIT_INFO,                   /* Send info to the user */
23            UIT_ERROR                   /* Send an error message to the user */
24        };
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26        enum UI_string_types UI_get_string_type(UI_STRING *uis);
27        int UI_get_input_flags(UI_STRING *uis);
28        const char *UI_get0_output_string(UI_STRING *uis);
29        const char *UI_get0_action_string(UI_STRING *uis);
30        const char *UI_get0_result_string(UI_STRING *uis);
31        int UI_get_result_string_length(UI_STRING *uis);
32        const char *UI_get0_test_string(UI_STRING *uis);
33        int UI_get_result_minsize(UI_STRING *uis);
34        int UI_get_result_maxsize(UI_STRING *uis);
35        int UI_set_result(UI *ui, UI_STRING *uis, const char *result);
36        int UI_set_result_ex(UI *ui, UI_STRING *uis, const char *result, int len);
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DESCRIPTION

39       The UI_STRING gets created internally and added to a UI whenever one of
40       the functions UI_add_input_string(), UI_dup_input_string(),
41       UI_add_verify_string(), UI_dup_verify_string(), UI_add_input_boolean(),
42       UI_dup_input_boolean(), UI_add_info_string(), UI_dup_info_string(),
43       UI_add_error_string() or UI_dup_error_string() is called.  For a
44       UI_METHOD user, there's no need to know more.  For a UI_METHOD creator,
45       it is of interest to fetch text from these UI_STRING objects as well as
46       adding results to some of them.
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48       UI_get_string_type() is used to retrieve the type of the given
49       UI_STRING.
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51       UI_get_input_flags() is used to retrieve the flags associated with the
52       given UI_STRING.
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54       UI_get0_output_string() is used to retrieve the actual string to output
55       (prompt, info, error, ...).
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57       UI_get0_action_string() is used to retrieve the action description
58       associated with a UIT_BOOLEAN type UI_STRING.  For all other UI_STRING
59       types, NULL is returned.  See UI_add_input_boolean(3).
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61       UI_get0_result_string() and UI_get_result_string_length() are used to
62       retrieve the result of a prompt and its length.  This is only useful
63       for UIT_PROMPT and UIT_VERIFY type strings.  For all other UI_STRING
64       types, UI_get0_result_string() returns NULL and
65       UI_get_result_string_length() returns -1.
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67       UI_get0_test_string() is used to retrieve the string to compare the
68       prompt result with.  This is only useful for UIT_VERIFY type strings.
69       For all other UI_STRING types, NULL is returned.
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71       UI_get_result_minsize() and UI_get_result_maxsize() are used to
72       retrieve the minimum and maximum required size of the result.  This is
73       only useful for UIT_PROMPT and UIT_VERIFY type strings.  For all other
74       UI_STRING types, -1 is returned.
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76       UI_set_result_ex() is used to set the result value of a prompt and its
77       length.  For UIT_PROMPT and UIT_VERIFY type UI strings, this sets the
78       result retrievable with UI_get0_result_string() by copying the contents
79       of result if its length fits the minimum and maximum size requirements.
80       For UIT_BOOLEAN type UI strings, this sets the first character of the
81       result retrievable with UI_get0_result_string() to the first ok_char
82       given with UI_add_input_boolean() or UI_dup_input_boolean() if the
83       result matched any of them, or the first of the cancel_chars if the
84       result matched any of them, otherwise it's set to the NUL char "\0".
85       See UI_add_input_boolean(3) for more information on ok_chars and
86       cancel_chars.
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88       UI_set_result() does the same thing as UI_set_result_ex(), but
89       calculates its length internally.  It expects the string to be
90       terminated with a NUL byte, and is therefore only useful with normal C
91       strings.
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RETURN VALUES

94       UI_get_string_type() returns the UI string type.
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96       UI_get_input_flags() returns the UI string flags.
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98       UI_get0_output_string() returns the UI string output string.
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100       UI_get0_action_string() returns the UI string action description string
101       for UIT_BOOLEAN type UI strings, NULL for any other type.
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103       UI_get0_result_string() returns the UI string result buffer for
104       UIT_PROMPT and UIT_VERIFY type UI strings, NULL for any other type.
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106       UI_get_result_string_length() returns the UI string result buffer's
107       content length for UIT_PROMPT and UIT_VERIFY type UI strings, -1 for
108       any other type.
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110       UI_get0_test_string() returns the UI string action description string
111       for UIT_VERIFY type UI strings, NULL for any other type.
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113       UI_get_result_minsize() returns the minimum allowed result size for the
114       UI string for UIT_PROMPT and UIT_VERIFY type strings, -1 for any other
115       type.
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117       UI_get_result_maxsize() returns the minimum allowed result size for the
118       UI string for UIT_PROMPT and UIT_VERIFY type strings, -1 for any other
119       type.
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121       UI_set_result() returns 0 on success or when the UI string is of any
122       type other than UIT_PROMPT, UIT_VERIFY or UIT_BOOLEAN, -1 on error.
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SEE ALSO

125       UI(3)
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128       Copyright 2001-2018 The OpenSSL Project Authors. All Rights Reserved.
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130       Licensed under the OpenSSL license (the "License").  You may not use
131       this file except in compliance with the License.  You can obtain a copy
132       in the file LICENSE in the source distribution or at
133       <https://www.openssl.org/source/license.html>.
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1371.1.1d                            2019-10-03                      UI_STRING(3)
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