.TH LBER_TYPES 3 "29 August 2001" "OpenLDAP LDVERSION"
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.SH NAME
ber_int_t, ber_uint_t, ber_len_t, ber_slen_t, ber_tag_t \- LBER types
.SH SYNOPSIS
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.ft B
#include <lber.h>
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.fi
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typedef impl_tag_t ber_tag_t;
typedef impl_int_t ber_int_t;
typedef impl_uint_t ber_uint_t;
typedef impl_len_t ber_len_t;
typedef impl_slen_t ber_slen_t;

typedef struct berval {
    ber_len_t bv_len;
    char *bv_val;
} BerValue;

typedef struct berelement BerElement;
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.SH DESCRIPTION
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The are basic types defined for use with the Lightweight BER library.
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.B ber_int_t
is a signed integer of at least 32 bits.  It is commonly equivalent to
.BR int .
.B ber_uint_t
is the unsigned variant of
.BR ber_int_t .
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.B ber_len_t
is a unsigned integer of at least 32 bits used to represent a length.  
It is commonly equivalent to a
.BR size_t .
.B ber_slen_t
is the signed variant to
.BR ber_len_t .
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.B ber_tag_t
is a unsigned integer of at least 32 bits used to represent a
BER tag.  It is commonly equivalent to a
.BR unsigned\ long .
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The actual definitions of the integal impl_TYPE_t types are platform
specific.
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.BR BerValue ,
commonly used as
.BR struct\ berval ,
is used to holds an arbitrary sequence of octets.
.B bv_val
points to
.B bv_len
octets.
.B bv_val
is not necessarly terminated by a NULL (zero) octet.
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.B BerElement
is an opaque structure used to hold state information for LBER encoding
and decoding routines.
.SH SEE ALSO
.BR lber-encode (3)
.BR lber-decode (3)
.BR lber-memory (3)
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.SH ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
.B	OpenLDAP
is developed and maintained by The OpenLDAP Project (http://www.openldap.org/).
.B	OpenLDAP
is derived from University of Michigan LDAP 3.3 Release.