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.\" Copying restrictions apply. See COPYRIGHT/LICENSE.
.SH NAME
-ber_int_t, ber_uint_t, ber_len_t, ber_slen_t, ber_tag_t,
-struct berval, BerValue, BerVarray, BerElement,
-ber_bvfree, ber_bvecfree, ber_bvecadd, ber_bvarray_free, ber_bvarray_add,
-ber_bvdup, ber_dupbv, ber_bvstr, ber_bvstrdup, ber_str2bv, ber_free
-\- LBER types and allocation functions
+ber_int_t, ber_uint_t, ber_len_t, ber_slen_t, ber_tag_t, struct berval, BerValue, BerVarray, BerElement, ber_bvfree, ber_bvecfree, ber_bvecadd, ber_bvarray_free, ber_bvarray_add, ber_bvdup, ber_dupbv, ber_bvstr, ber_bvstrdup, ber_str2bv, ber_alloc_t, ber_init, ber_init2, ber_free \- OpenLDAP LBER types and allocation functions
.SH LIBRARY
OpenLDAP LBER (liblber, -llber)
.SH SYNOPSIS
.LP
.BI "struct berval *ber_str2bv(const char *" str ", ber_len_t " len ", int " dup ", struct berval *" bv ");"
.LP
+.BI "BerElement *ber_alloc_t(int " options ");"
+.LP
+.BI "BerElement *ber_init(struct berval *" bv ");"
+.LP
+.BI "void ber_init2(BerElement *" ber ", struct berval *" bv ", int " options ");"
+.LP
.BI "void ber_free(BerElement *" ber ", int " freebuf ");"
.SH DESCRIPTION
.LP
.LP
.B BerElement
is an opaque structure used to maintain state information used in
-encoding and decoding. BerElement structures are created using
-.BR ber_alloc_t (3)
-and
-.BR ber_init (3).
+encoding and decoding.
+.BR ber_alloc_t ()
+is used to create an empty BerElement structure. If
+.B LBER_USE_DER
+is specified for the
+.I options
+parameter then data lengths for data written to the BerElement will be
+encoded in the minimal number of octets required, otherwise they will
+always be written as four byte values.
+.BR ber_init ()
+creates a BerElement structure that is initialized with a copy of the
+data in its
+.I bv
+parameter.
+.BR ber_init2 ()
+initializes an existing BerElement
+.I ber
+using the data in the
+.I bv
+parameter. The data is referenced directly, not copied. The
+.I options
+parameter is the same as for
+.BR ber_alloc_t ().
.BR ber_free ()
frees a BerElement pointed to by \fIber\fP. If \fIber\fP is NULL, the routine
does nothing. If \fIfreebuf\fP is zero, the internal buffer is not freed.
.BR lber-memory (3)
.LP
.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.
+.so ../Project