From: Juan Gomez <gomez@openldap.org>
Date: Wed, 3 Mar 1999 22:51:43 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: Added LDAP_TAG_NEWSUPERIOR tag and a brief description about tag
X-Git-Tag: OPENLDAP_SLAPD_BACK_LDAP~497
X-Git-Url: https://git.sur5r.net/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=cd90353f103000723273be907031e137a8d8244b;p=openldap

Added LDAP_TAG_NEWSUPERIOR tag and a brief description about tag
construction which may be useful later when adding new tags. This
in preparation to support moddn v3.
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diff --git a/include/ldap.h b/include/ldap.h
index d3a61a7215..154b98a958 100644
--- a/include/ldap.h
+++ b/include/ldap.h
@@ -145,6 +145,23 @@ typedef struct ldapcontrol {
 #define LDAP_TAG_MSGID		0x02L
 /* need to add other LDAP_TAGs here */
 
+/* Overview of tag construction in ASN.1:
+ *	 _______
+ * Bit # | 8 7 | CLASS: UNIVERSAL		00
+ *			APPLICATION		01
+ *			CONTEXT-SPECIFIC	10
+ *			PRIVATE			11
+ *		_____
+ *		| 6 | DATA-TYPE: PRIMITIVE	0
+ *				 CONSTRUCTED	1
+ *		    ___________
+ *		    | 5 ... 1 | TAG-NUMBER
+ */
+ 
+#define LDAP_TAG_NEWSUPERIOR	0x80L	/* context-specific + primitive +
+					 * tag # ==> [0]
+					 */
+
 /* possible operations a client can invoke */
 #define LDAP_REQ_BIND			0x60L	/* application + constructed */
 #define LDAP_REQ_UNBIND			0x42L	/* application + primitive   */