method

to_der

v2_5_5 - Show latest stable - Class: OpenSSL::ASN1::ASN1Data

to_der()

public

Encodes this ASN1Data into a DER-encoded String value. The result is DER-encoded except for the possibility of indefinite length forms. Indefinite length forms are not allowed in strict DER, so strictly speaking the result of such an encoding would be a BER-encoding.

static VALUE
ossl_asn1data_to_der(VALUE self)
{
    VALUE value = ossl_asn1_get_value(self);

    if (rb_obj_is_kind_of(value, rb_cArray))
        return ossl_asn1cons_to_der(self);
    else {
        if (RTEST(ossl_asn1_get_indefinite_length(self)))
            ossl_raise(eASN1Error, "indefinite length form cannot be used " \
                       "with primitive encoding");
        return ossl_asn1prim_to_der(self);
    }
}

to_der

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