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3*2175Sjp161948=head1 NAME
4*2175Sjp161948
5*2175Sjp161948UI_new, UI_new_method, UI_free, UI_add_input_string, UI_dup_input_string,
6*2175Sjp161948UI_add_verify_string, UI_dup_verify_string, UI_add_input_boolean,
7*2175Sjp161948UI_dup_input_boolean, UI_add_info_string, UI_dup_info_string,
8*2175Sjp161948UI_add_error_string, UI_dup_error_string, UI_construct_prompt,
9*2175Sjp161948UI_add_user_data, UI_get0_user_data, UI_get0_result, UI_process,
10*2175Sjp161948UI_ctrl, UI_set_default_method, UI_get_default_method, UI_get_method,
11*2175Sjp161948UI_set_method, UI_OpenSSL, ERR_load_UI_strings - New User Interface
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13*2175Sjp161948=head1 SYNOPSIS
14*2175Sjp161948
15*2175Sjp161948 #include <openssl/ui.h>
16*2175Sjp161948
17*2175Sjp161948 typedef struct ui_st UI;
18*2175Sjp161948 typedef struct ui_method_st UI_METHOD;
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20*2175Sjp161948 UI *UI_new(void);
21*2175Sjp161948 UI *UI_new_method(const UI_METHOD *method);
22*2175Sjp161948 void UI_free(UI *ui);
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24*2175Sjp161948 int UI_add_input_string(UI *ui, const char *prompt, int flags,
25*2175Sjp161948	char *result_buf, int minsize, int maxsize);
26*2175Sjp161948 int UI_dup_input_string(UI *ui, const char *prompt, int flags,
27*2175Sjp161948	char *result_buf, int minsize, int maxsize);
28*2175Sjp161948 int UI_add_verify_string(UI *ui, const char *prompt, int flags,
29*2175Sjp161948	char *result_buf, int minsize, int maxsize, const char *test_buf);
30*2175Sjp161948 int UI_dup_verify_string(UI *ui, const char *prompt, int flags,
31*2175Sjp161948	char *result_buf, int minsize, int maxsize, const char *test_buf);
32*2175Sjp161948 int UI_add_input_boolean(UI *ui, const char *prompt, const char *action_desc,
33*2175Sjp161948	const char *ok_chars, const char *cancel_chars,
34*2175Sjp161948	int flags, char *result_buf);
35*2175Sjp161948 int UI_dup_input_boolean(UI *ui, const char *prompt, const char *action_desc,
36*2175Sjp161948	const char *ok_chars, const char *cancel_chars,
37*2175Sjp161948	int flags, char *result_buf);
38*2175Sjp161948 int UI_add_info_string(UI *ui, const char *text);
39*2175Sjp161948 int UI_dup_info_string(UI *ui, const char *text);
40*2175Sjp161948 int UI_add_error_string(UI *ui, const char *text);
41*2175Sjp161948 int UI_dup_error_string(UI *ui, const char *text);
42*2175Sjp161948
43*2175Sjp161948 /* These are the possible flags.  They can be or'ed together. */
44*2175Sjp161948 #define UI_INPUT_FLAG_ECHO		0x01
45*2175Sjp161948 #define UI_INPUT_FLAG_DEFAULT_PWD	0x02
46*2175Sjp161948
47*2175Sjp161948 char *UI_construct_prompt(UI *ui_method,
48*2175Sjp161948	const char *object_desc, const char *object_name);
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50*2175Sjp161948 void *UI_add_user_data(UI *ui, void *user_data);
51*2175Sjp161948 void *UI_get0_user_data(UI *ui);
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53*2175Sjp161948 const char *UI_get0_result(UI *ui, int i);
54*2175Sjp161948
55*2175Sjp161948 int UI_process(UI *ui);
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57*2175Sjp161948 int UI_ctrl(UI *ui, int cmd, long i, void *p, void (*f)());
58*2175Sjp161948 #define UI_CTRL_PRINT_ERRORS		1
59*2175Sjp161948 #define UI_CTRL_IS_REDOABLE		2
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61*2175Sjp161948 void UI_set_default_method(const UI_METHOD *meth);
62*2175Sjp161948 const UI_METHOD *UI_get_default_method(void);
63*2175Sjp161948 const UI_METHOD *UI_get_method(UI *ui);
64*2175Sjp161948 const UI_METHOD *UI_set_method(UI *ui, const UI_METHOD *meth);
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66*2175Sjp161948 UI_METHOD *UI_OpenSSL(void);
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68*2175Sjp161948=head1 DESCRIPTION
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70*2175Sjp161948UI stands for User Interface, and is general purpose set of routines to
71*2175Sjp161948prompt the user for text-based information.  Through user-written methods
72*2175Sjp161948(see L<ui_create(3)|ui_create(3)>), prompting can be done in any way
73*2175Sjp161948imaginable, be it plain text prompting, through dialog boxes or from a
74*2175Sjp161948cell phone.
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76*2175Sjp161948All the functions work through a context of the type UI.  This context
77*2175Sjp161948contains all the information needed to prompt correctly as well as a
78*2175Sjp161948reference to a UI_METHOD, which is an ordered vector of functions that
79*2175Sjp161948carry out the actual prompting.
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81*2175Sjp161948The first thing to do is to create a UI with UI_new() or UI_new_method(),
82*2175Sjp161948then add information to it with the UI_add or UI_dup functions.  Also,
83*2175Sjp161948user-defined random data can be passed down to the underlying method
84*2175Sjp161948through calls to UI_add_user_data.  The default UI method doesn't care
85*2175Sjp161948about these data, but other methods might.  Finally, use UI_process()
86*2175Sjp161948to actually perform the prompting and UI_get0_result() to find the result
87*2175Sjp161948to the prompt.
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89*2175Sjp161948A UI can contain more than one prompt, which are performed in the given
90*2175Sjp161948sequence.  Each prompt gets an index number which is returned by the
91*2175Sjp161948UI_add and UI_dup functions, and has to be used to get the corresponding
92*2175Sjp161948result with UI_get0_result().
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94*2175Sjp161948The functions are as follows:
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96*2175Sjp161948UI_new() creates a new UI using the default UI method.  When done with
97*2175Sjp161948this UI, it should be freed using UI_free().
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99*2175Sjp161948UI_new_method() creates a new UI using the given UI method.  When done with
100*2175Sjp161948this UI, it should be freed using UI_free().
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102*2175Sjp161948UI_OpenSSL() returns the built-in UI method (note: not the default one,
103*2175Sjp161948since the default can be changed.  See further on).  This method is the
104*2175Sjp161948most machine/OS dependent part of OpenSSL and normally generates the
105*2175Sjp161948most problems when porting.
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107*2175Sjp161948UI_free() removes a UI from memory, along with all other pieces of memory
108*2175Sjp161948that's connected to it, like duplicated input strings, results and others.
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110*2175Sjp161948UI_add_input_string() and UI_add_verify_string() add a prompt to the UI,
111*2175Sjp161948as well as flags and a result buffer and the desired minimum and maximum
112*2175Sjp161948sizes of the result.  The given information is used to prompt for
113*2175Sjp161948information, for example a password, and to verify a password (i.e. having
114*2175Sjp161948the user enter it twice and check that the same string was entered twice).
115*2175Sjp161948UI_add_verify_string() takes and extra argument that should be a pointer
116*2175Sjp161948to the result buffer of the input string that it's supposed to verify, or
117*2175Sjp161948verification will fail.
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119*2175Sjp161948UI_add_input_boolean() adds a prompt to the UI that's supposed to be answered
120*2175Sjp161948in a boolean way, with a single character for yes and a different character
121*2175Sjp161948for no.  A set of characters that can be used to cancel the prompt is given
122*2175Sjp161948as well.  The prompt itself is really divided in two, one part being the
123*2175Sjp161948descriptive text (given through the I<prompt> argument) and one describing
124*2175Sjp161948the possible answers (given through the I<action_desc> argument).
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126*2175Sjp161948UI_add_info_string() and UI_add_error_string() add strings that are shown at
127*2175Sjp161948the same time as the prompt for extra information or to show an error string.
128*2175Sjp161948The difference between the two is only conceptual.  With the builtin method,
129*2175Sjp161948there's no technical difference between them.  Other methods may make a
130*2175Sjp161948difference between them, however.
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132*2175Sjp161948The flags currently supported are UI_INPUT_FLAG_ECHO, which is relevant for
133*2175Sjp161948UI_add_input_string() and will have the users response be echoed (when
134*2175Sjp161948prompting for a password, this flag should obviously not be used, and
135*2175Sjp161948UI_INPUT_FLAG_DEFAULT_PWD, which means that a default password of some
136*2175Sjp161948sort will be used (completely depending on the application and the UI
137*2175Sjp161948method).
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139*2175Sjp161948UI_dup_input_string(), UI_dup_verify_string(), UI_dup_input_boolean(),
140*2175Sjp161948UI_dup_info_string() and UI_dup_error_string() are basically the same
141*2175Sjp161948as their UI_add counterparts, except that they make their own copies
142*2175Sjp161948of all strings.
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144*2175Sjp161948UI_construct_prompt() is a helper function that can be used to create
145*2175Sjp161948a prompt from two pieces of information: an description and a name.
146*2175Sjp161948The default constructor (if there is none provided by the method used)
147*2175Sjp161948creates a string "Enter I<description> for I<name>:".  With the
148*2175Sjp161948description "pass phrase" and the file name "foo.key", that becomes
149*2175Sjp161948"Enter pass phrase for foo.key:".  Other methods may create whatever
150*2175Sjp161948string and may include encodings that will be processed by the other
151*2175Sjp161948method functions.
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153*2175Sjp161948UI_add_user_data() adds a piece of memory for the method to use at any
154*2175Sjp161948time.  The builtin UI method doesn't care about this info.  Note that several
155*2175Sjp161948calls to this function doesn't add data, it replaces the previous blob
156*2175Sjp161948with the one given as argument.
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158*2175Sjp161948UI_get0_user_data() retrieves the data that has last been given to the
159*2175Sjp161948UI with UI_add_user_data().
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161*2175Sjp161948UI_get0_result() returns a pointer to the result buffer associated with
162*2175Sjp161948the information indexed by I<i>.
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164*2175Sjp161948UI_process() goes through the information given so far, does all the printing
165*2175Sjp161948and prompting and returns.
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167*2175Sjp161948UI_ctrl() adds extra control for the application author.  For now, it
168*2175Sjp161948understands two commands: UI_CTRL_PRINT_ERRORS, which makes UI_process()
169*2175Sjp161948print the OpenSSL error stack as part of processing the UI, and
170*2175Sjp161948UI_CTRL_IS_REDOABLE, which returns a flag saying if the used UI can
171*2175Sjp161948be used again or not.
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173*2175Sjp161948UI_set_default_method() changes the default UI method to the one given.
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175*2175Sjp161948UI_get_default_method() returns a pointer to the current default UI method.
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177*2175Sjp161948UI_get_method() returns the UI method associated with a given UI.
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179*2175Sjp161948UI_set_method() changes the UI method associated with a given UI.
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181*2175Sjp161948=head1 SEE ALSO
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183*2175Sjp161948L<ui_create(3)|ui_create(3)>, L<ui_compat(3)|ui_compat(3)>
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185*2175Sjp161948=head1 HISTORY
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187*2175Sjp161948The UI section was first introduced in OpenSSL 0.9.7.
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189*2175Sjp161948=head1 AUTHOR
190*2175Sjp161948
191*2175Sjp161948Richard Levitte (richard@levitte.org) for the OpenSSL project
192*2175Sjp161948(http://www.openssl.org).
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