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Function : Basic Encoding Rules
ber_flatten - Allocates a berval struct.

#include <lber.h>
int LNPUBLIC ber_flatten(

    BerElement *ber,
    struct berval **bvPtr);
Description :

This routine allocates a berval struct whose contents are a BER encoding taken from the ber argument. The bvPtr pointer points to the returned berval structure, which should be freed using ber_bvfree().

The use of ber_flatten on a BerElement in which all '{' and '}' format modifiers have not been properly matched is an error (i.e., -1 will be returned by ber_flatten() if this situation is exists).

Implemented as a macro:

define ber_flatten(ber, bvPtr) ND_ber_flatten((ber), (bvPtr))

Parameters : Input : ber - Pointer to a BerElement structure which is encoded and stored as the contents of the berval struct returned by this routine.

Output : (routine) - 0 on success and -1 on error.

bvPtr - Pointer to a pointer to the returned berval structure.

See Also : BerElement Berval