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+/*
+ * A generic value of different syntaxes.
+ */
+#ifndef	ASN1_PARSER_VALUE_H
+#define	ASN1_PARSER_VALUE_H
+
+/*
+ * A wrapper around various kinds of values.
+ */
+typedef struct asn1p_value_s {
+	/*
+	 * The value of the element.
+	 */
+	enum {
+		ATV_NOVALUE,
+		ATV_REFERENCED,
+		ATV_REAL,
+		ATV_INTEGER,
+		ATV_MIN,
+		ATV_MAX,
+		ATV_FALSE,
+		ATV_TRUE,
+		ATV_STRING,
+		ATV_UNPARSED,
+		ATV_BITVECTOR,
+	} type;	/* Value type and location */
+
+	union {
+		asn1p_ref_t	*reference;
+		asn1_integer_t	 v_integer;
+		double		 v_double;
+		/*
+		 * Binary bits vector.
+		 */
+		struct {
+			uint8_t *buf;
+			int size;
+		} string;
+		struct {
+			uint8_t *bits;
+			int size_in_bits;
+		} binary_vector;
+	} value;
+} asn1p_value_t;
+
+/*
+ * Constructors and destructor for value.
+ * If ref, bits or buffer are omitted, the corresponding function returns
+ * (asn1p_value_t *)0 with errno = EINVAL.
+ * Allocated value (where applicable) is guaranteed to be NUL-terminated.
+ */
+asn1p_value_t *asn1p_value_fromref(asn1p_ref_t *ref, int do_copy);
+asn1p_value_t *asn1p_value_frombits(uint8_t *bits, int size_in_bits, int dc);
+asn1p_value_t *asn1p_value_frombuf(char *buffer, int size, int do_copy);
+asn1p_value_t *asn1p_value_fromdouble(double);
+asn1p_value_t *asn1p_value_fromint(asn1_integer_t);
+asn1p_value_t *asn1p_value_clone(asn1p_value_t *);
+void asn1p_value_free(asn1p_value_t *);
+
+#endif	/* ASN1_PARSER_VALUE_H */