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+/*-
+ * Copyright (c) 2004 Lev Walkin <vlm@lionet.info>. All rights reserved.
+ * Redistribution and modifications are permitted subject to BSD license.
+ */
+#ifndef	_XER_DECODER_H_
+#define	_XER_DECODER_H_
+
+#include <asn_application.h>
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+extern "C" {
+#endif
+
+struct asn_TYPE_descriptor_s;	/* Forward declaration */
+
+/*
+ * The XER decoder of any ASN.1 type. May be invoked by the application.
+ */
+asn_dec_rval_t xer_decode(struct asn_codec_ctx_s *opt_codec_ctx,
+	struct asn_TYPE_descriptor_s *type_descriptor,
+	void **struct_ptr,	/* Pointer to a target structure's pointer */
+	const void *buffer,	/* Data to be decoded */
+	size_t size		/* Size of data buffer */
+	);
+
+/*
+ * Type of the type-specific XER decoder function.
+ */
+typedef asn_dec_rval_t (xer_type_decoder_f)(asn_codec_ctx_t *opt_codec_ctx,
+		struct asn_TYPE_descriptor_s *type_descriptor,
+		void **struct_ptr,
+		const char *opt_mname,	/* Member name */
+		const void *buf_ptr, size_t size
+	);
+
+/*******************************
+ * INTERNALLY USEFUL FUNCTIONS *
+ *******************************/
+
+/*
+ * Generalized function for decoding the primitive values.
+ * Used by more specialized functions, such as OCTET_STRING_decode_xer_utf8
+ * and others. This function should not be used by applications, as its API
+ * is subject to changes.
+ */
+asn_dec_rval_t xer_decode_general(asn_codec_ctx_t *opt_codec_ctx,
+	asn_struct_ctx_t *ctx,	/* Type decoder context */
+	void *struct_key,	/* Treated as opaque pointer */
+	const char *xml_tag,	/* Expected XML tag name */
+	const void *buf_ptr, size_t size,
+	int (*opt_unexpected_tag_decoder)
+		(void *struct_key, const void *chunk_buf, size_t chunk_size),
+	ssize_t (*body_receiver)
+		(void *struct_key, const void *chunk_buf, size_t chunk_size,
+			int have_more)
+	);
+
+
+/*
+ * Fetch the next XER (XML) token from the stream.
+ * The function returns the number of bytes occupied by the chunk type,
+ * returned in the _ch_type. The _ch_type is only set (and valid) when
+ * the return value is greater than 0.
+ */
+  typedef enum pxer_chunk_type {
+	PXER_TAG,	/* Complete XER tag */
+	PXER_TEXT,	/* Plain text between XER tags */
+	PXER_COMMENT	/* A comment, may be part of */
+  } pxer_chunk_type_e;
+ssize_t xer_next_token(int *stateContext,
+	const void *buffer, size_t size, pxer_chunk_type_e *_ch_type);
+
+/*
+ * This function checks the buffer against the tag name is expected to occur.
+ */
+  typedef enum xer_check_tag {
+	XCT_BROKEN	= 0,	/* The tag is broken */
+	XCT_OPENING	= 1,	/* This is the <opening> tag */
+	XCT_CLOSING	= 2,	/* This is the </closing> tag */
+	XCT_BOTH	= 3,	/* This is the <modified/> tag */
+	XCT__UNK__MASK	= 4,	/* Mask of everything unexpected */
+	XCT_UNKNOWN_OP	= 5,	/* Unexpected <opening> tag */
+	XCT_UNKNOWN_CL	= 6,	/* Unexpected </closing> tag */
+	XCT_UNKNOWN_BO	= 7	/* Unexpected <modified/> tag */
+  } xer_check_tag_e;
+xer_check_tag_e xer_check_tag(const void *buf_ptr, int size,
+		const char *need_tag);
+
+/*
+ * Get the number of bytes consisting entirely of XER whitespace characters.
+ * RETURN VALUES:
+ * >=0:	Number of whitespace characters in the string.
+ */
+size_t xer_whitespace_span(const void *chunk_buf, size_t chunk_size);
+
+/*
+ * Skip the series of anticipated extensions.
+ */
+int xer_skip_unknown(xer_check_tag_e tcv, ber_tlv_len_t *depth);
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+}
+#endif
+
+#endif	/* _XER_DECODER_H_ */