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3=head1 NAME
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5BIO_push, BIO_pop, BIO_set_next - add and remove BIOs from a chain
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7=head1 SYNOPSIS
8
9 #include <openssl/bio.h>
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11 BIO *BIO_push(BIO *b, BIO *append);
12 BIO *BIO_pop(BIO *b);
13 void BIO_set_next(BIO *b, BIO *next);
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15=head1 DESCRIPTION
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17The BIO_push() function appends the BIO B<append> to B<b>, it returns
18B<b>.
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20BIO_pop() removes the BIO B<b> from a chain and returns the next BIO
21in the chain, or NULL if there is no next BIO. The removed BIO then
22becomes a single BIO with no association with the original chain,
23it can thus be freed or attached to a different chain.
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25BIO_set_next() replaces the existing next BIO in a chain with the BIO pointed to
26by B<next>. The new chain may include some of the same BIOs from the old chain
27or it may be completely different.
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29=head1 NOTES
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31The names of these functions are perhaps a little misleading. BIO_push()
32joins two BIO chains whereas BIO_pop() deletes a single BIO from a chain,
33the deleted BIO does not need to be at the end of a chain.
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35The process of calling BIO_push() and BIO_pop() on a BIO may have additional
36consequences (a control call is made to the affected BIOs) any effects will
37be noted in the descriptions of individual BIOs.
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39=head1 EXAMPLES
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41For these examples suppose B<md1> and B<md2> are digest BIOs, B<b64> is
42a base64 BIO and B<f> is a file BIO.
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44If the call:
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46 BIO_push(b64, f);
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48is made then the new chain will be B<b64-f>. After making the calls
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50 BIO_push(md2, b64);
51 BIO_push(md1, md2);
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53the new chain is B<md1-md2-b64-f>. Data written to B<md1> will be digested
54by B<md1> and B<md2>, B<base64> encoded and written to B<f>.
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56It should be noted that reading causes data to pass in the reverse
57direction, that is data is read from B<f>, base64 B<decoded> and digested
58by B<md1> and B<md2>. If the call:
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60 BIO_pop(md2);
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62The call will return B<b64> and the new chain will be B<md1-b64-f> data can
63be written to B<md1> as before.
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65=head1 RETURN VALUES
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67BIO_push() returns the end of the chain, B<b>.
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69BIO_pop() returns the next BIO in the chain, or NULL if there is no next
70BIO.
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72=head1 SEE ALSO
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74L<bio>
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76=head1 HISTORY
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78The BIO_set_next() function was added in OpenSSL 1.1.0.
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80=head1 COPYRIGHT
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82Copyright 2000-2016 The OpenSSL Project Authors. All Rights Reserved.
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84Licensed under the OpenSSL license (the "License").  You may not use
85this file except in compliance with the License.  You can obtain a copy
86in the file LICENSE in the source distribution or at
87L<https://www.openssl.org/source/license.html>.
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