CL_CertCache

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API Functions

CL_CertAbortQuery

CL_CertCreateTemplate

CL_CertCache

Library
Description
Errors

Parameters
Return Value
See Also

NAME

CL_CertCache: CSSM_CL_CertCache - Cache a copy of a certificate (CDSA)

SYNOPSIS

# include <cssm.h>

API:CSSM_RETURN CSSMAPI CSSM_CL_CertCache(CSSM_CL_HANDLE CLHandle,const CSSM_DATA *Cert,CSSM_HANDLE_PTR CertHandle)SPI:CSSM_RETURN CSSMAPI CSSM_CL_CertCache(CSSM_CL_HANDLE CLHandle,const CSSM_DATA *Cert,CSSM_HANDLE_PTR CertHandle)

LIBRARY

Common Security Services Manager library (cdsa$incssm300_shr.exe)

PARAMETERS

`CLHandle` (input)
		The handle that describes the certificate librarymodule used to perform this function.
`Cert` (input)		A pointer to the CSSM_DATA structure containingthe encoded certificate.
`CertHandle` (output)
		A pointer to the CSSM_HANDLE that should be usedin all future references to the cached certificate.

DESCRIPTION

This function caches a copy of a certificate for subsequentaccesses using the functions CSSM_CL_CertGetFirstCachedFieldValue() (CSSM API), or CL_CertGetFirstCachedFieldValue() (CL SPI), and CSSM_CL_CertGetNextCachedFieldValue() (CSSM API), or CL_CertGetNextCachedFieldValue() (CL SPI).

The input certificate must be in an encoded representation.The Certificate Library module can cache the certificate in anyappropriate internal representation. Parsed or incrementally parsedrepresentations are common. The selected representation is opaqueto the caller.

The application must call CSSM_CL_CertAbortCache() (CSSM API), or CL_CertAbortCache() (CL SPI), to remove the cached copy when additional get operationswill not be performed on the cached certificate.

RETURN VALUE

A CSSM_RETURN value indicating success or specifying a particularerror condition. The value CSSM_OK indicates success. All othervalues represent an error condition.

ERRORS

Errors are described in the CDSA Technical Standard.

CSSMERR_CL_INVALID_CERT_POINTERCSSMERR_CL_UNKNOWN_FORMAT