CSSM_GetContextAttribute

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API Functions

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CSSM_GetContextAttribute

Library
Description
Errors

Parameters
Return Value
See Also

NAME

CSSM_GetContextAttribute - Get context attribute (CDSA)

SYNOPSIS

# include <cssm.h>

CSSM_RETURN CSSMAPI CSSM_GetContextAttribute(const CSSM_CONTEXT *Context,uint32 AttributeType,CSSM_CONTEXT_ATTRIBUTE_PTR *ContextAttribute)

LIBRARY

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

PARAMETERS

`Context` (input)
		A pointer to the context.
`AttributeType` (input)
		The attribute type of the desired attribute value.
`ContextAttribute` (output)
		The pointer to the CSSM_CONTEXT_ATTRIBUTE that describesthe context attributes associated with the `CCHandle` handleand the attribute type. The pointer will be set to NULL if the functionfails. Call `CSSM_DeleteContextAttributes()` to free memory allocated by the CSSM.

DESCRIPTION

This function returns the value of a context attribute. Contextreferences the cryptographic context to be searched for the attributespecified by AttributeType. If the specifiedattribute is not present, then a NULL pointer is returned.

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_CSSM_ATTRIBUTE_NOT_IN_CONTEXT