ctypescrypto/oid.py

   1 """
   2  Interface to OpenSSL object identifier database.
   3
   4  It is primarily intended to deal with OIDs which are compiled into the
   5  database or defined in the openssl configuration files.
   6
   7  But see create() function
   8
   9 """
  10 from ctypescrypto import libcrypto
  11 from ctypes import c_char_p, c_void_p, c_int, create_string_buffer
  12
  13 __all__ = ['Oid','create','cleanup']
  14
  15 class Oid:
  16         """
  17                 Represents an OID. It can be consturucted by textual
  18                 representation like Oid("commonName") or Oid("CN"),
  19                 dotted-decimal Oid("1.2.3.4") or using OpenSSL numeric
  20                 identifer (NID), which is typically returned or required by
  21                 OpenSSL API functions. If object is consturcted from textual
  22                 representation which is not present in the database, it fails
  23                 with ValueError
  24
  25                 attribute nid - contains object nid.
  26
  27
  28         """
  29
  30         def __init__(self,value):
  31                 " Object constuctor. Accepts string or integer"
  32                 if type(value) == type(""):
  33                         self.nid=libcrypto.OBJ_txt2nid(value)
  34                         if self.nid==0:
  35                                 raise ValueError("Cannot find object %s in the database"%(value))
  36                 elif type(value) == type(0):
  37                         cn=libcrypto.OBJ_nid2sn(value)
  38                         if cn is None:
  39                                 raise ValueError("No such nid %d in the database"%(value))
  40                         self.nid=value
  41                 else:
  42                         raise TypeError("Cannot convert this type to object identifier")
  43         def __hash__(self):
  44                 " Returns NID "
  45                 return self.nid
  46         def __cmp__(self,other):
  47                 " Compares NIDs of two objects "
  48                 return self.nid-other.nid
  49         def __str__(self):
  50                 " Default string representation of Oid is dotted-decimal"
  51                 return self.dotted()
  52         def __repr__(self):
  53                 return "Oid('%s')"%(self.dotted())
  54         def shortname(self):
  55                 " Returns short name if any "
  56                 return libcrypto.OBJ_nid2sn(self.nid)
  57         def longname(self):
  58                 " Returns logn name if any "
  59                 return  libcrypto.OBJ_nid2ln(self.nid)
  60         def dotted(self):
  61                 " Returns dotted-decimal reperesntation "
  62                 obj=libcrypto.OBJ_nid2obj(self.nid)
  63                 buf=create_string_buffer(256)
  64                 libcrypto.OBJ_obj2txt(buf,256,obj,1)
  65                 return buf.value
  66
  67 def create(dotted,shortname,longname):
  68         """
  69                 Creates new OID in the database
  70
  71                 @param dotted - dotted-decimal representation of new OID
  72                 @param shortname - short name for new OID
  73                 @param longname - long name for new OID
  74
  75                 @returns Oid object corresponding to new OID
  76
  77                 This function should be used with exreme care. Whenever
  78                 possible, it is better to add new OIDs via OpenSSL configuration
  79                 file
  80
  81                 Results of calling this function twice for same OIDor for
  82                 Oid alredy in database are undefined
  83         """
  84         nid=libcrypto.OBJ_create(dotted,shortname,longname)
  85         if nid == 0:
  86                 raise LibCryptoError("Problem adding new OID to the  database")
  87         return Oid(nid)
  88
  89 def cleanup():
  90         """
  91                 Removes all the objects, dynamically added by current
  92                 application from database.
  93         """
  94         libcrypto.OBJ_cleanup()
  95
  96 libcrypto.OBJ_nid2sn.restype=c_char_p
  97 libcrypto.OBJ_nid2ln.restype=c_char_p
  98 libcrypto.OBJ_nid2obj.restype=c_void_p
  99 libcrypto.OBJ_obj2txt.argtypes=(c_char_p,c_int,c_void_p,c_int)
 100 libcrypto.OBJ_txt2nid.argtupes=(c_char_p,)
 101 libcrypto.OBJ_create.argtypes=(c_char_p,c_char_p,c_char_p)