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+=head1 NAME
+
+d2i_ECPKParameters, i2d_ECPKParameters, d2i_ECPKParameters_bio, i2d_ECPKParameters_bio, d2i_ECPKParameters_fp, i2d_ECPKParameters_fp(fp,x), ECPKParameters_print, ECPKParameters_print_fp - Functions for decoding and encoding ASN1 representations of elliptic curve entities
+
+=head1 SYNOPSIS
+
+ #include <openssl/ec.h>
+
+ EC_GROUP *d2i_ECPKParameters(EC_GROUP **px, const unsigned char **in, long len);
+ int i2d_ECPKParameters(const EC_GROUP *x, unsigned char **out);
+ #define d2i_ECPKParameters_bio(bp,x) ASN1_d2i_bio_of(EC_GROUP,NULL,d2i_ECPKParameters,bp,x)
+ #define i2d_ECPKParameters_bio(bp,x) ASN1_i2d_bio_of_const(EC_GROUP,i2d_ECPKParameters,bp,x)
+ #define d2i_ECPKParameters_fp(fp,x) (EC_GROUP *)ASN1_d2i_fp(NULL, \
+ (char *(*)())d2i_ECPKParameters,(fp),(unsigned char **)(x))
+ #define i2d_ECPKParameters_fp(fp,x) ASN1_i2d_fp(i2d_ECPKParameters,(fp), \
+ (unsigned char *)(x))
+ int ECPKParameters_print(BIO *bp, const EC_GROUP *x, int off);
+ int ECPKParameters_print_fp(FILE *fp, const EC_GROUP *x, int off);
+
+
+=head1 DESCRIPTION
+
+The ECPKParameters encode and decode routines encode and parse the public parameters for an
+B<EC_GROUP> structure, which represents a curve.
+
+d2i_ECPKParameters() attempts to decode B<len> bytes at B<*in>. If
+successful a pointer to the B<EC_GROUP> structure is returned. If an error
+occurred then B<NULL> is returned. If B<px> is not B<NULL> then the
+returned structure is written to B<*px>. If B<*px> is not B<NULL>
+then it is assumed that B<*px> contains a valid B<EC_GROUP>
+structure and an attempt is made to reuse it. If the call is
+successful B<*in> is incremented to the byte following the
+parsed data.
+
+i2d_ECPKParameters() encodes the structure pointed to by B<x> into DER format.
+If B<out> is not B<NULL> is writes the DER encoded data to the buffer
+at B<*out>, and increments it to point after the data just written.
+If the return value is negative an error occurred, otherwise it
+returns the length of the encoded data.
+
+If B<*out> is B<NULL> memory will be allocated for a buffer and the encoded
+data written to it. In this case B<*out> is not incremented and it points to
+the start of the data just written.
+
+d2i_ECPKParameters_bio() is similar to d2i_ECPKParameters() except it attempts
+to parse data from BIO B<bp>.
+
+d2i_ECPKParameters_fp() is similar to d2i_ECPKParameters() except it attempts
+to parse data from FILE pointer B<fp>.
+
+i2d_ECPKParameters_bio() is similar to i2d_ECPKParameters() except it writes
+the encoding of the structure B<x> to BIO B<bp> and it
+returns 1 for success and 0 for failure.
+
+i2d_ECPKParameters_fp() is similar to i2d_ECPKParameters() except it writes
+the encoding of the structure B<x> to BIO B<bp> and it
+returns 1 for success and 0 for failure.
+
+These functions are very similar to the X509 functions described in L<d2i_X509(3)|d2i_X509(3)>,
+where further notes and examples are available.
+
+The ECPKParameters_print and ECPKParameters_print_fp functions print a human-readable output
+of the public parameters of the EC_GROUP to B<bp> or B<fp>. The output lines are indented by B<off> spaces.
+
+=head1 RETURN VALUES
+
+d2i_ECPKParameters(), d2i_ECPKParameters_bio() and d2i_ECPKParameters_fp() return a valid B<EC_GROUP> structure
+or B<NULL> if an error occurs.
+
+i2d_ECPKParameters() returns the number of bytes successfully encoded or a negative
+value if an error occurs.
+
+i2d_ECPKParameters_bio(), i2d_ECPKParameters_fp(), ECPKParameters_print and ECPKParameters_print_fp
+return 1 for success and 0 if an error occurs.
+
+=head1 SEE ALSO
+
+L<crypto(3)|crypto(3)>, L<ec(3)|ec(3)>, L<EC_GROUP_new(3)|EC_GROUP_new(3)>, L<EC_GROUP_copy(3)|EC_GROUP_copy(3)>,
+L<EC_POINT_new(3)|EC_POINT_new(3)>, L<EC_POINT_add(3)|EC_POINT_add(3)>, L<EC_KEY_new(3)|EC_KEY_new(3)>,
+L<EC_GFp_simple_method(3)|EC_GFp_simple_method(3)>, L<d2i_X509(3)|d2i_X509(3)>
+
+=cut