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=head1 NAME

OSSL_DISPATCH - OpenSSL Core type to define a dispatchable function table

=head1 SYNOPSIS

 #include <openssl/core.h>

 typedef struct ossl_dispatch_st OSSL_DISPATCH;
 struct ossl_dispatch_st {
     int function_id;
     void (*function)(void);
 };

=head1 DESCRIPTION

This type is a tuple of function identity and function pointer.
Arrays of this type are passed between the OpenSSL libraries and the
providers to describe what functionality one side provides to the other.

Arrays of this type must be terminated with a tuple having function identity
zero and function pointer NULL.

=head2 B<OSSL_DISPATCH> fields

=over 4

=item I<function_id>

OpenSSL defined function identity of the implemented function.

=item I<function>

Pointer to the implemented function itself.  Despite the generic definition
of this field, the implemented function it points to must have a function
signature that corresponds to the I<function_id>

=back

Available function identities and corresponding function signatures are
defined in L<openssl-core_dispatch.h(7)>.
Furthermore, the chosen function identities and associated function
signature must be chosen specifically for the operation that it's intended
for, as determined by the intended L<OSSL_ALGORITHM(3)> array.

Any function identity not recognised by the recipient of this type
will be ignored.
This ensures that providers built with one OpenSSL version in mind
will work together with any other OpenSSL version that supports this
mechanism.

=begin comment RETURN VALUES doesn't make sense for a manual that only
describes a type, but document checkers still want that section, and
to have more than just the section title.

=head1 RETURN VALUES

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=head1 SEE ALSO

L<crypto(7)>, L<openssl-core_dispatch.h(7)>, L<OSSL_ALGORITHM(3)>

=head1 HISTORY

B<OSSL_DISPATCH> was added in OpenSSL 3.0.

=head1 COPYRIGHT

Copyright 2022 The OpenSSL Project Authors. All Rights Reserved.

Licensed under the Apache License 2.0 (the "License").  You may not use
this file except in compliance with the License.  You can obtain a copy
in the file LICENSE in the source distribution or at
L<https://www.openssl.org/source/license.html>.

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