ASN1 Private Constructor

[Sean Hinde]

Hi,


On 7 Apr 2004, at 16:58, Bertil Karlsson wrote:

> Try with something like:
>
> P ::= SEQUENCE {
>   a INTEGER,
>   b BOOLEAN
> }
>
> PwithPRIVATEtag ::= CHOICE {
>   c [PRIVATE 1] P
> }

The Erlang asn1 compiler produces the following from this (with a 
change to 2 integers):

asn1ct:compile("CTPG.asn1").
Erlang ASN.1 version "2003.07.11" compiling "CTPG.asn1"
Compiler Options: []
--{generated,"CTPG.asn1db"}--
--{generated,"CTPG.hrl"}--
--{generated,"CTPG.erl"}--
ok
148> c('CTPG').
{ok,'CTPG'}
149> 'CTPG':encode('PwithPRIVATEtag', {c, {'P', 1, 1}}).
{ok,[225,8,48,6,2,1,1,2,1,1]}

150> shlib:formathex(<<225,8,48,6,2,1,1,2,1,1>>).

<  0> e1 08 30 06 02 01 01 02 01 01

So, the e1 has been generated, great, but It has also generated a 
UNIVERSAL SEQUENCE before getting to the content. I am trying to 
generate:

e1 06 02 01 01 02 01 01

It may be a bug in the compiler, or it may be something it is not 
possible to specify in a source file, or maybe the correct sequence of 
magic words has not been found - I have been unable to tell by reading 
around. It does appear to be valid BER.

Sean

>
> /Bertil
>
> Sean Hinde wrote:
>> Hi all,
>> Anyone have any idea how to specify a privately tagged constructor in 
>> an asn1 source file? In other words it should behave like SEQUENCE 
>> but have a different tag value
>> The reason is that I need to create a specific encoding which begins 
>> with 0xE1 then goes straight into the sequence of values, and I'd 
>> quite like to use the asn1 compiler.
>> Thanks,
>> Sean
>