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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 describes the context attributes associated with the CCHandle handle and the attribute type. The pointer will be set to NULL if the function fails. Call CSSM_DeleteContextAttributes() to free memory allocated by the CSSM.

DESCRIPTION

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

RETURN VALUE

A CSSM_RETURN value indicating success or specifying a particular error condition. The value CSSM_OK indicates success. All other values represent an error condition.

ERRORS

Errors are described in the CDSA Technical Standard.

CSSMERR_CSSM_ATTRIBUTE_NOT_IN_CONTEXT

SEE ALSO

Books

Intel CDSA Application Developer's Guide

Online Help

Functions: CSSM_DeleteContextAttributes, CSSM_GetContext