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=head1 NAME

BIO_meth_new, BIO_meth_free, BIO_meth_get_write, BIO_meth_set_write,
BIO_meth_get_read, BIO_meth_set_read, BIO_meth_get_puts, BIO_meth_set_puts,
BIO_meth_get_gets, BIO_meth_set_gets, BIO_meth_get_ctrl, BIO_meth_set_ctrl,
BIO_meth_get_create, BIO_meth_set_create, BIO_meth_get_destroy,
BIO_meth_set_destroy, BIO_meth_get_callback_ctrl,
BIO_meth_set_callback_ctrl  - Routines to build up BIO methods

=head1 SYNOPSIS

 #include <openssl/bio.h>

 BIO_METHOD *BIO_meth_new(int type, const char *name);
 void BIO_meth_free(BIO_METHOD *biom);
 int (*BIO_meth_get_write(BIO_METHOD *biom)) (BIO *, const char *, int);
 int BIO_meth_set_write(BIO_METHOD *biom,
                        int (*write) (BIO *, const char *, int));
 int (*BIO_meth_get_read(BIO_METHOD *biom)) (BIO *, char *, int);
 int BIO_meth_set_read(BIO_METHOD *biom,
                       int (*read) (BIO *, char *, int));
 int (*BIO_meth_get_puts(BIO_METHOD *biom)) (BIO *, const char *);
 int BIO_meth_set_puts(BIO_METHOD *biom,
                       int (*puts) (BIO *, const char *));
 int (*BIO_meth_get_gets(BIO_METHOD *biom)) (BIO *, char *, int);
 int BIO_meth_set_gets(BIO_METHOD *biom,
                       int (*gets) (BIO *, char *, int));
 long (*BIO_meth_get_ctrl(BIO_METHOD *biom)) (BIO *, int, long, void *);
 int BIO_meth_set_ctrl(BIO_METHOD *biom,
                       long (*ctrl) (BIO *, int, long, void *));
 int (*BIO_meth_get_create(BIO_METHOD *bion)) (BIO *);
 int BIO_meth_set_create(BIO_METHOD *biom, int (*create) (BIO *));
 int (*BIO_meth_get_destroy(BIO_METHOD *biom)) (BIO *);
 int BIO_meth_set_destroy(BIO_METHOD *biom, int (*destroy) (BIO *));
 long (*BIO_meth_get_callback_ctrl(BIO_METHOD *biom))
                                  (BIO *, int, bio_info_cb *);
 int BIO_meth_set_callback_ctrl(BIO_METHOD *biom,
                                long (*callback_ctrl) (BIO *, int,
                                                      bio_info_cb *));

=head1 DESCRIPTION

The B<BIO_METHOD> type is a structure used for the implementation of new BIO
types. It provides a set of of functions used by OpenSSL for the implementation
of the various BIO capabilities. See the L<bio> page for more information.

BIO_meth_new() creates a new B<BIO_METHOD> structure. It should be given a
unique integer B<type> and a string that represents its B<name>. The set of
standard OpenSSL provided BIO types is provided in B<bio.h>. Some examples
include B<BIO_TYPE_BUFFER> and B<BIO_TYPE_CIPHER>. Filter BIOs should have a
type which have the "filter" bit set (B<BIO_TYPE_FILTER>). Source/sink BIOs
should have the "source/sink" bit set (B<BIO_TYPE_SOURCE_SINK>). File descriptor
based BIOs (e.g. socket, fd, connect, accept etc) should additionally have the
"descriptor" bit set (B<BIO_TYPE_DESCRIPTOR>). See the L<BIO_find_type> page for
more information.

BIO_meth_free() destroys a B<BIO_METHOD> structure and frees up any memory
associated with it.

BIO_meth_get_write() and BIO_meth_set_write() get and set the function used for
writing arbitrary length data to the BIO respectively. This function will be
called in response to the application calling BIO_write(). The parameters for
the function have the same meaning as for BIO_write().

BIO_meth_get_read() and BIO_meth_set_read() get and set the function used for
reading arbitrary length data from the BIO respectively. This function will be
called in response to the application calling BIO_read(). The parameters for the
function have the same meaning as for BIO_read().

BIO_meth_get_puts() and BIO_meth_set_puts() get and set the function used for
writing a NULL terminated string to the BIO respectively. This function will be
called in response to the application calling BIO_puts(). The parameters for
the function have the same meaning as for BIO_puts().

BIO_meth_get_gets() and BIO_meth_set_gets() get and set the function typically
used for reading a line of data from the BIO respectively (see the L<BIO_gets(3)>
page for more information). This function will be called in response to the
application calling BIO_gets(). The parameters for the function have the same
meaning as for BIO_gets().

BIO_meth_get_ctrl() and BIO_meth_set_ctrl() get and set the function used for
processing ctrl messages in the BIO respectively. See the L<BIO_ctrl> page for
more information. This function will be called in response to the application
calling BIO_ctrl(). The parameters for the function have the same meaning as for
BIO_ctrl().

BIO_meth_get_create() and BIO_meth_set_create() get and set the function used
for creating a new instance of the BIO respectively. This function will be
called in response to the application calling BIO_new() or BIO_set() and passing
in a pointer to the current BIO_METHOD. The BIO_new() function will allocate the
memory for the new BIO, and a pointer to this newly allocated structure will
be passed as a parameter to the function.

BIO_meth_get_destroy() and BIO_meth_set_destroy() get and set the function used
for destroying an instance of a BIO respectively. This function will be
called in response to the application calling BIO_free(). A pointer to the BIO
to be destroyed is passed as a parameter. The destroy function should be used
for BIO specific clean up. The memory for the BIO itself should not be freed by
this function.

BIO_meth_get_callback_ctrl() and BIO_meth_set_callback_ctrl() get and set the
function used for processing callback ctrl messages in the BIO respectively. See
the L<BIO_callback_ctrl(3)> page for more information. This function will be called
in response to the application calling BIO_callback_ctrl(). The parameters for
the function have the same meaning as for BIO_callback_ctrl().

=head1 SEE ALSO

L<bio>, L<BIO_find_type>, L<BIO_ctrl>, L<BIO_read>, L<BIO_new>

=head1 HISTORY

The functions described here were added in OpenSSL version 1.1.0.

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