ASN1C(1)

NAME
asn1c - ASN.1 Compiler

SYNOPSIS
asn1c [-E [-F] | -P | -R]
      [-Sdir] [-X]
      [-Wdebug-...] [-foption] [-gen-option] [-print-option]
      infile...

DESCRIPTION
asn1c compiles the ASN.1 specifications into the set of target language (C/C++) encoders and decoders for BER, DER, XER, and other encoding standards.

OPTIONS

Overall Options
    -E -F -P -R -S directory -X

Warning Options
    -Werror -Wdebug-lexer -Wdebug-fixer -Wdebug-compiler

Language Options
    -fall-defs-global -fbless-SIZE -fcompound-names -findirect-choice -fknown-extern-type=<name> -fnative-types -fno-constraints -fno-include-deps -funnamed-unions -fskeletons-copy

Codecs Generation Options
    -gen-PER

Output Options
    -print-constraints -print-lines

OVERALL OPTIONS

-E  Stop after the parsing stage and print the reconstructed ASN.1 specification code to the standard output.

-F  Used together with -E , instructs the compiler to stop after the ASN.1 syntax tree fixing stage and dump the reconstructed ASN.1 specification to the standard output.

-P  Dump the compiled output to the standard output instead of creating the target language files on disk.

-R  Restrict the compiler to generate only the ASN.1 tables, omitting the usual support code.

-S directory
    Use the specified directory with ASN.1 skeleton files.

-X  Generate the XML DTD schema for the specified ASN.1 files.

WARNING OPTIONS

-Werror
    Treat warnings as errors; abort if any warning is produced.

-Wdebug-lexer
    Enable lexer debugging during the ASN.1 parsing stage.

-Wdebug-fixer
    Enable ASN.1 syntax tree fixer debugging during the fixing stage.

-Wdebug-compiler
    Enable debugging during the actual compile time.

LANGUAGE OPTIONS

-fall-defs-global
    Normally the compiler hides the definitions (asn1_DEF_xxx) of the inner structure elements (members of SEQUENCE, SET and other types). This option makes all such definitions global. Enabling this option may pollute the namespace by making lots of asn1_DEF_xxx structures globally visible, but will allow you to manipulate (encode and decode) the individual members of any complex ASN.1 structure.

-fbless-SIZE
    Allow SIZE() constraint for INTEGER, ENUMERATED, and other types for which this constraint is normally prohibited by the standard. This is a violation of an ASN.1 standard and compiler may fail to produce meaningful code.

-fcompound-names
    Using this switch prevents name collisions in the target source code by using complex names for target language structures. (Name collisions may occur if the ASN.1 module reuses the same identifiers in multiple contexts).

-findirect-choice
    When generating code for a CHOICE type, compile the CHOICE members as indirect pointers instead of declaring them inline. Consider using this option together with -fno-include-deps to prevent circular references.

-fknown-extern-type=<name>
    Pretend the specified type is known. The compiler will assume the target language source files for the given type have been provided manually.

-fnative-types
    Use the native machine's data types (int, double) whenever possible, instead of the compound INTEGER_t, ENUMERATED_t and REAL_t types.

-fno-constraints
    Do not generate ASN.1 subtype constraint checking code. This may make a shorter executable.

-fno-include-deps
    Do not generate courtesy #include lines for non-critical type dependencies. Helps prevent namespace collisions.

-funnamed-unions
    Enable unnamed unions in the definitions of target language's structures.

-fskeletons-copy
    Copy support files (skeletons) rather than symlink them.

CODECS GENERATION OPTIONS

-gen-PER
    Generate Packed Encoding Rules (PER) support code.

OUTPUT OPTIONS

-print-constraints
    When -EF are also specified, this option forces the compiler to explain its internal understanding of subtype constraints.

-print-lines
    Generate "-- #line" comments in -E output.

SEE ALSO

unber(1), enber(1)

AUTHORS
Lev Walkin <vlm@lionet.info>