Is there an example that illustrates how to produce mixed DEFINITE-INDEFINITE BER encodings?

Yes, there is such an example. The example makes use of the DeferDecoding compiler directive which effectively replaces the component of the parent enclosing PDU with an OpenType value. Using the OpenType structure instance and initializing its encoded and length fields with the component encoded either in DEFINITE- or INDEFINITE-length form, and then encoding the parent enclosing PDU by calling ossEncode() again using DEFINITE- or INDEFINITE-length encoding, you can produce BER encoded PDUs that are not 100% DEFINITE or 100% INDEFINITE but instead are a mixture of both.

The Windows example is a fully operational VC++ project that you can download below and run it as is. You will need to do some adjustments to your Visual Studio settings to reflect your installation of the OSS ASN.1 Tools. Or you can download the UNIX example.

If you target an operating system other than Windows or UNIX, you can also use either of these zip files and discard the Windows- or UNIX-specific files.

• defindef.windows.zip 11 KB
• defindef.unix.zip 3 KB

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