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CSSM_GetContextAttribute(3)
NAME
  CSSM_GetContextAttribute - Get context attribute (CDSA)

SYNOPSIS
  # include <cdsa/cssm.h>

       CSSM_RETURN CSSMAPI CSSM_GetContextAttribute
       (const CSSM_CONTEXT *Context,
       uint32 AttributeType,
       CSSM_CONTEXT_ATTRIBUTE_PTR *ContextAttribute)

LIBRARY
  Common Security Services Manager library (libcssm.so)

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.	See CDSA_intro(3).

       CSSMERR_CSSM_ATTRIBUTE_NOT_IN_CONTEXT

SEE ALSO
  Books

  Intel CDSA Application Developer's Guide (see CDSA_intro(3))

  Reference Pages

  Functions: CSSM_DeleteContextAttributes(3), CSSM_GetContext(3)

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