Overview of ASN1C for C#

Using the Compiler

ASN1C C# Command Line Options

Using the GUI Wizard to Run ASN1C

Compiler Configuration File

Compiler Error Reporting

Generated C# Source Code Overview

Namespace Specification

Class Declaration

Tag Constant

Public Member Variables

Constructors

Decode Method

Encode Method

Other Methods

Inner Classes

ASN.1 Type to C# Class Mappings

BOOLEAN

INTEGER

BIT STRING

OCTET STRING

Character String Types

ENUMERATED

NULL

OBJECT IDENTIFIER

RELATIVE-OID

REAL

SEQUENCE

Creation of Temporary Types

OPTIONAL keyword

DEFAULT keyword

Extension Elements

SET

SEQUENCE OF

Generation of Temporary Types for SEQUENCE OF Elements

SEQUENCE OF Type Elements in Other Constructed Types

SET OF

CHOICE

Creation of Temporary Types

Populating Generated Choice Structures for Encoding

Accessing the Choice Element Value after Decoding

Open Type

External Type

EmbeddedPDV Type

Parameterized Types

Value Specifications

INTEGER Value Specification

BOOLEAN Value Specification

Binary String Value Specification

Hexadecimal String Value Specification

Character String Value Specification

Object Identifier Value Specification

ENUMERATED Value Specification

REAL Value Specification

SEQUENCE Value Specification

SET Value Specification

SEQUENCE OF Value Specification

SET OF Value Specification

CHOICE Value Specification

Generated BER/DER/CER Encode Methods

Memory-buffer Based Definite Length Encoders

Generated C# Method Format and Calling Parameters

Populating Generated Variables for Encoding

Procedure for Calling Memory-Buffer Based BER Encode Methods

Reuse of C# Encoding Objects

Stream-Oriented Indefinite Length Encode Methods

Generated C# Method Format and Calling Parameters

Procedure for Calling C# BER Stream-Oriented Encode Methods

Generated BER/DER/CER Decode Methods

Generated C# Method Format and Calling Parameters

Procedure for Calling C# BER Decode Methods

Reuse of C# Decoding Objects

Generated PER Encode Methods

Generated C# Method Format and Calling Parameters

Procedure for Calling C# PER Encode Methods

Reuse of C# Encoding Objects

Generated PER Decode Methods

Generated C# Method Format and Calling Parameters

Procedure for Calling C# PER Decode Methods

Reuse of C# Decoding Objects

Generated XER Encode Methods

Generated C# Method Format and Calling Parameters

Procedure for Calling C# XER Encode Methods

Generated XER Decode Methods

Table Constraint Processing

CLASS Specification

Data Member Generation

Method and Constructor Generation

ABSTRACT-SYNTAX class

TYPE-IDENTIFIER class

Information Object

Information Object Set

Generated Information Object Table Structure

Simple Form Code Generation

Table Form Code Generation

Additional Code Generated for the -tables Option

Populating OpenType Variables for Encoding

Decoding Types with Table Constraints

Generated Print Methods

Generated C# Method Format and Calling Parameters

Event Handler Interface

How It Works

How to Use It

Example 1: A Formatted Print Handler

Example 2: An XML Converter Class

IMPORT/EXPORT of Types

Compact Code Generation

ASN1C90

ROSE OPERATION and ERROR

SNMP OBJECT-TYPE