Virtual Method

GioTlsDatabasecreate_certificate_handle

since: 2.30

Declaration

gchar*
create_certificate_handle (
  GTlsDatabase* self,
  GTlsCertificate* certificate
)

Description

Create a handle string for the certificate. The database will only be able to create a handle for certificates that originate from the database. In cases where the database cannot create a handle for a certificate, NULL will be returned.

This handle should be stable across various instances of the application, and between applications. If a certificate is modified in the database, then it is not guaranteed that this handle will continue to point to it.

Available since: 2.30

Parameters

certificate

Type: GTlsCertificate

Certificate for which to create a handle.

The data is owned by the caller of the function.

Return value

Type: gchar*

A newly allocated string containing the handle.

The caller of the function takes ownership of the data, and is responsible for freeing it.

The return value can be NULL.

The value is a NUL terminated UTF-8 string.