module main import x.encoding.asn1 // defined type KerberosString = asn1.GeneralString directly // produces x00000000: at ???: RUNTIME ERROR: invalid memory access // /tmp/v_0/examples_0.01JBJNNT0EJVN2FRKJ3ZM83EC9.tmp.c:22858: by asn1__Element_encode_with_options // /tmp/v_0/examples_0.01JBJNNT0EJVN2FRKJ3ZM83EC9.tmp.c:22838: by asn1__encode_with_options // /tmp/v_0/examples_0.01JBJNNT0EJVN2FRKJ3ZM83EC9.tmp.c:22825: by asn1__encode // /tmp/v_0/examples_0.01JBJNNT0EJVN2FRKJ3ZM83EC9.tmp.c:28683: by main__KerberosStringList_payload // /tmp/v_0/examples_0.01JBJNNT0EJVN2FRKJ3ZM83EC9.tmp.c:4319: by main__KerberosStringList_payload_Interface_asn1__Element_method_wrapper struct KerberosString { val asn1.GeneralString } fn (k KerberosString) tag() asn1.Tag { return asn1.default_generalstring_tag } fn KerberosString.new(s string) !KerberosString { return KerberosString{ val: asn1.GeneralString.new(s)! } } fn KerberosString.from_bytes(b []u8) !KerberosString { return KerberosString{ val: asn1.GeneralString.new(b.bytestr())! } } fn (k KerberosString) payload() ![]u8 { return k.val.payload()! } type KerberosStringList = []KerberosString fn (ksl KerberosStringList) tag() asn1.Tag { return asn1.default_sequence_tag } fn (ksl KerberosStringList) payload() ![]u8 { mut out := []u8{} for item in ksl { // maybe produces x00000000: at ???: RUNTIME ERROR: invalid memory access // `item` cannot be used as interface object outside `unsafe` blocks as it // might be stored on stack. Consider declaring `KerberosString` as `@[heap]` obj := unsafe { item } out << asn1.encode(obj)! } return out } // PrincipalName ::= SEQUENCE { // name-type [0] Int32, // name-string [1] SEQUENCE OF KerberosString // } struct PrincipalName { name_type asn1.Integer @[context_specific: 0; explicit; inner: 2] // integer tag = (universal, false, 2) // defines name_string as asn1.SequenceOf[KerberosString] would produces unexpected result // when you build payload with `asn1.make_payload`, // see issues at https://github.com/vlang/v/issues/22721 // so we build with KerberosStringList name_string KerberosStringList @[context_specific: 1; explicit; inner: 16] // sequence tag = (universal, true, 16) } fn (pn PrincipalName) tag() asn1.Tag { return asn1.default_sequence_tag } fn (pn PrincipalName) payload() ![]u8 { kd := asn1.KeyDefault(map[string]asn1.Element{}) // there are some issues with make_payload when your structure contains generic. // see https://github.com/vlang/v/issues/22721 payload := asn1.make_payload[PrincipalName](pn, kd)! return payload } fn PrincipalName.decode(bytes []u8) !PrincipalName { // decode should produces Sequence type elem := asn1.decode(bytes)! assert elem.tag().equal(asn1.default_sequence_tag) // cast it into Sequence type and get the fields seq := elem.into_object[asn1.Sequence]()! fields := seq.fields() // every fields of the sequence is raw of wrapped element, so we should unwrap it with // the same options used to wrap in encode step, and turn to the real underlying object. el_name_type := fields[0].unwrap_with_options('context_specific: 0; explicit; inner: 2')! name_type := el_name_type.into_object[asn1.Integer]()! // tag 16 is sequence tag, its decoded into Sequence type el_name_string := fields[1].unwrap_with_options('context_specific: 1; explicit; inner: 16')! el_seq := el_name_string.into_object[asn1.Sequence]()! // KerberosString string has a general_string tag, so it would be parsed as asn1.GeneralString // so, we transforms it into KerberosString back and build KerberosStringList. mut a := []KerberosString{} for item in el_seq.fields() { gst := item.into_object[asn1.GeneralString]()! obj := KerberosString{gst} a << obj } name_string_list := KerberosStringList(a) return PrincipalName{ name_type: name_type name_string: name_string_list } } fn main() { // Basically this is a Kerberos PrincipalName data data := [u8(0x30), 0x15, 0xa0, 0x03, 0x02, 0x01, 0x01, 0xa1, 0x0e, 0x30, 0x0c, 0x1b, 0x0a, 0x62, 0x6f, 0x62, 0x62, 0x61, 0x2d, 0x66, 0x65, 0x74, 0x74] els := [KerberosString.new('bobba-fett')!] pn := PrincipalName{ name_type: asn1.Integer.from_int(1) name_string: KerberosStringList(els) } out1 := asn1.encode(pn)! back := PrincipalName.decode(data)! dump(back == pn) // should assert to true dump(out1.hex() == data.hex()) // should assert to true // run this produces: // [examples/examples_0.v:128] back == pn: true // [examples/examples_0.v:129] out1.hex() == data.hex(): true }