*
* Copyright 2002 Project Purple
*
- * $Id: parsekey.h,v 1.4 2003/06/04 20:57:12 noodles Exp $
+ * $Id: parsekey.h,v 1.5 2003/09/30 20:40:11 noodles Exp $
*/
#ifndef __PARSEKEY_H__
* @getchar_func: The function to get the next character from the stream.
* @ctx: A pointer to the context structure for getchar_func.
* @packets: The outputted list of packets.
+ * @maxnum: The maximum number of keys to read. 0 means unlimited.
*
* This function uses getchar_func to read characters from an OpenPGP
* packet stream and reads the packets into a linked list of packets
- * ready for parsing as a public key or whatever.
+ * ready for parsing as a public key or whatever. maxnum allows you to
+ * specify the maximum number of keys to read. Note that if this is used
+ * then only the public key component of the last key will be returned,
+ * none of the other packets of the key will be read.
*/
int read_openpgp_stream(int (*getchar_func)(void *ctx, size_t count,
unsigned char *c),
void *ctx,
- struct openpgp_packet_list **packets);
+ struct openpgp_packet_list **packets,
+ int maxnum);
/**
* write_openpgp_stream - Reads a stream of OpenPGP packets.