parse

fun Asn1Element.Companion.parse(source: Source, limit: Long): Asn1Element(source)

Parses an ASN.1 element from the given source with the specified size limit.

Return

The parsed ASN.1 element.

Parameters

source

The data source from which the ASN.1 element will be read.

limit

The maximum allowed total number of encoded DER bytes to consume. This limit is enforced before reading or peeking from the underlying source.

Throws

if the input does not parse or if it exceeds the specified limit. This includes length encoding indicating a length greater than limit, even if this is malformed and exceeds the number of bytes left in the source.