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+/**********************************************************************
+ * Copyright (c) 2014, 2015 Pieter Wuille                             *
+ * Distributed under the MIT software license, see the accompanying   *
+ * file COPYING or http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php.*
+ **********************************************************************/
+
+/****
+ * Please do not link this file directly. It is not part of the libsecp256k1
+ * project and does not promise any stability in its API, functionality or
+ * presence. Projects which use this code should instead copy this header
+ * and its accompanying .c file directly into their codebase.
+ ****/
+
+/* This file contains code snippets that parse DER private keys with
+ * various errors and violations.  This is not a part of the library
+ * itself, because the allowed violations are chosen arbitrarily and
+ * do not follow or establish any standard.
+ *
+ * It also contains code to serialize private keys in a compatible
+ * manner.
+ *
+ * These functions are meant for compatibility with applications
+ * that require BER encoded keys. When working with secp256k1-specific
+ * code, the simple 32-byte private keys normally used by the
+ * library are sufficient.
+ */
+
+#ifndef _SECP256K1_CONTRIB_BER_PRIVATEKEY_H_
+#define _SECP256K1_CONTRIB_BER_PRIVATEKEY_H_
+
+#include <secp256k1.h>
+
+# ifdef __cplusplus
+extern "C" {
+# endif
+
+/** Export a private key in DER format.
+ *
+ *  Returns: 1 if the private key was valid.
+ *  Args: ctx:        pointer to a context object, initialized for signing (cannot
+ *                    be NULL)
+ *  Out: privkey:     pointer to an array for storing the private key in BER.
+ *                    Should have space for 279 bytes, and cannot be NULL.
+ *       privkeylen:  Pointer to an int where the length of the private key in
+ *                    privkey will be stored.
+ *  In:  seckey:      pointer to a 32-byte secret key to export.
+ *       compressed:  1 if the key should be exported in
+ *                    compressed format, 0 otherwise
+ *
+ *  This function is purely meant for compatibility with applications that
+ *  require BER encoded keys. When working with secp256k1-specific code, the
+ *  simple 32-byte private keys are sufficient.
+ *
+ *  Note that this function does not guarantee correct DER output. It is
+ *  guaranteed to be parsable by secp256k1_ec_privkey_import_der
+ */
+SECP256K1_WARN_UNUSED_RESULT int ec_privkey_export_der(
+    const secp256k1_context* ctx,
+    unsigned char *privkey,
+    size_t *privkeylen,
+    const unsigned char *seckey,
+    int compressed
+) SECP256K1_ARG_NONNULL(1) SECP256K1_ARG_NONNULL(2) SECP256K1_ARG_NONNULL(3) SECP256K1_ARG_NONNULL(4);
+
+/** Import a private key in DER format.
+ * Returns: 1 if a private key was extracted.
+ * Args: ctx:        pointer to a context object (cannot be NULL).
+ * Out:  seckey:     pointer to a 32-byte array for storing the private key.
+ *                   (cannot be NULL).
+ * In:   privkey:    pointer to a private key in DER format (cannot be NULL).
+ *       privkeylen: length of the DER private key pointed to be privkey.
+ *
+ * This function will accept more than just strict DER, and even allow some BER
+ * violations. The public key stored inside the DER-encoded private key is not
+ * verified for correctness, nor are the curve parameters. Use this function
+ * only if you know in advance it is supposed to contain a secp256k1 private
+ * key.
+ */
+SECP256K1_WARN_UNUSED_RESULT int ec_privkey_import_der(
+    const secp256k1_context* ctx,
+    unsigned char *seckey,
+    const unsigned char *privkey,
+    size_t privkeylen
+) SECP256K1_ARG_NONNULL(1) SECP256K1_ARG_NONNULL(2) SECP256K1_ARG_NONNULL(3);
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+}
+#endif
+
+#endif