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Jean-Paul Calderone7fd9c562011-08-14 18:19:17 -0400483.1.8 X509Extension objects
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Jean-Paul Calderone6c1d4f92009-03-07 09:10:30 -050052X509Extension objects have several methods:
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Jean-Paul Calderone78caacc2011-04-07 15:41:56 -040055<dl><dt><b><a name='l2h-99'><tt class='method'>get_critical</tt></a></b>()
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57Return the critical field of the extension object.
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Jean-Paul Calderone78caacc2011-04-07 15:41:56 -040061<dl><dt><b><a name='l2h-100'><tt class='method'>get_short_name</tt></a></b>()
Jean-Paul Calderone6c1d4f92009-03-07 09:10:30 -050062<dd>
Jean-Paul Calderone7fd9c562011-08-14 18:19:17 -040063Retrieve the short descriptive name for this extension.
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75Retrieve the data for this extension.
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78The result is the ASN.1 encoded form of the extension data as a byte string.
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