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+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2002 Ueli Galizzi, Ariane Seiler
+ * Copyright (C) 2003 Martin Berner, Lukas Suter
+ * Copyright (C) 2002-2008 Andreas Steffen
+ *
+ * Hochschule fuer Technik Rapperswil
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+ * under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the
+ * Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your
+ * option) any later version.  See <http://www.fsf.org/copyleft/gpl.txt>.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
+ * WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY
+ * or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License
+ * for more details.
+ *
+ * $Id: ac.h 3300 2007-10-12 21:53:18Z andreas $
+ */
+
+#include <library.h>
+#include <debug.h>
+#include <asn1/pem.h>
+
+#include "ac.h"
+
+/*
+ * Defined in header.
+ */
+ac_t* ac_create_from_file(char *path)
+{
+	ac_t *ac;
+	bool pgp = FALSE;
+	chunk_t chunk;
+	
+	if (!pem_asn1_load_file(path, NULL, &chunk, &pgp))
+	{
+		DBG1("  could not load attr cert file '%s'", path);
+		return NULL;
+	}
+/*	ac = (ac_t*)lib->creds->create(lib->creds,
+								   CRED_CERTIFICATE, CERT_X509_AC,
+								   BUILD_BLOB_ASN1_DER, chunk, BUILD_END);
+*/
+	ac = NULL;
+	if (ac == NULL)
+	{
+		DBG1("  could not parse loaded attr cert file '%s'", path);
+		return NULL;
+	}
+	DBG1("  loaded attr cert file '%s'", path);
+	return ac;
+}
+
+