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+//**********************************************************************;
+// Copyright (c) 2017, Intel Corporation
+// All rights reserved.
+//
+// Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
+// modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met:
+//
+// 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright notice,
+// this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
+//
+// 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright notice,
+// this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the documentation
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+//
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+//
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+// ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF
+// THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
+//**********************************************************************;
+#ifndef FILES_H
+#define FILES_H
+
+#include <stdbool.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+
+#include <sapi/tpm20.h>
+
+/**
+ * Reads a series of bytes from a file as a byte array. This is similar to files_read_bytes(),
+ * but opens and closes the FILE for the caller. Size is both an input and output value where
+ * the size value is the max buffer size on call and the returned size is how much was read.
+ *
+ * This interface could be cleaned up in a later revision.
+ * @param path
+ *  The path to the file to open.
+ * @param buf
+ *  The buffer to read the data into
+ * @param size
+ *  The max size of the buffer on call, and the size of the data read on return.
+ * @return
+ *  True on success, false otherwise.
+ */
+bool files_load_bytes_from_path(const char *path, UINT8 *buf, UINT16 *size);
+
+/**
+ * Loads data from a file path or stdin enforcing an upper bound on size.
+ * @param path
+ *  The path to load data from, NULL means stdin.
+ * @param size
+ *  The maximum size.
+ * @param buf
+ *  The buffer to write the data into.
+ * @return
+ *  True on success or false otherwise.
+ */
+bool files_load_bytes_from_file_or_stdin(const char *path, UINT16 *size, BYTE *buf);
+
+/**
+ * Similar to files_write_bytes(), in that it writes an array of bytes to disk,
+ * but this routine opens and closes the file on the callers behalf.
+ * @param path
+ *  The path to the file to write the data to.
+ * @param buf
+ *  The buffer of data to write
+ * @param size
+ *  The size of the data to write in bytes.
+ * @return
+ *  True on success, false otherwise.
+ */
+bool files_save_bytes_to_file(const char *path, UINT8 *buf, UINT16 size);
+
+/**
+ * Saves the TPM context for an object handle to disk by calling Tss2_Sys_ContextSave() and serializing the
+ * resulting TPMS_CONTEXT structure to disk.
+ * @param sapi_context
+ *  The system api context
+ * @param handle
+ *  The object handle for the object to save.
+ * @param path
+ *  The output path of the file.
+ *
+ * @return
+ *  True on success, False on error.
+ */
+bool files_save_tpm_context_to_path(TSS2_SYS_CONTEXT *sapi_context, TPM2_HANDLE handle, const char *path);
+
+/**
+ * Like files_save_tpm_context_to_path() but saves a tpm session to a FILE stream.
+ * @param sapi_context
+ *  The system api context
+ * @param handle
+ *  The object handle for the object to save.
+ * @param stream
+ *  The FILE stream to save too.
+ * @return
+ *  True on success, False on error.
+ */
+bool files_save_tpm_context_to_file(TSS2_SYS_CONTEXT *sapi_context, TPM2_HANDLE handle,
+        FILE *stream);
+
+/**
+ * Loads a TPM object context from disk.
+ * @param sapi_context
+ *  The system API context
+ * @param handle
+ *  The object handle that was saved.
+ * @param path
+ *  The path to the input file.
+ * @return
+ *  True on Success, false on error.
+ */
+bool files_load_tpm_context_from_path(TSS2_SYS_CONTEXT *sapi_context, TPM2_HANDLE *handle, const char *path);
+
+/**
+ * Like files_load_tpm_context_from_path() but loads the context from a FILE stream.
+ * @param sapi_context
+ *  The system API context
+ * @param handle
+ *  The object handle that was saved.
+ * @param stream
+ *  The FILE stream to read from.
+ * @return
+ *  True on success, False on error.
+ */
+bool files_load_tpm_context_from_file(TSS2_SYS_CONTEXT *sapi_context,
+        TPM2_HANDLE *handle, FILE *stream);
+
+/**
+ * Serializes a TPM2B_PUBLIC to the file path provided.
+ * @param public
+ *  The TPM2B_PUBLIC to save to disk.
+ * @param path
+ *  The path to save to.
+ * @return
+ *  true on success, false on error.
+ */
+bool files_save_public(TPM2B_PUBLIC *public, const char *path);
+
+/**
+ * Loads a TPM2B_PUBLIC from disk that was saved with files_save_pubkey()
+ * @param path
+ *  The path to load from.
+ * @param public
+ *  The TPM2B_PUBLIC to load.
+ * @return
+ *  true on success, false on error.
+ */
+bool files_load_public(const char *path, TPM2B_PUBLIC *public);
+
+/**
+ * Serializes a TPMT_SIGNATURE to the file path provided.
+ * @param signature
+ *  The TPMT_SIGNATURE to save to disk.
+ * @param path
+ *  The path to save to.
+ * @return
+ *  true on success, false on error.
+ */
+bool files_save_signature(TPMT_SIGNATURE *signature, const char *path);
+
+/**
+ * Loads a TPMT_SIGNATURE from disk that was saved with files_save_signature()
+ * @param path
+ *  The path to load from.
+ * @param signature
+ *  The TPMT_SIGNATURE to load.
+ * @return
+ *  true on success, false on error.
+ */
+bool files_load_signature(const char *path, TPMT_SIGNATURE *signature);
+
+/**
+ * Serializes a TPMT_TK_VERIFIED to the file path provided.
+ * @param signature
+ *  The TPMT_SIGNATURE to save to disk.
+ * @param path
+ *  The path to save to.
+ * @return
+ *  true on success, false on error.
+ */
+bool files_save_ticket(TPMT_TK_VERIFIED *ticket, const char *path);
+
+/**
+ * Loads a TPMT_TK_VERIFIED from disk that was saved with files_save_ticket()
+ * @param path
+ *  The path to load from.
+ * @param signature
+ *  The TPMT_TK_VERIFIED to load.
+ * @return
+ *  true on success, false on error.
+ */
+bool files_load_ticket(const char *path, TPMT_TK_VERIFIED *ticket);
+
+/**
+ * Loads a TPM2B_SENSITIVE from disk.
+ * @param path
+ *  The path to load from.
+ * @param signature
+ *  The TPM2B_SENSITIVE to load.
+ * @return
+ *  true on success, false on error.
+ */
+bool files_load_sensitive(const char *path, TPM2B_SENSITIVE *sensitive);
+
+/**
+ * Serializes a TPMT_TK_HASHCHECK to the file path provided.
+ * @param validation
+ *  The TPMT_TK_HASHCHECK to save to disk.
+ * @param path
+ *  The path to save to.
+ * @return
+ *  true on success, false on error.
+ */
+bool files_save_validation(TPMT_TK_HASHCHECK *validation, const char *path);
+
+/**
+ * Loads a TPMT_TK_HASHCHECK from disk.
+ * @param path
+ *  The path to load from.
+ * @param validation
+ *  The TPMT_TK_HASHCHECK to load.
+ * @return
+ *  true on success, false on error.
+ */
+bool files_load_validation(const char *path, TPMT_TK_HASHCHECK *validation);
+
+/**
+ * Checks a file for existence.
+ * @param path
+ *  The file to check for existence.
+ * @return
+ * true if a file exists with read permissions, false if it doesn't exist or an error occurs.
+ *
+ */
+bool files_does_file_exist(const char *path);
+
+/**
+ * Retrieves a files size given a file path.
+ * @param path
+ *  The path of the file to retreive the size of.
+ * @param file_size
+ *  A pointer to an unsigned long to return the file size. The
+ *  pointed to value is valid only on a true return.
+ *
+ * @return
+ *  True for success or False for error.
+ */
+bool files_get_file_size_path(const char *path, unsigned long *file_size);
+
+/**
+ * Similar to files_get_file_size_path(), but uses an already opened FILE object.
+ * @param fp
+ *  The file pointer to query the size of.
+ * @param file_size
+ *  Output of the file size.
+ * @param path
+ *  An optional path used for error reporting, a NULL path disables error logging.
+ * @return
+ *  True on success, False otherwise.
+ */
+bool files_get_file_size(FILE *fp, unsigned long *file_size, const char *path);
+
+/**
+ * Writes a TPM2.0 header to a file.
+ * @param f
+ *  The file to write to.
+ * @param version
+ *  The version number of the format of the file.
+ * @return
+ *  True on success, false on error.
+ */
+bool files_write_header(FILE *f, UINT32 version);
+
+/**
+ * Reads a TPM2.0 header from a file.
+ * @param f
+ *  The file to read.
+ * @param version
+ *  The version that was found.
+ * @return
+ *  True on Success, False on error.
+ */
+bool files_read_header(FILE *f, UINT32 *version);
+
+/**
+ * Writes a 16 bit value to the file in big endian, converting
+ * if needed.
+ * @param out
+ *  The file to write.
+ * @param data
+ *  The 16 bit value to write.
+ * @return
+ *  True on success, False on error.
+ */
+bool files_write_16(FILE *out, UINT16 data);
+
+/**
+ * Same as files_write_16 but for 32 bit values.
+ */
+bool files_write_32(FILE *out, UINT32 data);
+
+/**
+ * Same as files_write_16 but for 64 bit values.
+ */
+bool files_write_64(FILE *out, UINT64 data);
+
+/**
+ * Writes a byte array out to a file.
+ * @param out
+ *  The file to write to.
+ * @param data
+ *  The data to write.
+ * @param size
+ *  The size of the data to write in bytes.
+ * @return
+ *  True on success, False otherwise.
+ */
+bool files_write_bytes(FILE *out, UINT8 data[], size_t size);
+
+/**
+ * Reads a 16 bit value from a file converting from big endian to host
+ * endianess.
+ * @param out
+ *  The file to read from.
+ * @param data
+ *  The data that is read, valid on a true return.
+ * @return
+ *  True on success, False on error.
+ */
+bool files_read_16(FILE *out, UINT16 *data);
+
+/**
+ * Same as files_read_16 but for 32 bit values.
+ */
+bool files_read_32(FILE *out, UINT32 *data);
+
+/**
+ * Same as files_read_16 but for 64 bit values.
+ */
+bool files_read_64(FILE *out, UINT64 *data);
+
+/**
+ * Reads len bytes from a file.
+ * @param out
+ *  The file to read from.
+ * @param data
+ *  The buffer to read into, only valid on a True return.
+ * @param size
+ *  The number of bytes to read.
+ * @return
+ *  True on success, False otherwise.
+ */
+bool files_read_bytes(FILE *out, UINT8 data[], size_t size);
+
+#endif /* FILES_H */