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 // Copyright 2009 The Go Authors. All rights reserved.
 // Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style
 // license that can be found in the LICENSE file.

 package asn1

 import (
 	"big"
 	"bytes"
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
 	"os"
 	"reflect"
 	"time"
 )

 // A forkableWriter is an in-memory buffer that can be
 // 'forked' to create new forkableWriters that bracket the
 // original.  After
 //    pre, post := w.fork();
 // the overall sequence of bytes represented is logically w+pre+post.
 type forkableWriter struct {
 	*bytes.Buffer
 	pre, post *forkableWriter
 }

 func newForkableWriter() *forkableWriter {
 	return &forkableWriter{bytes.NewBuffer(nil), nil, nil}
 }

 func (f *forkableWriter) fork() (pre, post *forkableWriter) {
 	if f.pre != nil || f.post != nil {
 		panic("have already forked")
 	}
 	f.pre = newForkableWriter()
 	f.post = newForkableWriter()
 	return f.pre, f.post
 }

 func (f *forkableWriter) Len() (l int) {
 	l += f.Buffer.Len()
 	if f.pre != nil {
 		l += f.pre.Len()
 	}
 	if f.post != nil {
 		l += f.post.Len()
 	}
 	return
 }

 func (f *forkableWriter) writeTo(out io.Writer) (n int, err os.Error) {
 	n, err = out.Write(f.Bytes())
 	if err != nil {
 		return
 	}

 	var nn int

 	if f.pre != nil {
 		nn, err = f.pre.writeTo(out)
 		n += nn
 		if err != nil {
 			return
 		}
 	}

 	if f.post != nil {
 		nn, err = f.post.writeTo(out)
 		n += nn
 	}
 	return
 }

 func marshalBase128Int(out *forkableWriter, n int64) (err os.Error) {
 	if n == 0 {
 		err = out.WriteByte(0)
 		return
 	}

 	l := 0
 	for i := n; i > 0; i >>= 7 {
 		l++
 	}

 	for i := l - 1; i >= 0; i-- {
 		o := byte(n >> uint(i*7))
 		o &= 0x7f
 		if i != 0 {
 			o |= 0x80
 		}
 		err = out.WriteByte(o)
 		if err != nil {
 			return
 		}
 	}

 	return nil
 }

 func marshalInt64(out *forkableWriter, i int64) (err os.Error) {
 	n := int64Length(i)

 	for ; n > 0; n-- {
 		err = out.WriteByte(byte(i >> uint((n-1)*8)))
 		if err != nil {
 			return
 		}
 	}

 	return nil
 }

 func int64Length(i int64) (numBytes int) {
 	numBytes = 1

 	for i > 127 {
 		numBytes++
 		i >>= 8
 	}

 	for i < -128 {
 		numBytes++
 		i >>= 8
 	}

 	return
 }

 func marshalBigInt(out *forkableWriter, n *big.Int) (err os.Error) {
 	if n.Sign() < 0 {
 		// A negative number has to be converted to two's-complement
 		// form. So we'll subtract 1 and invert. If the
 		// most-significant-bit isn't set then we'll need to pad the
 		// beginning with 0xff in order to keep the number negative.
 		nMinus1 := new(big.Int).Neg(n)
 		nMinus1.Sub(nMinus1, bigOne)
 		bytes := nMinus1.Bytes()
 		for i := range bytes {
 			bytes[i] ^= 0xff
 		}
 		if len(bytes) == 0 || bytes[0]&0x80 == 0 {
 			err = out.WriteByte(0xff)
 			if err != nil {
 				return
 			}
 		}
 		_, err = out.Write(bytes)
 	} else if n.Sign() == 0 {
 		// Zero is written as a single 0 zero rather than no bytes.
 		err = out.WriteByte(0x00)
 	} else {
 		bytes := n.Bytes()
 		if len(bytes) > 0 && bytes[0]&0x80 != 0 {
 			// We'll have to pad this with 0x00 in order to stop it
 			// looking like a negative number.
 			err = out.WriteByte(0)
 			if err != nil {
 				return
 			}
 		}
 		_, err = out.Write(bytes)
 	}
 	return
 }

 func marshalLength(out *forkableWriter, i int) (err os.Error) {
 	n := lengthLength(i)

 	for ; n > 0; n-- {
 		err = out.WriteByte(byte(i >> uint((n-1)*8)))
 		if err != nil {
 			return
 		}
 	}

 	return nil
 }

 func lengthLength(i int) (numBytes int) {
 	numBytes = 1
 	for i > 255 {
 		numBytes++
 		i >>= 8
 	}
 	return
 }

 func marshalTagAndLength(out *forkableWriter, t tagAndLength) (err os.Error) {
 	b := uint8(t.class) << 6
 	if t.isCompound {
 		b |= 0x20
 	}
 	if t.tag >= 31 {
 		b |= 0x1f
 		err = out.WriteByte(b)
 		if err != nil {
 			return
 		}
 		err = marshalBase128Int(out, int64(t.tag))
 		if err != nil {
 			return
 		}
 	} else {
 		b |= uint8(t.tag)
 		err = out.WriteByte(b)
 		if err != nil {
 			return
 		}
 	}

 	if t.length >= 128 {
 		l := lengthLength(t.length)
 		err = out.WriteByte(0x80 | byte(l))
 		if err != nil {
 			return
 		}
 		err = marshalLength(out, t.length)
 		if err != nil {
 			return
 		}
 	} else {
 		err = out.WriteByte(byte(t.length))
 		if err != nil {
 			return
 		}
 	}

 	return nil
 }

 func marshalBitString(out *forkableWriter, b BitString) (err os.Error) {
 	paddingBits := byte((8 - b.BitLength%8) % 8)
 	err = out.WriteByte(paddingBits)
 	if err != nil {
 		return
 	}
 	_, err = out.Write(b.Bytes)
 	return
 }

 func marshalObjectIdentifier(out *forkableWriter, oid []int) (err os.Error) {
 	if len(oid) < 2 || oid[0] > 6 || oid[1] >= 40 {
 		return StructuralError{"invalid object identifier"}
 	}

 	err = out.WriteByte(byte(oid[0]*40 + oid[1]))
 	if err != nil {
 		return
 	}
 	for i := 2; i < len(oid); i++ {
 		err = marshalBase128Int(out, int64(oid[i]))
 		if err != nil {
 			return
 		}
 	}

 	return
 }

 func marshalPrintableString(out *forkableWriter, s string) (err os.Error) {
 	b := []byte(s)
 	for _, c := range b {
 		if !isPrintable(c) {
 			return StructuralError{"PrintableString contains invalid character"}
 		}
 	}

 	_, err = out.Write(b)
 	return
 }

 func marshalIA5String(out *forkableWriter, s string) (err os.Error) {
 	b := []byte(s)
 	for _, c := range b {
 		if c > 127 {
 			return StructuralError{"IA5String contains invalid character"}
 		}
 	}

 	_, err = out.Write(b)
 	return
 }

 func marshalTwoDigits(out *forkableWriter, v int) (err os.Error) {
 	err = out.WriteByte(byte('0' + (v/10)%10))
 	if err != nil {
 		return
 	}
 	return out.WriteByte(byte('0' + v%10))
 }

 func marshalUTCTime(out *forkableWriter, t *time.Time) (err os.Error) {
 	switch {
 	case 1950 <= t.Year && t.Year < 2000:
 		err = marshalTwoDigits(out, int(t.Year-1900))
 	case 2000 <= t.Year && t.Year < 2050:
 		err = marshalTwoDigits(out, int(t.Year-2000))
 	default:
 		return StructuralError{"Cannot represent time as UTCTime"}
 	}

 	if err != nil {
 		return
 	}

 	err = marshalTwoDigits(out, t.Month)
 	if err != nil {
 		return
 	}

 	err = marshalTwoDigits(out, t.Day)
 	if err != nil {
 		return
 	}

 	err = marshalTwoDigits(out, t.Hour)
 	if err != nil {
 		return
 	}

 	err = marshalTwoDigits(out, t.Minute)
 	if err != nil {
 		return
 	}

 	err = marshalTwoDigits(out, t.Second)
 	if err != nil {
 		return
 	}

 	switch {
 	case t.ZoneOffset/60 == 0:
 		err = out.WriteByte('Z')
 		return
 	case t.ZoneOffset > 0:
 		err = out.WriteByte('+')
 	case t.ZoneOffset < 0:
 		err = out.WriteByte('-')
 	}

 	if err != nil {
 		return
 	}

 	offsetMinutes := t.ZoneOffset / 60
 	if offsetMinutes < 0 {
 		offsetMinutes = -offsetMinutes
 	}

 	err = marshalTwoDigits(out, offsetMinutes/60)
 	if err != nil {
 		return
 	}

 	err = marshalTwoDigits(out, offsetMinutes%60)
 	return
 }

 func stripTagAndLength(in []byte) []byte {
 	_, offset, err := parseTagAndLength(in, 0)
 	if err != nil {
 		return in
 	}
 	return in[offset:]
 }

 func marshalBody(out *forkableWriter, value reflect.Value, params fieldParameters) (err os.Error) {
 	switch value.Type() {
 	case timeType:
 		return marshalUTCTime(out, value.Interface().(*time.Time))
 	case bitStringType:
 		return marshalBitString(out, value.Interface().(BitString))
 	case objectIdentifierType:
 		return marshalObjectIdentifier(out, value.Interface().(ObjectIdentifier))
 	case bigIntType:
 		return marshalBigInt(out, value.Interface().(*big.Int))
 	}

 	switch v := value; v.Kind() {
 	case reflect.Bool:
 		if v.Bool() {
 			return out.WriteByte(255)
 		} else {
 			return out.WriteByte(0)
 		}
 	case reflect.Int, reflect.Int8, reflect.Int16, reflect.Int32, reflect.Int64:
 		return marshalInt64(out, int64(v.Int()))
 	case reflect.Struct:
 		t := v.Type()

 		startingField := 0

 		// If the first element of the structure is a non-empty
 		// RawContents, then we don't bother serializing the rest.
 		if t.NumField() > 0 && t.Field(0).Type == rawContentsType {
 			s := v.Field(0)
 			if s.Len() > 0 {
 				bytes := make([]byte, s.Len())
 				for i := 0; i < s.Len(); i++ {
 					bytes[i] = uint8(s.Index(i).Uint())
 				}
 				/* The RawContents will contain the tag and
 				 * length fields but we'll also be writing
 				 * those ourselves, so we strip them out of
 				 * bytes */
 				_, err = out.Write(stripTagAndLength(bytes))
 				return
 			} else {
 				startingField = 1
 			}
 		}

 		for i := startingField; i < t.NumField(); i++ {
 			var pre *forkableWriter
 			pre, out = out.fork()
 			err = marshalField(pre, v.Field(i), parseFieldParameters(t.Field(i).Tag.Get("asn1")))
 			if err != nil {
 				return
 			}
 		}
 		return
 	case reflect.Slice:
 		sliceType := v.Type()
 		if sliceType.Elem().Kind() == reflect.Uint8 {
 			bytes := make([]byte, v.Len())
 			for i := 0; i < v.Len(); i++ {
 				bytes[i] = uint8(v.Index(i).Uint())
 			}
 			_, err = out.Write(bytes)
 			return
 		}

 		var params fieldParameters
 		for i := 0; i < v.Len(); i++ {
 			var pre *forkableWriter
 			pre, out = out.fork()
 			err = marshalField(pre, v.Index(i), params)
 			if err != nil {
 				return
 			}
 		}
 		return
 	case reflect.String:
 		if params.stringType == tagIA5String {
 			return marshalIA5String(out, v.String())
 		} else {
 			return marshalPrintableString(out, v.String())
 		}
 		return
 	}

 	return StructuralError{"unknown Go type"}
 }

 func marshalField(out *forkableWriter, v reflect.Value, params fieldParameters) (err os.Error) {
 	// If the field is an interface{} then recurse into it.
 	if v.Kind() == reflect.Interface && v.Type().NumMethod() == 0 {
 		return marshalField(out, v.Elem(), params)
 	}

 	if params.optional && reflect.DeepEqual(v.Interface(), reflect.Zero(v.Type()).Interface()) {
 		return
 	}

 	if v.Type() == rawValueType {
 		rv := v.Interface().(RawValue)
 		if len(rv.FullBytes) != 0 {
 			_, err = out.Write(rv.FullBytes)
 		} else {
 			err = marshalTagAndLength(out, tagAndLength{rv.Class, rv.Tag, len(rv.Bytes), rv.IsCompound})
 			if err != nil {
 				return
 			}
 			_, err = out.Write(rv.Bytes)
 		}
 		return
 	}

 	tag, isCompound, ok := getUniversalType(v.Type())
 	if !ok {
 		err = StructuralError{fmt.Sprintf("unknown Go type: %v", v.Type())}
 		return
 	}
 	class := classUniversal

 	if params.stringType != 0 {
 		if tag != tagPrintableString {
 			return StructuralError{"Explicit string type given to non-string member"}
 		}
 		tag = params.stringType
 	}

 	if params.set {
 		if tag != tagSequence {
 			return StructuralError{"Non sequence tagged as set"}
 		}
 		tag = tagSet
 	}

 	tags, body := out.fork()

 	err = marshalBody(body, v, params)
 	if err != nil {
 		return
 	}

 	bodyLen := body.Len()

 	var explicitTag *forkableWriter
 	if params.explicit {
 		explicitTag, tags = tags.fork()
 	}

 	if !params.explicit && params.tag != nil {
 		// implicit tag.
 		tag = *params.tag
 		class = classContextSpecific
 	}

 	err = marshalTagAndLength(tags, tagAndLength{class, tag, bodyLen, isCompound})
 	if err != nil {
 		return
 	}

 	if params.explicit {
 		err = marshalTagAndLength(explicitTag, tagAndLength{
 			class:      classContextSpecific,
 			tag:        *params.tag,
 			length:     bodyLen + tags.Len(),
 			isCompound: true,
 		})
 	}

 	return nil
 }

 // Marshal returns the ASN.1 encoding of val.
 func Marshal(val interface{}) ([]byte, os.Error) {
 	var out bytes.Buffer
 	v := reflect.ValueOf(val)
 	f := newForkableWriter()
 	err := marshalField(f, v, fieldParameters{})
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 	_, err = f.writeTo(&out)
 	return out.Bytes(), nil
 }
	// Copyright 2009 The Go Authors. All rights reserved.
	// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style
	// license that can be found in the LICENSE file.

	package asn1

	import (
	"big"
	"bytes"
	"fmt"
	"io"
	"os"
	"reflect"
	"time"
	)

	// A forkableWriter is an in-memory buffer that can be
	// 'forked' to create new forkableWriters that bracket the
	// original. After
	// pre, post := w.fork();
	// the overall sequence of bytes represented is logically w+pre+post.
	type forkableWriter struct {
	*bytes.Buffer
	pre, post *forkableWriter
	}

	func newForkableWriter() *forkableWriter {
	return &forkableWriter{bytes.NewBuffer(nil), nil, nil}
	}

	func (f forkableWriter) fork() (pre, post forkableWriter) {
	if f.pre != nil \|\| f.post != nil {
	panic("have already forked")
	}
	f.pre = newForkableWriter()
	f.post = newForkableWriter()
	return f.pre, f.post
	}

	func (f *forkableWriter) Len() (l int) {
	l += f.Buffer.Len()
	if f.pre != nil {
	l += f.pre.Len()
	}
	if f.post != nil {
	l += f.post.Len()
	}
	return
	}

	func (f *forkableWriter) writeTo(out io.Writer) (n int, err os.Error) {
	n, err = out.Write(f.Bytes())
	if err != nil {
	return
	}

	var nn int

	if f.pre != nil {
	nn, err = f.pre.writeTo(out)
	n += nn
	if err != nil {
	return
	}
	}

	if f.post != nil {
	nn, err = f.post.writeTo(out)
	n += nn
	}
	return
	}

	func marshalBase128Int(out *forkableWriter, n int64) (err os.Error) {
	if n == 0 {
	err = out.WriteByte(0)
	return
	}

	l := 0
	for i := n; i > 0; i >>= 7 {
	l++
	}

	for i := l - 1; i >= 0; i-- {
	o := byte(n >> uint(i*7))
	o &= 0x7f
	if i != 0 {
	o \|= 0x80
	}
	err = out.WriteByte(o)
	if err != nil {
	return
	}
	}

	return nil
	}

	func marshalInt64(out *forkableWriter, i int64) (err os.Error) {
	n := int64Length(i)

	for ; n > 0; n-- {
	err = out.WriteByte(byte(i >> uint((n-1)*8)))
	if err != nil {
	return
	}
	}

	return nil
	}

	func int64Length(i int64) (numBytes int) {
	numBytes = 1

	for i > 127 {
	numBytes++
	i >>= 8
	}

	for i < -128 {
	numBytes++
	i >>= 8
	}

	return
	}

	func marshalBigInt(out forkableWriter, n big.Int) (err os.Error) {
	if n.Sign() < 0 {
	// A negative number has to be converted to two's-complement
	// form. So we'll subtract 1 and invert. If the
	// most-significant-bit isn't set then we'll need to pad the
	// beginning with 0xff in order to keep the number negative.
	nMinus1 := new(big.Int).Neg(n)
	nMinus1.Sub(nMinus1, bigOne)
	bytes := nMinus1.Bytes()
	for i := range bytes {
	bytes[i] ^= 0xff
	}
	if len(bytes) == 0 \|\| bytes[0]&0x80 == 0 {
	err = out.WriteByte(0xff)
	if err != nil {
	return
	}
	}
	_, err = out.Write(bytes)
	} else if n.Sign() == 0 {
	// Zero is written as a single 0 zero rather than no bytes.
	err = out.WriteByte(0x00)
	} else {
	bytes := n.Bytes()
	if len(bytes) > 0 && bytes[0]&0x80 != 0 {
	// We'll have to pad this with 0x00 in order to stop it
	// looking like a negative number.
	err = out.WriteByte(0)
	if err != nil {
	return
	}
	}
	_, err = out.Write(bytes)
	}
	return
	}

	func marshalLength(out *forkableWriter, i int) (err os.Error) {
	n := lengthLength(i)

	for ; n > 0; n-- {
	err = out.WriteByte(byte(i >> uint((n-1)*8)))
	if err != nil {
	return
	}
	}

	return nil
	}

	func lengthLength(i int) (numBytes int) {
	numBytes = 1
	for i > 255 {
	numBytes++
	i >>= 8
	}
	return
	}

	func marshalTagAndLength(out *forkableWriter, t tagAndLength) (err os.Error) {
	b := uint8(t.class) << 6
	if t.isCompound {
	b \|= 0x20
	}
	if t.tag >= 31 {
	b \|= 0x1f
	err = out.WriteByte(b)
	if err != nil {
	return
	}
	err = marshalBase128Int(out, int64(t.tag))
	if err != nil {
	return
	}
	} else {
	b \|= uint8(t.tag)
	err = out.WriteByte(b)
	if err != nil {
	return
	}
	}

	if t.length >= 128 {
	l := lengthLength(t.length)
	err = out.WriteByte(0x80 \| byte(l))
	if err != nil {
	return
	}
	err = marshalLength(out, t.length)
	if err != nil {
	return
	}
	} else {
	err = out.WriteByte(byte(t.length))
	if err != nil {
	return
	}
	}

	return nil
	}

	func marshalBitString(out *forkableWriter, b BitString) (err os.Error) {
	paddingBits := byte((8 - b.BitLength%8) % 8)
	err = out.WriteByte(paddingBits)
	if err != nil {
	return
	}
	_, err = out.Write(b.Bytes)
	return
	}

	func marshalObjectIdentifier(out *forkableWriter, oid []int) (err os.Error) {
	if len(oid) < 2 \|\| oid[0] > 6 \|\| oid[1] >= 40 {
	return StructuralError{"invalid object identifier"}
	}

	err = out.WriteByte(byte(oid[0]*40 + oid[1]))
	if err != nil {
	return
	}
	for i := 2; i < len(oid); i++ {
	err = marshalBase128Int(out, int64(oid[i]))
	if err != nil {
	return
	}
	}

	return
	}

	func marshalPrintableString(out *forkableWriter, s string) (err os.Error) {
	b := []byte(s)
	for _, c := range b {
	if !isPrintable(c) {
	return StructuralError{"PrintableString contains invalid character"}
	}
	}

	_, err = out.Write(b)
	return
	}

	func marshalIA5String(out *forkableWriter, s string) (err os.Error) {
	b := []byte(s)
	for _, c := range b {
	if c > 127 {
	return StructuralError{"IA5String contains invalid character"}
	}
	}

	_, err = out.Write(b)
	return
	}

	func marshalTwoDigits(out *forkableWriter, v int) (err os.Error) {
	err = out.WriteByte(byte('0' + (v/10)%10))
	if err != nil {
	return
	}
	return out.WriteByte(byte('0' + v%10))
	}

	func marshalUTCTime(out forkableWriter, t time.Time) (err os.Error) {
	switch {
	case 1950 <= t.Year && t.Year < 2000:
	err = marshalTwoDigits(out, int(t.Year-1900))
	case 2000 <= t.Year && t.Year < 2050:
	err = marshalTwoDigits(out, int(t.Year-2000))
	default:
	return StructuralError{"Cannot represent time as UTCTime"}
	}

	if err != nil {
	return
	}

	err = marshalTwoDigits(out, t.Month)
	if err != nil {
	return
	}

	err = marshalTwoDigits(out, t.Day)
	if err != nil {
	return
	}

	err = marshalTwoDigits(out, t.Hour)
	if err != nil {
	return
	}

	err = marshalTwoDigits(out, t.Minute)
	if err != nil {
	return
	}

	err = marshalTwoDigits(out, t.Second)
	if err != nil {
	return
	}

	switch {
	case t.ZoneOffset/60 == 0:
	err = out.WriteByte('Z')
	return
	case t.ZoneOffset > 0:
	err = out.WriteByte('+')
	case t.ZoneOffset < 0:
	err = out.WriteByte('-')
	}

	if err != nil {
	return
	}

	offsetMinutes := t.ZoneOffset / 60
	if offsetMinutes < 0 {
	offsetMinutes = -offsetMinutes
	}

	err = marshalTwoDigits(out, offsetMinutes/60)
	if err != nil {
	return
	}

	err = marshalTwoDigits(out, offsetMinutes%60)
	return
	}

	func stripTagAndLength(in []byte) []byte {
	_, offset, err := parseTagAndLength(in, 0)
	if err != nil {
	return in
	}
	return in[offset:]
	}

	func marshalBody(out *forkableWriter, value reflect.Value, params fieldParameters) (err os.Error) {
	switch value.Type() {
	case timeType:
	return marshalUTCTime(out, value.Interface().(*time.Time))
	case bitStringType:
	return marshalBitString(out, value.Interface().(BitString))
	case objectIdentifierType:
	return marshalObjectIdentifier(out, value.Interface().(ObjectIdentifier))
	case bigIntType:
	return marshalBigInt(out, value.Interface().(*big.Int))
	}

	switch v := value; v.Kind() {
	case reflect.Bool:
	if v.Bool() {
	return out.WriteByte(255)
	} else {
	return out.WriteByte(0)
	}
	case reflect.Int, reflect.Int8, reflect.Int16, reflect.Int32, reflect.Int64:
	return marshalInt64(out, int64(v.Int()))
	case reflect.Struct:
	t := v.Type()

	startingField := 0

	// If the first element of the structure is a non-empty
	// RawContents, then we don't bother serializing the rest.
	if t.NumField() > 0 && t.Field(0).Type == rawContentsType {
	s := v.Field(0)
	if s.Len() > 0 {
	bytes := make([]byte, s.Len())
	for i := 0; i < s.Len(); i++ {
	bytes[i] = uint8(s.Index(i).Uint())
	}
	/* The RawContents will contain the tag and
	* length fields but we'll also be writing
	* those ourselves, so we strip them out of
	* bytes */
	_, err = out.Write(stripTagAndLength(bytes))
	return
	} else {
	startingField = 1
	}
	}

	for i := startingField; i < t.NumField(); i++ {
	var pre *forkableWriter
	pre, out = out.fork()
	err = marshalField(pre, v.Field(i), parseFieldParameters(t.Field(i).Tag.Get("asn1")))
	if err != nil {
	return
	}
	}
	return
	case reflect.Slice:
	sliceType := v.Type()
	if sliceType.Elem().Kind() == reflect.Uint8 {
	bytes := make([]byte, v.Len())
	for i := 0; i < v.Len(); i++ {
	bytes[i] = uint8(v.Index(i).Uint())
	}
	_, err = out.Write(bytes)
	return
	}

	var params fieldParameters
	for i := 0; i < v.Len(); i++ {
	var pre *forkableWriter
	pre, out = out.fork()
	err = marshalField(pre, v.Index(i), params)
	if err != nil {
	return
	}
	}
	return
	case reflect.String:
	if params.stringType == tagIA5String {
	return marshalIA5String(out, v.String())
	} else {
	return marshalPrintableString(out, v.String())
	}
	return
	}

	return StructuralError{"unknown Go type"}
	}

	func marshalField(out *forkableWriter, v reflect.Value, params fieldParameters) (err os.Error) {
	// If the field is an interface{} then recurse into it.
	if v.Kind() == reflect.Interface && v.Type().NumMethod() == 0 {
	return marshalField(out, v.Elem(), params)
	}

	if params.optional && reflect.DeepEqual(v.Interface(), reflect.Zero(v.Type()).Interface()) {
	return
	}

	if v.Type() == rawValueType {
	rv := v.Interface().(RawValue)
	if len(rv.FullBytes) != 0 {
	_, err = out.Write(rv.FullBytes)
	} else {
	err = marshalTagAndLength(out, tagAndLength{rv.Class, rv.Tag, len(rv.Bytes), rv.IsCompound})
	if err != nil {
	return
	}
	_, err = out.Write(rv.Bytes)
	}
	return
	}

	tag, isCompound, ok := getUniversalType(v.Type())
	if !ok {
	err = StructuralError{fmt.Sprintf("unknown Go type: %v", v.Type())}
	return
	}
	class := classUniversal

	if params.stringType != 0 {
	if tag != tagPrintableString {
	return StructuralError{"Explicit string type given to non-string member"}
	}
	tag = params.stringType
	}

	if params.set {
	if tag != tagSequence {
	return StructuralError{"Non sequence tagged as set"}
	}
	tag = tagSet
	}

	tags, body := out.fork()

	err = marshalBody(body, v, params)
	if err != nil {
	return
	}

	bodyLen := body.Len()

	var explicitTag *forkableWriter
	if params.explicit {
	explicitTag, tags = tags.fork()
	}

	if !params.explicit && params.tag != nil {
	// implicit tag.
	tag = *params.tag
	class = classContextSpecific
	}

	err = marshalTagAndLength(tags, tagAndLength{class, tag, bodyLen, isCompound})
	if err != nil {
	return
	}

	if params.explicit {
	err = marshalTagAndLength(explicitTag, tagAndLength{
	class: classContextSpecific,
	tag: *params.tag,
	length: bodyLen + tags.Len(),
	isCompound: true,
	})
	}

	return nil
	}

	// Marshal returns the ASN.1 encoding of val.
	func Marshal(val interface{}) ([]byte, os.Error) {
	var out bytes.Buffer
	v := reflect.ValueOf(val)
	f := newForkableWriter()
	err := marshalField(f, v, fieldParameters{})
	if err != nil {
	return nil, err
	}
	_, err = f.writeTo(&out)
	return out.Bytes(), nil
	}