NAME
    "X500::DN::Parser" - Parse X500 Distinguished Names

SYNOPSIS
            use X500::DN::Parser;

            my($parser) = new X500::DN::Parser(\&errorInDN);

            my($dn, $genericDN, %RDN) =
                    $parser -> parse('c=au;o=MagicWare;cn=Ron Savage',
                                    'c', '[l]', 'o', '[ou]', 'cn');

DESCRIPTION
    Parse DNs where the caller knows the number of RDNs.

parse()
    Input Parameters:

    *   DN to be parsed

    *   A list of the expected components of the DN. Any component can be
        put in [] to indicate that that component is optional

    Output List:

    *   $dn: The DN passed in

    *   $genericDN: A generic DN matching the given DN

    *   %component: The components of the DN and their values. Eg:

                If $dn = 'c=au;o=MagicWare', then these key/values appear:
                'c' => 'au',
                'o' => 'MagicWare'

INSTALLATION
    You install "X500::DN::Parser", as you would install any perl module
    library, by running these commands:

            perl Makefile.PL
            make
            make test
            make install

    If you want to install a private copy of "X500::DN::Parser" in your home
    directory, then you should try to produce the initial Makefile with
    something like this command:

            perl Makefile.PL LIB=~/perl
                    or
            perl Makefile.PL LIB=C:/Perl/Site/Lib

    If, like me, you don't have permission to write man pages into unix
    system directories, use:

            make pure_install

    instead of make install. This option is secreted in the middle of p 414
    of the second edition of the dromedary book.

AUTHOR
    "X500::DN::Parser" was written by Ron Savage *<ron@savage.net.au>* in
    1999.

LICENCE
    Australian copyright (c) 1999-2002 Ron Savage.

            All Programs of mine are 'OSI Certified Open Source Software';
            you can redistribute them and/or modify them under the terms of
            The Artistic License, a copy of which is available at:
            http://www.opensource.org/licenses/index.html