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-rw-r--r--ext/openssl/ossl_pkey_ec.c15
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/ext/openssl/ossl_pkey_ec.c b/ext/openssl/ossl_pkey_ec.c
index ab6209c7ed..74bc7abea8 100644
--- a/ext/openssl/ossl_pkey_ec.c
+++ b/ext/openssl/ossl_pkey_ec.c
@@ -584,9 +584,17 @@ static VALUE ossl_ec_key_to_text(VALUE self)
/*
* call-seq:
- * key.generate_key => self
+ * key.generate_key! => self
*
- * See the OpenSSL documentation for EC_KEY_generate_key()
+ * Generates a new random private and public key.
+ *
+ * See also the OpenSSL documentation for EC_KEY_generate_key()
+ *
+ * === Example
+ * ec = OpenSSL::PKey::EC.new("prime256v1")
+ * p ec.private_key # => nil
+ * ec.generate_key!
+ * p ec.private_key # => #<OpenSSL::BN XXXXXX>
*/
static VALUE ossl_ec_key_generate_key(VALUE self)
{
@@ -1632,7 +1640,8 @@ void Init_ossl_ec(void)
set/get asn1_flag (can use ruby to call self.group.asn1_flag)
set/get precompute_mult
*/
- rb_define_method(cEC, "generate_key", ossl_ec_key_generate_key, 0);
+ rb_define_method(cEC, "generate_key!", ossl_ec_key_generate_key, 0);
+ rb_define_alias(cEC, "generate_key", "generate_key!");
rb_define_method(cEC, "check_key", ossl_ec_key_check_key, 0);
rb_define_method(cEC, "dh_compute_key", ossl_ec_key_dh_compute_key, 1);