Add support for key material export

1 files changed, 7 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/src/utils/stl_util.h b/src/utils/stl_util.h
index 1a62e8fe7..690d2af01 100644
--- a/src/utils/stl_util.h
+++ b/src/utils/stl_util.h
@@ -9,10 +9,17 @@
 #define BOTAN_STL_UTIL_H__
 
 #include <vector>
+#include <string>
 #include <map>
 
 namespace Botan {
 
+std::vector<byte> to_byte_vector(const std::string& s)
+   {
+   return std::vector<byte>(reinterpret_cast<const byte*>(&s[0]),
+                            reinterpret_cast<const byte*>(&s[s.size()]));
+   }
+
 /*
 * Searching through a std::map
 * @param mapping the map to search