+/****s* silccore/SilcIDAPI/SilcIDPayload
+ *
+ * NAME
+ *
+ * typedef struct SilcIDPayloadStruct *SilcIDPayload;
+ *
+ * DESCRIPTION
+ *
+ * This context is the actual ID Payload and is allocated by
+ * silc_id_payload_parse and given as argument usually to all
+ * silc_id_payload_* functions. It is freed by the function
+ * silc_id_payload_free.
+ *
+ ***/
+typedef struct SilcIDPayloadStruct *SilcIDPayload;
+
+/* Prototypes */
+
+/****f* silccore/SilcIDAPI/silc_id_payload_parse
+ *
+ * SYNOPSIS
+ *
+ * SilcIDPayload silc_id_payload_parse(const unsigned char *payload,
+ * SilcUInt32 payload_len);
+ *
+ * DESCRIPTION
+ *
+ * Parses buffer and return ID payload into payload structure. The
+ * `buffer' is raw payload buffer. The caller must free the returned
+ * payload.
+ *
+ ***/
+SilcIDPayload silc_id_payload_parse(const unsigned char *payload,
+ SilcUInt32 payload_len);
+
+/****f* silccore/SilcIDAPI/silc_id_payload_parse_id
+ *
+ * SYNOPSIS
+ *
+ * void *silc_id_payload_parse_id(const unsigned char *data,
+ * SilcUInt32 len,
+ * SilcIdType *type);
+ *
+ * DESCRIPTION
+ *
+ * Return ID directly from the raw ID Payload data buffer. The
+ * caller must free the returned ID.
+ *
+ ***/
+void *silc_id_payload_parse_id(const unsigned char *data, SilcUInt32 len,
+ SilcIdType *type);
+
+/****f* silccore/SilcIDAPI/silc_id_payload_encode
+ *
+ * SYNOPSIS
+ *
+ * SilcBuffer silc_id_payload_encode(const void *id, SilcIdType type);
+ *
+ * DESCRIPTION
+ *
+ * Encodes ID Payload. The `id' is the ID of the type `type' to put
+ * into the payload. Returns the encoded payload buffer.
+ *
+ ***/
+SilcBuffer silc_id_payload_encode(const void *id, SilcIdType type);
+
+/****f* silccore/SilcIDAPI/silc_id_payload_encode_data
+ *
+ * SYNOPSIS
+ *
+ * SilcBuffer silc_id_payload_encode_data(const unsigned char *id,
+ * uin32 id_len, SilcIdType type);
+ *
+ * DESCRIPTION
+ *
+ * Encodes ID Payload. The `id' is raw ID data of the length of `id_len'
+ * of type of `type'. Returns the encoded payload buffer.
+ *
+ ***/
+SilcBuffer silc_id_payload_encode_data(const unsigned char *id,
+ SilcUInt32 id_len, SilcIdType type);
+
+/****f* silccore/SilcIDAPI/silc_id_payload_free
+ *
+ * SYNOPSIS
+ *
+ * void silc_id_payload_free(SilcIDPayload payload);
+ *
+ * DESCRIPTION
+ *
+ * Frees the ID Payload and all data in it.
+ *
+ ***/
+void silc_id_payload_free(SilcIDPayload payload);
+
+/****f* silccore/SilcIDAPI/silc_id_payload_get_type
+ *
+ * SYNOPSIS
+ *
+ * SilcIdType silc_id_payload_get_type(SilcIDPayload payload);
+ *
+ * DESCRIPTION
+ *
+ * Returns the ID type from the ID Payload. The type tells the
+ * type of the ID in the payload.
+ *
+ ***/
+SilcIdType silc_id_payload_get_type(SilcIDPayload payload);
+
+/****f* silccore/SilcIDAPI/silc_id_payload_get_id
+ *
+ * SYNOPSIS
+ *
+ * void *silc_id_payload_get_id(SilcIDPayload payload);
+ *
+ * DESCRIPTION
+ *
+ * Returns the ID in the ID Payload. The caller must free the
+ * returned ID.
+ *
+ ***/
+void *silc_id_payload_get_id(SilcIDPayload payload);
+
+/****f* silccore/SilcIDAPI/silc_id_payload_get_data
+ *
+ * SYNOPSIS
+ *
+ * unsigned char *silc_id_payload_get_data(SilcIDPayload payload);
+ *
+ * DESCRIPTION
+ *
+ * Returns the raw ID data from the ID Payload. The data is duplicated
+ * and the caller must free it.
+ *
+ ***/
+unsigned char *silc_id_payload_get_data(SilcIDPayload payload);
+
+/****f* silccore/SilcIDAPI/silc_id_payload_get_len
+ *
+ * SYNOPSIS
+ *
+ * SilcUInt32 silc_id_payload_get_len(SilcIDPayload payload);
+ *
+ * DESCRIPTION
+ *
+ * Returns the length of the ID in the ID Payload.
+ *
+ ***/
+SilcUInt32 silc_id_payload_get_len(SilcIDPayload payload);
+