[#EC_KEY_new_method]
= EC_KEY_new_method
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Allocate an EC_KEY using the EC method from `engine` (deprecated).

== Synopsis

Declared in `<openssl/ec.h>`

[source,cpp,subs="verbatim,replacements,macros,-callouts"]
----
[[deprecated]]
xref:EC_KEY.adoc[EC_KEY]*
EC_KEY_new_method(xref:ENGINE.adoc[ENGINE]* engine);
----

[WARNING]
====
https://en.cppreference.com/cpp/language/attributes/deprecated[Deprecated^]. Use of this entity is allowed but discouraged.
====
== Return Value

New empty EC_KEY, or NULL on error.

== Parameters

[cols="1,4"]
|===
| Name| Description
| *engine*
| ENGINE supplying an EC_KEY_METHOD, or NULL for the default method.
|===


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