[#EC_METHOD]
= EC_METHOD
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Opaque description of the field arithmetic and curve methods for an EC_GROUP.

== Synopsis

Declared in `<openssl/ec.h>`

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typedef xref:ec_method_st.adoc[ec_method_st] EC_METHOD;
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== Description

Concrete EC_METHOD objects (for example EC_GFp_simple_method()) select how group and point operations are implemented for a given field type.


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