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@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python
 # coding: utf-8
 # PyDERASN -- Python ASN.1 DER codec with abstract structures
-# Copyright (C) 2017 Sergey Matveev <stargrave@stargrave.org>
+# Copyright (C) 2017-2018 Sergey Matveev <stargrave@stargrave.org>
 #
 # This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
 # it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ ____
 Most types in ASN.1 has specific tag for them. ``Obj.tag_default`` is
 the default tag used during coding process. You can override it with
 either ``IMPLICIT`` (using ``impl`` keyword argument), or
-``EXPLICIT`` one (using ``expl`` keyword argument). Both arguments takes
+``EXPLICIT`` one (using ``expl`` keyword argument). Both arguments take
 raw binary string, containing that tag. You can **not** set implicit and
 explicit tags simultaneously.
 
@@ -88,10 +88,10 @@ number. Pay attention that explicit tags always have *constructed* tag
 
 Implicit tag is not explicitly shown.
 
-Two object of the same type, but with different implicit/explicit tags
+Two objects of the same type, but with different implicit/explicit tags
 are **not** equal.
 
-You can get objects effective tag (either default or implicited) through
+You can get object's effective tag (either default or implicited) through
 ``tag`` property. You can decode it using :py:func:`pyderasn.tag_decode`
 function::
 
@@ -135,6 +135,8 @@ example ``TBSCertificate`` sequence holds defaulted, explicitly tagged
 When default argument is used and value is not specified, then it equals
 to default one.
 
+.. _bounds:
+
 Size constraints
 ________________
 
@@ -157,15 +159,17 @@ raised.
 Common methods
 ______________
 
-All objects have ``ready`` boolean property, that tells if it is ready
-to be encoded. If that kind of action is performed on unready object,
-then :py:exc:`pyderasn.ObjNotReady` exception will be raised.
+All objects have ``ready`` boolean property, that tells if object is
+ready to be encoded. If that kind of action is performed on unready
+object, then :py:exc:`pyderasn.ObjNotReady` exception will be raised.
+
+All objects have ``copy()`` method, that returns their copy, that can be
+safely mutated.
 
-All objects have ``copy()`` method, returning its copy, that can be safely
-mutated.
+.. _decoding:
 
 Decoding
-________
+--------
 
 Decoding is performed using ``decode()`` method. ``offset`` optional
 argument could be used to set initial object's offset in the binary
@@ -177,7 +181,7 @@ by specifying ``leavemm=True`` argument.
 When object is decoded, ``decoded`` property is true and you can safely
 use following properties:
 
-* ``offset`` -- position from initial offset where object's tag is started
+* ``offset`` -- position including initial offset where object's tag starts
 * ``tlen`` -- length of object's tag
 * ``llen`` -- length of object's length value
 * ``vlen`` -- length of object's value
@@ -191,8 +195,24 @@ lesser than ``offset``), ``expl_tlen``, ``expl_llen``, ``expl_vlen``
 
 When error occurs, then :py:exc:`pyderasn.DecodeError` is raised.
 
+.. _ctx:
+
+Context
+_______
+
+You can specify so called context keyword argument during ``decode()``
+invocation. It is dictionary containing various options governing
+decoding process.
+
+Currently available context options:
+
+* :ref:`defines_by_path <defines_by_path_ctx>`
+* :ref:`strict_default_existence <strict_default_existence_ctx>`
+
+.. _pprinting:
+
 Pretty printing
-_______________
+---------------
 
 All objects have ``pps()`` method, that is a generator of
 :py:class:`pyderasn.PP` namedtuple, holding various raw information
@@ -209,6 +229,140 @@ all object ``repr``. But it is easy to write custom formatters.
     >>> print(pprint(obj))
         0   [1,1,   2] INTEGER -12345
 
+.. _definedby:
+
+DEFINED BY
+----------
+
+ASN.1 structures often have ANY and OCTET STRING fields, that are
+DEFINED BY some previously met ObjectIdentifier. This library provides
+ability to specify mapping between some OID and field that must be
+decoded with specific specification.
+
+defines kwarg
+_____________
+
+:py:class:`pyderasn.ObjectIdentifier` field inside
+:py:class:`pyderasn.Sequence` can hold mapping between OIDs and
+necessary for decoding structures. For example, CMS (:rfc:`5652`)
+container::
+
+    class ContentInfo(Sequence):
+        schema = (
+            ("contentType", ContentType(defines=((("content",), {
+                id_digestedData: DigestedData(),
+                id_signedData: SignedData(),
+            }),))),
+            ("content", Any(expl=tag_ctxc(0))),
+        )
+
+``contentType`` field tells that it defines that ``content`` must be
+decoded with ``SignedData`` specification, if ``contentType`` equals to
+``id-signedData``. The same applies to ``DigestedData``. If
+``contentType`` contains unknown OID, then no automatic decoding is
+done.
+
+You can specify multiple fields, that will be autodecoded -- that is why
+``defines`` kwarg is a sequence. You can specify defined field
+relatively or absolutely to current decode path. For example ``defines``
+for AlgorithmIdentifier of X.509's
+``tbsCertificate.subjectPublicKeyInfo.algorithm.algorithm``::
+
+        (
+            (('parameters',), {
+                id_ecPublicKey: ECParameters(),
+                id_GostR3410_2001: GostR34102001PublicKeyParameters(),
+            }),
+            (('..', 'subjectPublicKey'), {
+                id_rsaEncryption: RSAPublicKey(),
+                id_GostR3410_2001: OctetString(),
+            }),
+        ),
+
+tells that if certificate's SPKI algorithm is GOST R 34.10-2001, then
+autodecode its parameters inside SPKI's algorithm and its public key
+itself.
+
+Following types can be automatically decoded (DEFINED BY):
+
+* :py:class:`pyderasn.Any`
+* :py:class:`pyderasn.BitString` (that is multiple of 8 bits)
+* :py:class:`pyderasn.OctetString`
+* :py:class:`pyderasn.SequenceOf`/:py:class:`pyderasn.SetOf`
+  ``Any``/``OctetString``-s
+
+When any of those fields is automatically decoded, then ``.defined``
+attribute contains ``(OID, value)`` tuple. ``OID`` tells by which OID it
+was defined, ``value`` contains corresponding decoded value. For example
+above, ``content_info["content"].defined == (id_signedData,
+signed_data)``.
+
+.. _defines_by_path_ctx:
+
+defines_by_path context option
+______________________________
+
+Sometimes you either can not or do not want to explicitly set *defines*
+in the scheme. You can dynamically apply those definitions when calling
+``.decode()`` method.
+
+Specify ``defines_by_path`` key in the :ref:`decode context <ctx>`. Its
+value must be sequence of following tuples::
+
+    (decode_path, defines)
+
+where ``decode_path`` is a tuple holding so-called decode path to the
+exact :py:class:`pyderasn.ObjectIdentifier` field you want to apply
+``defines``, holding exactly the same value as accepted in its keyword
+argument.
+
+For example, again for CMS, you want to automatically decode
+``SignedData`` and CMC's (:rfc:`5272`) ``PKIData`` and ``PKIResponse``
+structures it may hold. Also, automatically decode ``controlSequence``
+of ``PKIResponse``::
+
+    content_info, tail = ContentInfo().decode(data, defines_by_path=(
+        (
+            ("contentType",),
+            ((("content",), {id_signedData: SignedData()}),),
+        ),
+        (
+            (
+                "content",
+                decode_path_defby(id_signedData),
+                "encapContentInfo",
+                "eContentType",
+            ),
+            ((("eContent",), {
+                id_cct_PKIData: PKIData(),
+                id_cct_PKIResponse: PKIResponse(),
+            })),
+        ),
+        (
+            (
+                "content",
+                decode_path_defby(id_signedData),
+                "encapContentInfo",
+                "eContent",
+                decode_path_defby(id_cct_PKIResponse),
+                "controlSequence",
+                any,
+                "attrType",
+            ),
+            ((("attrValues",), {
+                id_cmc_recipientNonce: RecipientNonce(),
+                id_cmc_senderNonce: SenderNonce(),
+                id_cmc_statusInfoV2: CMCStatusInfoV2(),
+                id_cmc_transactionId: TransactionId(),
+            })),
+        ),
+    ))
+
+Pay attention for :py:func:`pyderasn.decode_path_defby` and ``any``.
+First function is useful for path construction when some automatic
+decoding is already done. ``any`` means literally any value it meet --
+useful for SEQUENCE/SET OF-s.
+
 Primitive types
 ---------------
 
@@ -302,6 +456,7 @@ _____
 Various
 -------
 
+.. autofunction:: pyderasn.abs_decode_path
 .. autofunction:: pyderasn.hexenc
 .. autofunction:: pyderasn.hexdec
 .. autofunction:: pyderasn.tag_encode
@@ -338,6 +493,7 @@ __all__ = (
     "Boolean",
     "BoundsError",
     "Choice",
+    "decode_path_defby",
     "DecodeError",
     "Enumerated",
     "GeneralizedTime",
@@ -657,9 +813,9 @@ def len_decode(data):
 ########################################################################
 
 class AutoAddSlots(type):
-    def __new__(cls, name, bases, _dict):
+    def __new__(mcs, name, bases, _dict):
         _dict["__slots__"] = _dict.get("__slots__", ())
-        return type.__new__(cls, name, bases, _dict)
+        return type.__new__(mcs, name, bases, _dict)
 
 
 @add_metaclass(AutoAddSlots)
@@ -688,10 +844,7 @@ class Obj(object):
             optional=False,
             _decoded=(0, 0, 0),
     ):
-        if impl is None:
-            self.tag = getattr(self, "impl", self.tag_default)
-        else:
-            self.tag = impl
+        self.tag = getattr(self, "impl", self.tag_default) if impl is None else impl
         self._expl = getattr(self, "expl", None) if expl is None else expl
         if self.tag != self.tag_default and self._expl is not None:
             raise ValueError(
@@ -750,7 +903,7 @@ class Obj(object):
     def _encode(self):  # pragma: no cover
         raise NotImplementedError()
 
-    def _decode(self, tlv, offset=0, decode_path=()):  # pragma: no cover
+    def _decode(self, tlv, offset, decode_path, ctx):  # pragma: no cover
         raise NotImplementedError()
 
     def encode(self):
@@ -759,21 +912,25 @@ class Obj(object):
             return raw
         return b"".join((self._expl, len_encode(len(raw)), raw))
 
-    def decode(self, data, offset=0, leavemm=False, decode_path=()):
+    def decode(self, data, offset=0, leavemm=False, decode_path=(), ctx=None):
         """Decode the data
 
         :param data: either binary or memoryview
         :param int offset: initial data's offset
         :param bool leavemm: do we need to leave memoryview of remaining
                     data as is, or convert it to bytes otherwise
+        :param ctx: optional :ref:`context <ctx>` governing decoding process.
         :returns: (Obj, remaining data)
         """
+        if ctx is None:
+            ctx = {}
         tlv = memoryview(data)
         if self._expl is None:
             obj, tail = self._decode(
                 tlv,
                 offset,
                 decode_path=decode_path,
+                ctx=ctx,
             )
         else:
             try:
@@ -810,7 +967,8 @@ class Obj(object):
             obj, tail = self._decode(
                 v,
                 offset=offset + tlen + llen,
-                decode_path=(),
+                decode_path=decode_path,
+                ctx=ctx,
             )
         return obj, (tail if leavemm else tail.tobytes())
 
@@ -843,6 +1001,12 @@ class Obj(object):
         return self.expl_tlen + self.expl_llen + self.expl_vlen
 
 
+def decode_path_defby(defined_by):
+    """DEFINED BY representation inside decode path
+    """
+    return "DEFINED BY (%s)" % defined_by
+
+
 ########################################################################
 # Pretty printing
 ########################################################################
@@ -1112,7 +1276,7 @@ class Boolean(Obj):
             (b"\xFF" if self._value else b"\x00"),
         ))
 
-    def _decode(self, tlv, offset=0, decode_path=()):
+    def _decode(self, tlv, offset, decode_path, ctx):
         try:
             t, _, lv = tag_strip(tlv)
         except DecodeError as err:
@@ -1261,14 +1425,11 @@ class Integer(Obj):
         self._value = value
         specs = getattr(self, "schema", {}) if _specs is None else _specs
         self.specs = specs if isinstance(specs, dict) else dict(specs)
-        if bounds is None:
-            self._bound_min, self._bound_max = getattr(
-                self,
-                "bounds",
-                (float("-inf"), float("+inf")),
-            )
-        else:
-            self._bound_min, self._bound_max = bounds
+        self._bound_min, self._bound_max = getattr(
+            self,
+            "bounds",
+            (float("-inf"), float("+inf")),
+        ) if bounds is None else bounds
         if value is not None:
             self._value = self._value_sanitize(value)
         if default is not None:
@@ -1408,7 +1569,7 @@ class Integer(Obj):
                     break
         return b"".join((self.tag, len_encode(len(octets)), octets))
 
-    def _decode(self, tlv, offset=0, decode_path=()):
+    def _decode(self, tlv, offset, decode_path, ctx):
         try:
             t, _, lv = tag_strip(tlv)
         except DecodeError as err:
@@ -1559,7 +1720,7 @@ class BitString(Obj):
     >>> b.specs
     {'nonRepudiation': 1, 'digitalSignature': 0, 'keyEncipherment': 2}
     """
-    __slots__ = ("specs",)
+    __slots__ = ("specs", "defined")
     tag_default = tag_encode(3)
     asn1_type_name = "BIT STRING"
 
@@ -1596,6 +1757,7 @@ class BitString(Obj):
             )
             if value is None:
                 self._value = default
+        self.defined = None
 
     def _bits2octets(self, bits):
         if len(self.specs) > 0:
@@ -1656,7 +1818,10 @@ class BitString(Obj):
 
     def copy(self):
         obj = self.__class__(_specs=self.specs)
-        obj._value = self._value
+        value = self._value
+        if value is not None:
+            value = (value[0], value[1])
+        obj._value = value
         obj.tag = self.tag
         obj._expl = self._expl
         obj.default = self.default
@@ -1738,7 +1903,7 @@ class BitString(Obj):
             octets,
         ))
 
-    def _decode(self, tlv, offset=0, decode_path=()):
+    def _decode(self, tlv, offset, decode_path, ctx):
         try:
             t, _, lv = tag_strip(tlv)
         except DecodeError as err:
@@ -1841,6 +2006,11 @@ class BitString(Obj):
             expl_llen=self.expl_llen if self.expled else None,
             expl_vlen=self.expl_vlen if self.expled else None,
         )
+        defined_by, defined = self.defined or (None, None)
+        if defined_by is not None:
+            yield defined.pps(
+                decode_path=decode_path + (decode_path_defby(defined_by),)
+            )
 
 
 class OctetString(Obj):
@@ -1859,7 +2029,7 @@ class OctetString(Obj):
     >>> OctetString(b"hell", bounds=(4, 4))
     OCTET STRING 4 bytes 68656c6c
     """
-    __slots__ = ("_bound_min", "_bound_max")
+    __slots__ = ("_bound_min", "_bound_max", "defined")
     tag_default = tag_encode(4)
     asn1_type_name = "OCTET STRING"
 
@@ -1891,14 +2061,11 @@ class OctetString(Obj):
             _decoded,
         )
         self._value = value
-        if bounds is None:
-            self._bound_min, self._bound_max = getattr(
-                self,
-                "bounds",
-                (0, float("+inf")),
-            )
-        else:
-            self._bound_min, self._bound_max = bounds
+        self._bound_min, self._bound_max = getattr(
+            self,
+            "bounds",
+            (0, float("+inf")),
+        ) if bounds is None else bounds
         if value is not None:
             self._value = self._value_sanitize(value)
         if default is not None:
@@ -1910,6 +2077,7 @@ class OctetString(Obj):
             )
             if self._value is None:
                 self._value = default
+        self.defined = None
 
     def _value_sanitize(self, value):
         if issubclass(value.__class__, OctetString):
@@ -1987,7 +2155,7 @@ class OctetString(Obj):
             self._value,
         ))
 
-    def _decode(self, tlv, offset=0, decode_path=()):
+    def _decode(self, tlv, offset, decode_path, ctx):
         try:
             t, _, lv = tag_strip(tlv)
         except DecodeError as err:
@@ -2062,6 +2230,11 @@ class OctetString(Obj):
             expl_llen=self.expl_llen if self.expled else None,
             expl_vlen=self.expl_vlen if self.expled else None,
         )
+        defined_by, defined = self.defined or (None, None)
+        if defined_by is not None:
+            yield defined.pps(
+                decode_path=decode_path + (decode_path_defby(defined_by),)
+            )
 
 
 class Null(Obj):
@@ -2131,7 +2304,7 @@ class Null(Obj):
     def _encode(self):
         return self.tag + len_encode(0)
 
-    def _decode(self, tlv, offset=0, decode_path=()):
+    def _decode(self, tlv, offset, decode_path, ctx):
         try:
             t, _, lv = tag_strip(tlv)
         except DecodeError as err:
@@ -2211,13 +2384,14 @@ class ObjectIdentifier(Obj):
     Traceback (most recent call last):
     pyderasn.InvalidOID: unacceptable first arc value
     """
-    __slots__ = ()
+    __slots__ = ("defines",)
     tag_default = tag_encode(6)
     asn1_type_name = "OBJECT IDENTIFIER"
 
     def __init__(
             self,
             value=None,
+            defines=(),
             impl=None,
             expl=None,
             default=None,
@@ -2228,6 +2402,15 @@ class ObjectIdentifier(Obj):
         :param value: set the value. Either tuples of integers,
                       string of "."-concatenated integers, or
                       :py:class:`pyderasn.ObjectIdentifier` object
+        :param defines: sequence of tuples. Each tuple has two elements.
+                        First one is relative to current one decode
+                        path, aiming to the field defined by that OID.
+                        Read about relative path in
+                        :py:func:`pyderasn.abs_decode_path`. Second
+                        tuple element is ``{OID: pyderasn.Obj()}``
+                        dictionary, mapping between current OID value
+                        and structure applied to defined field.
+                        :ref:`Read about DEFINED BY <definedby>`
         :param bytes impl: override default tag with ``IMPLICIT`` one
         :param bytes expl: override default tag with ``EXPLICIT`` one
         :param default: set default value. Type same as in ``value``
@@ -2252,6 +2435,7 @@ class ObjectIdentifier(Obj):
             )
             if self._value is None:
                 self._value = default
+        self.defines = defines
 
     def __add__(self, their):
         if isinstance(their, self.__class__):
@@ -2289,6 +2473,7 @@ class ObjectIdentifier(Obj):
     def copy(self):
         obj = self.__class__()
         obj._value = self._value
+        obj.defines = self.defines
         obj.tag = self.tag
         obj._expl = self._expl
         obj.default = self.default
@@ -2330,6 +2515,7 @@ class ObjectIdentifier(Obj):
     def __call__(
             self,
             value=None,
+            defines=None,
             impl=None,
             expl=None,
             default=None,
@@ -2337,6 +2523,7 @@ class ObjectIdentifier(Obj):
     ):
         return self.__class__(
             value=value,
+            defines=self.defines if defines is None else defines,
             impl=self.tag if impl is None else impl,
             expl=self._expl if expl is None else expl,
             default=self.default if default is None else default,
@@ -2362,7 +2549,7 @@ class ObjectIdentifier(Obj):
         v = b"".join(octets)
         return b"".join((self.tag, len_encode(len(v)), v))
 
-    def _decode(self, tlv, offset=0, decode_path=()):
+    def _decode(self, tlv, offset, decode_path, ctx):
         try:
             t, _, lv = tag_strip(tlv)
         except DecodeError as err:
@@ -2727,6 +2914,11 @@ class IA5String(CommonString):
     asn1_type_name = "IA5"
 
 
+LEN_YYMMDDHHMMSSZ = len("YYMMDDHHMMSSZ")
+LEN_YYYYMMDDHHMMSSDMZ = len("YYYYMMDDHHMMSSDMZ")
+LEN_YYYYMMDDHHMMSSZ = len("YYYYMMDDHHMMSSZ")
+
+
 class UTCTime(CommonString):
     """``UTCTime`` datetime type
 
@@ -2793,7 +2985,7 @@ class UTCTime(CommonString):
             return value.strftime(self.fmt).encode("ascii")
         if isinstance(value, binary_type):
             value_decoded = value.decode("ascii")
-            if len(value_decoded) == 2 + 2 + 2 + 2 + 2 + 2 + 1:
+            if len(value_decoded) == LEN_YYMMDDHHMMSSZ:
                 try:
                     datetime.strptime(value_decoded, self.fmt)
                 except ValueError:
@@ -2884,7 +3076,7 @@ class GeneralizedTime(UTCTime):
             ).encode("ascii")
         if isinstance(value, binary_type):
             value_decoded = value.decode("ascii")
-            if len(value_decoded) == 4 + 2 + 2 + 2 + 2 + 2 + 1:
+            if len(value_decoded) == LEN_YYYYMMDDHHMMSSZ:
                 try:
                     datetime.strptime(value_decoded, self.fmt)
                 except ValueError:
@@ -2892,7 +3084,7 @@ class GeneralizedTime(UTCTime):
                         "invalid GeneralizedTime (without ms) format",
                     )
                 return value
-            elif len(value_decoded) >= 4 + 2 + 2 + 2 + 2 + 2 + 1 + 1 + 1:
+            elif len(value_decoded) >= LEN_YYYYMMDDHHMMSSDMZ:
                 try:
                     datetime.strptime(value_decoded, self.fmt_ms)
                 except ValueError:
@@ -2909,7 +3101,7 @@ class GeneralizedTime(UTCTime):
 
     def todatetime(self):
         value = self._value.decode("ascii")
-        if len(value) == 4 + 2 + 2 + 2 + 2 + 2 + 1:
+        if len(value) == LEN_YYYYMMDDHHMMSSZ:
             return datetime.strptime(value, self.fmt)
         return datetime.strptime(value, self.fmt_ms)
 
@@ -3124,7 +3316,7 @@ class Choice(Obj):
         self._assert_ready()
         return self._value[1].encode()
 
-    def _decode(self, tlv, offset=0, decode_path=()):
+    def _decode(self, tlv, offset, decode_path, ctx):
         for choice, spec in self.specs.items():
             try:
                 value, tail = spec.decode(
@@ -3132,6 +3324,7 @@ class Choice(Obj):
                     offset=offset,
                     leavemm=True,
                     decode_path=decode_path + (choice,),
+                    ctx=ctx,
                 )
             except TagMismatch:
                 continue
@@ -3220,7 +3413,7 @@ class Any(Obj):
     >>> hexenc(bytes(a))
     b'0x040x0bhello world'
     """
-    __slots__ = ()
+    __slots__ = ("defined",)
     tag_default = tag_encode(0)
     asn1_type_name = "ANY"
 
@@ -3241,6 +3434,7 @@ class Any(Obj):
         """
         super(Any, self).__init__(None, expl, None, optional, _decoded)
         self._value = None if value is None else self._value_sanitize(value)
+        self.defined = None
 
     def _value_sanitize(self, value):
         if isinstance(value, self.__class__):
@@ -3297,7 +3491,7 @@ class Any(Obj):
         self._assert_ready()
         return self._value
 
-    def _decode(self, tlv, offset=0, decode_path=()):
+    def _decode(self, tlv, offset, decode_path, ctx):
         try:
             t, tlen, lv = tag_strip(tlv)
             l, llen, v = len_decode(lv)
@@ -3348,19 +3542,62 @@ class Any(Obj):
             expl_llen=self.expl_llen if self.expled else None,
             expl_vlen=self.expl_vlen if self.expled else None,
         )
+        defined_by, defined = self.defined or (None, None)
+        if defined_by is not None:
+            yield defined.pps(
+                decode_path=decode_path + (decode_path_defby(defined_by),)
+            )
 
 
 ########################################################################
 # ASN.1 constructed types
 ########################################################################
 
+def get_def_by_path(defines_by_path, sub_decode_path):
+    """Get define by decode path
+    """
+    for path, define in defines_by_path:
+        if len(path) != len(sub_decode_path):
+            continue
+        for p1, p2 in zip(path, sub_decode_path):
+            if (p1 != any) and (p1 != p2):
+                break
+        else:
+            return define
+
+
+def abs_decode_path(decode_path, rel_path):
+    """Create an absolute decode path from current and relative ones
+
+    :param decode_path: current decode path, starting point.
+                        Tuple of strings
+    :param rel_path: relative path to ``decode_path``. Tuple of strings.
+                     If first tuple's element is "/", then treat it as
+                     an absolute path, ignoring ``decode_path`` as
+                     starting point. Also this tuple can contain ".."
+                     elements, stripping the leading element from
+                     ``decode_path``
+
+    >>> abs_decode_path(("foo", "bar"), ("baz", "whatever"))
+    ("foo", "bar", "baz", "whatever")
+    >>> abs_decode_path(("foo", "bar", "baz"), ("..", "..", "whatever"))
+    ("foo", "whatever")
+    >>> abs_decode_path(("foo", "bar"), ("/", "baz", "whatever"))
+    ("baz", "whatever")
+    """
+    if rel_path[0] == "/":
+        return rel_path[1:]
+    if rel_path[0] == "..":
+        return abs_decode_path(decode_path[:-1], rel_path[1:])
+    return decode_path + rel_path
+
+
 class Sequence(Obj):
     """``SEQUENCE`` structure type
 
     You have to make specification of sequence::
 
         class Extension(Sequence):
-            __slots__ = ()
             schema = (
                 ("extnID", ObjectIdentifier()),
                 ("critical", Boolean(default=False)),
@@ -3405,6 +3642,8 @@ class Sequence(Obj):
     >>> tbs = TBSCertificate()
     >>> tbs["version"] = Version("v2") # no need to explicitly add ``expl``
 
+    Assign ``None`` to remove value from sequence.
+
     You can know if value exists/set in the sequence and take its value:
 
     >>> "extnID" in ext, "extnValue" in ext, "critical" in ext
@@ -3424,13 +3663,18 @@ class Sequence(Obj):
 
     All defaulted values are always optional.
 
+    .. _strict_default_existence_ctx:
+
     .. warning::
 
        When decoded DER contains defaulted value inside, then
-       technically this is not valid DER encoding. But we allow
-       and pass it. Of course reencoding of that kind of DER will
+       technically this is not valid DER encoding. But we allow and pass
+       it **by default**. Of course reencoding of that kind of DER will
        result in different binary representation (validly without
-       defaulted value inside).
+       defaulted value inside). You can enable strict defaulted values
+       existence validation by setting ``"strict_default_existence":
+       True`` :ref:`context <ctx>` option -- decoding process will raise
+       an exception if defaulted value is met.
 
     Two sequences are equal if they have equal specification (schema),
     implicit/explicit tagging and the same values.
@@ -3568,7 +3812,7 @@ class Sequence(Obj):
         v = b"".join(self._encoded_values())
         return b"".join((self.tag, len_encode(len(v)), v))
 
-    def _decode(self, tlv, offset=0, decode_path=()):
+    def _decode(self, tlv, offset, decode_path, ctx):
         try:
             t, tlen, lv = tag_strip(tlv)
         except DecodeError as err:
@@ -3606,24 +3850,88 @@ class Sequence(Obj):
         for name, spec in self.specs.items():
             if len(v) == 0 and spec.optional:
                 continue
+            sub_decode_path = decode_path + (name,)
             try:
                 value, v_tail = spec.decode(
                     v,
                     sub_offset,
                     leavemm=True,
-                    decode_path=decode_path + (name,),
+                    decode_path=sub_decode_path,
+                    ctx=ctx,
                 )
             except TagMismatch:
                 if spec.optional:
                     continue
                 raise
+
+            defined = get_def_by_path(ctx.get("defines", ()), sub_decode_path)
+            if defined is not None:
+                defined_by, defined_spec = defined
+                if issubclass(value.__class__, SequenceOf):
+                    for i, _value in enumerate(value):
+                        sub_sub_decode_path = sub_decode_path + (
+                            str(i),
+                            decode_path_defby(defined_by),
+                        )
+                        defined_value, defined_tail = defined_spec.decode(
+                            memoryview(bytes(_value)),
+                            sub_offset + value.tlen + value.llen,
+                            leavemm=True,
+                            decode_path=sub_sub_decode_path,
+                            ctx=ctx,
+                        )
+                        if len(defined_tail) > 0:
+                            raise DecodeError(
+                                "remaining data",
+                                klass=self.__class__,
+                                decode_path=sub_sub_decode_path,
+                                offset=offset,
+                            )
+                        _value.defined = (defined_by, defined_value)
+                else:
+                    defined_value, defined_tail = defined_spec.decode(
+                        memoryview(bytes(value)),
+                        sub_offset + value.tlen + value.llen,
+                        leavemm=True,
+                        decode_path=sub_decode_path + (decode_path_defby(defined_by),),
+                        ctx=ctx,
+                    )
+                    if len(defined_tail) > 0:
+                        raise DecodeError(
+                            "remaining data",
+                            klass=self.__class__,
+                            decode_path=sub_decode_path + (decode_path_defby(defined_by),),
+                            offset=offset,
+                        )
+                    value.defined = (defined_by, defined_value)
+
             sub_offset += (value.expl_tlvlen if value.expled else value.tlvlen)
             v = v_tail
             if spec.default is not None and value == spec.default:
-                # Encoded default values are not valid in DER,
-                # but we still allow that
-                continue
+                if ctx.get("strict_default_existence", False):
+                    raise DecodeError(
+                        "DEFAULT value met",
+                        klass=self.__class__,
+                        decode_path=sub_decode_path,
+                        offset=sub_offset,
+                    )
+                else:
+                    continue
             values[name] = value
+
+            spec_defines = getattr(spec, "defines", ())
+            if len(spec_defines) == 0:
+                defines_by_path = ctx.get("defines_by_path", ())
+                if len(defines_by_path) > 0:
+                    spec_defines = get_def_by_path(defines_by_path, sub_decode_path)
+            if spec_defines is not None and len(spec_defines) > 0:
+                for rel_path, schema in spec_defines:
+                    defined = schema.get(value, None)
+                    if defined is not None:
+                        ctx.setdefault("defines", []).append((
+                            abs_decode_path(sub_decode_path[:-1], rel_path),
+                            (value, defined),
+                        ))
         if len(v) > 0:
             raise DecodeError(
                 "remaining data",
@@ -3692,7 +4000,7 @@ class Set(Sequence):
         v = b"".join(raws)
         return b"".join((self.tag, len_encode(len(v)), v))
 
-    def _decode(self, tlv, offset=0, decode_path=()):
+    def _decode(self, tlv, offset, decode_path, ctx):
         try:
             t, tlen, lv = tag_strip(tlv)
         except DecodeError as err:
@@ -3735,6 +4043,7 @@ class Set(Sequence):
                         sub_offset,
                         leavemm=True,
                         decode_path=decode_path + (name,),
+                        ctx=ctx,
                     )
                 except TagMismatch:
                     continue
@@ -3821,14 +4130,11 @@ class SequenceOf(Obj):
         if schema is None:
             raise ValueError("schema must be specified")
         self.spec = schema
-        if bounds is None:
-            self._bound_min, self._bound_max = getattr(
-                self,
-                "bounds",
-                (0, float("+inf")),
-            )
-        else:
-            self._bound_min, self._bound_max = bounds
+        self._bound_min, self._bound_max = getattr(
+            self,
+            "bounds",
+            (0, float("+inf")),
+        ) if bounds is None else bounds
         self._value = []
         if value is not None:
             self._value = self._value_sanitize(value)
@@ -3947,7 +4253,7 @@ class SequenceOf(Obj):
         v = b"".join(self._encoded_values())
         return b"".join((self.tag, len_encode(len(v)), v))
 
-    def _decode(self, tlv, offset=0, decode_path=()):
+    def _decode(self, tlv, offset, decode_path, ctx):
         try:
             t, tlen, lv = tag_strip(tlv)
         except DecodeError as err:
@@ -3989,6 +4295,7 @@ class SequenceOf(Obj):
                 sub_offset,
                 leavemm=True,
                 decode_path=decode_path + (str(len(_value)),),
+                ctx=ctx,
             )
             sub_offset += (value.expl_tlvlen if value.expled else value.tlvlen)
             v = v_tail
@@ -4067,9 +4374,56 @@ def obj_by_path(pypath):  # pragma: no cover
     return obj
 
 
+def generic_decoder():  # pragma: no cover
+    # All of this below is a big hack with self references
+    choice = PrimitiveTypes()
+    choice.specs["SequenceOf"] = SequenceOf(schema=choice)
+    choice.specs["SetOf"] = SetOf(schema=choice)
+    for i in range(31):
+        choice.specs["SequenceOf%d" % i] = SequenceOf(
+            schema=choice,
+            expl=tag_ctxc(i),
+        )
+    choice.specs["Any"] = Any()
+
+    # Class name equals to type name, to omit it from output
+    class SEQUENCEOF(SequenceOf):
+        __slots__ = ()
+        schema = choice
+
+    def pprint_any(obj, oids=None):
+        def _pprint_pps(pps):
+            for pp in pps:
+                if hasattr(pp, "_fields"):
+                    if pp.asn1_type_name == Choice.asn1_type_name:
+                        continue
+                    pp_kwargs = pp._asdict()
+                    pp_kwargs["decode_path"] = pp.decode_path[:-1] + (">",)
+                    pp = _pp(**pp_kwargs)
+                    yield pp_console_row(
+                        pp,
+                        oids=oids,
+                        with_offsets=True,
+                        with_blob=False,
+                    )
+                    for row in pp_console_blob(pp):
+                        yield row
+                else:
+                    for row in _pprint_pps(pp):
+                        yield row
+        return "\n".join(_pprint_pps(obj.pps()))
+    return SEQUENCEOF(), pprint_any
+
+
 def main():  # pragma: no cover
     import argparse
     parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description="PyDERASN ASN.1 DER decoder")
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--skip",
+        type=int,
+        default=0,
+        help="Skip that number of bytes from the beginning",
+    )
     parser.add_argument(
         "--oids",
         help="Python path to dictionary with OIDs",
@@ -4078,12 +4432,17 @@ def main():  # pragma: no cover
         "--schema",
         help="Python path to schema definition to use",
     )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--defines-by-path",
+        help="Python path to decoder's defines_by_path",
+    )
     parser.add_argument(
         "DERFile",
         type=argparse.FileType("rb"),
         help="Path to DER file you want to decode",
     )
     args = parser.parse_args()
+    args.DERFile.seek(args.skip)
     der = memoryview(args.DERFile.read())
     args.DERFile.close()
     oids = obj_by_path(args.oids) if args.oids else {}
@@ -4092,46 +4451,14 @@ def main():  # pragma: no cover
         from functools import partial
         pprinter = partial(pprint, big_blobs=True)
     else:
-        # All of this below is a big hack with self references
-        choice = PrimitiveTypes()
-        choice.specs["SequenceOf"] = SequenceOf(schema=choice)
-        choice.specs["SetOf"] = SetOf(schema=choice)
-        for i in range(31):
-            choice.specs["SequenceOf%d" % i] = SequenceOf(
-                schema=choice,
-                expl=tag_ctxc(i),
-            )
-        choice.specs["Any"] = Any()
-
-        # Class name equals to type name, to omit it from output
-        class SEQUENCEOF(SequenceOf):
-            __slots__ = ()
-            schema = choice
-        schema = SEQUENCEOF()
-
-        def pprint_any(obj, oids=None):
-            def _pprint_pps(pps):
-                for pp in pps:
-                    if hasattr(pp, "_fields"):
-                        if pp.asn1_type_name == Choice.asn1_type_name:
-                            continue
-                        pp_kwargs = pp._asdict()
-                        pp_kwargs["decode_path"] = pp.decode_path[:-1] + (">",)
-                        pp = _pp(**pp_kwargs)
-                        yield pp_console_row(
-                            pp,
-                            oids=oids,
-                            with_offsets=True,
-                            with_blob=False,
-                        )
-                        for row in pp_console_blob(pp):
-                            yield row
-                    else:
-                        for row in _pprint_pps(pp):
-                            yield row
-            return "\n".join(_pprint_pps(obj.pps()))
-        pprinter = pprint_any
-    obj, tail = schema().decode(der)
+        schema, pprinter = generic_decoder()
+    obj, tail = schema().decode(
+        der,
+        ctx=(
+            None if args.defines_by_path is None else
+            {"defines_by_path": obj_by_path(args.defines_by_path)}
+        ),
+    )
     print(pprinter(obj, oids=oids))
     if tail != b"":
         print("\nTrailing data: %s" % hexenc(tail))