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+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+#
+# Copyright 2019, Dario Lombardo <lomato@gmail.com>
+#
+# Wireshark - Network traffic analyzer
+# By Gerald Combs <gerald@wireshark.org>
+# Copyright 1998 Gerald Combs
+#
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
+#
+# This script generates a Wireshark skeleton dissector, based on the example in the doc/ directory.
+#
+# Example usage:
+#
+# generate-dissector.py --name "My Self" --email "myself@example.com" --protoname "The dumb protocol"
+# --protoshortname DUMB --protoabbrev dumb --license GPL-2.0-or-later --years "2019-2020"
+#
+
+import argparse
+from datetime import datetime
+import os
+
+
+parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description='The Wireshark Dissector Generator')
+parser.add_argument("--name", help="The author of the dissector", required=True)
+parser.add_argument("--email", help="The email address of the author", required=True)
+parser.add_argument("--protoname", help="The name of the protocol", required=True)
+parser.add_argument("--protoshortname", help="The protocol short name", required=True)
+parser.add_argument("--protoabbrev", help="The protocol abbreviation", required=True)
+parser.add_argument("--license", help="The license for this dissector (please use a SPDX-License-Identifier). If omitted, %(default)s will be used", default="GPL-2.0-or-later")
+parser.add_argument("--years", help="Years of validity for the license. If omitted, the current year will be used", default=str(datetime.now().year))
+parser.add_argument("-f", "--force", action='store_true', help="Force overwriting the dissector file if it already exists")
+parser.add_argument("-p", "--plugin", action='store_true', help="Create as a plugin. Default is to create in epan")
+
+
+def wsdir():
+ return os.path.abspath(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), ".."))
+
+
+def output_dir(args):
+ if args.plugin:
+ os.makedirs(os.path.join(wsdir(), "plugins/epan/" + args.protoabbrev), exist_ok=True)
+ return os.path.join(wsdir(), "plugins/epan/" + args.protoabbrev)
+ return os.path.join(wsdir(), "epan/dissectors")
+
+
+def output_file(args):
+ return os.path.join(output_dir(args), "packet-" + args.protoabbrev + ".c")
+
+
+def read_skeleton(filename):
+ skeletonfile = os.path.join(wsdir(), "doc/" + filename)
+ print("Reading skeleton file: " + skeletonfile)
+ return open(skeletonfile).read()
+
+
+def replace_fields(buffer, args):
+ print("Replacing fields in skeleton")
+ output = buffer\
+ .replace("YOUR_NAME", args.name)\
+ .replace("YOUR_EMAIL_ADDRESS", args.email)\
+ .replace("PROTONAME", args.protoname)\
+ .replace("PROTOSHORTNAME", args.protoshortname)\
+ .replace("PROTOABBREV", args.protoabbrev)\
+ .replace("FIELDNAME", "Sample Field")\
+ .replace("FIELDABBREV", "sample_field")\
+ .replace("FT_FIELDTYPE", "FT_STRING")\
+ .replace("FIELDDISPLAY", "BASE_NONE")\
+ .replace("FIELDCONVERT", "NULL")\
+ .replace("BITMASK", "0x0")\
+ .replace("FIELDDESCR", "NULL")\
+ .replace("MAX_NEEDED_FOR_HEURISTICS", "1")\
+ .replace("TEST_HEURISTICS_FAIL", "0")\
+ .replace("ENC_xxx", "ENC_NA")\
+ .replace("EXPERTABBREV", "expert")\
+ .replace("PI_GROUP", "PI_PROTOCOL")\
+ .replace("PI_SEVERITY", "PI_ERROR")\
+ .replace("TEST_EXPERT_condition", "0")\
+ .replace("const char *subtree", "\"\"")\
+ .replace("LICENSE", args.license)\
+ .replace("YEARS", args.years)
+
+ return output
+
+
+def write_dissector(buffer, args):
+ ofile = output_file(args)
+ if os.path.isfile(ofile) and not args.force:
+ raise Exception("The file " + ofile + " already exists. You're likely overwriting an existing dissector.")
+ print("Writing output file: " + ofile)
+ return open(ofile, "w").write(buffer)
+
+
+def patch_makefile(args):
+ if args.plugin:
+ cmakefile = os.path.join(wsdir(), "CMakeLists.txt")
+ patchline = "\t\tplugins/epan/" + args.protoabbrev
+ groupstart = "set(PLUGIN_SRC_DIRS"
+ else:
+ cmakefile = os.path.join(wsdir(), "epan/dissectors/CMakeLists.txt")
+ patchline = "\t${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/packet-" + args.protoabbrev + ".c"
+ groupstart = "set(DISSECTOR_SRC"
+ print("Patching makefile: " + cmakefile)
+ output = ""
+ in_group = False
+ patched = False
+ for line in open(cmakefile):
+ line_strip = line.strip()
+ if in_group and line_strip == ")":
+ in_group = False
+ if in_group and not patched and line_strip > patchline:
+ output += patchline + "\n"
+ patched = True
+ if line_strip == groupstart:
+ in_group = True
+ if line_strip != patchline:
+ output += line
+ open(cmakefile, "w").write(output)
+
+
+def write_plugin_makefile(args):
+ if not args.plugin:
+ return True
+ buffer = replace_fields(read_skeleton("CMakeLists-PROTOABBREV.txt"), args)
+ ofile = os.path.join(output_dir(args), "CMakeLists.txt")
+ print("Writing output file: " + ofile)
+ return open(ofile, "w").write(buffer)
+
+
+def print_header():
+ print("")
+ print("**************************************************")
+ print("* Wireshark skeleton dissector generator *")
+ print("* *")
+ print("* Generate a new dissector for your protocol *")
+ print("* starting from the skeleton provided in the *")
+ print("* doc directory. *")
+ print("* *")
+ print("* Copyright 2019 Dario Lombardo *")
+ print("**************************************************")
+ print("")
+
+
+def print_trailer(args):
+ print("")
+ print("The skeleton for the dissector of the " + args.protoshortname + " protocol has been generated.")
+ print("Please review/extend it to match your specific criterias.")
+ print("")
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+ print_header()
+ args = parser.parse_args()
+ buffer = replace_fields(read_skeleton("packet-PROTOABBREV.c"), args)
+ write_dissector(buffer, args)
+ patch_makefile(args)
+ write_plugin_makefile(args)
+ print_trailer(args)