pcap-file-wrapper.h

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#ifndef PCAP_FILE_WRAPPER_H
#define PCAP_FILE_WRAPPER_H
 
#include "pcap-file.h"
 
#include "ns3/nstime.h"
#include "ns3/object.h"
#include "ns3/packet.h"
#include "ns3/ptr.h"
 
#include <cstring>
#include <fstream>
#include <limits>
 
namespace ns3
{
 
/**
 * A class that wraps a PcapFile as an ns3::Object and provides a higher-layer
 * ns-3 interface to the low-level public methods of PcapFile.  Users are
 * encouraged to use this object instead of class ns3::PcapFile in ns-3
 * public APIs.
 */
class PcapFileWrapper : public Object
{
  public:
    /**
     * \brief Get the type ID.
     * \return the object TypeId
     */
    static TypeId GetTypeId();
 
    PcapFileWrapper();
    ~PcapFileWrapper() override;
 
    /**
     * \return true if the 'fail' bit is set in the underlying iostream, false otherwise.
     */
    bool Fail() const;
    /**
     * \return true if the 'eof' bit is set in the underlying iostream, false otherwise.
     */
    bool Eof() const;
    /**
     * Clear all state bits of the underlying iostream.
     */
    void Clear();
 
    /**
     * Create a new pcap file or open an existing pcap file.  Semantics are
     * similar to the stdc++ io stream classes.
     *
     * Since a pcap file is always a binary file, the file type is automatically
     * selected as a binary file (fstream::binary is automatically ored with the mode
     * field).
     *
     * \param filename String containing the name of the file.
     *
     * \param mode String containing the access mode for the file.
     *
     */
    void Open(const std::string& filename, std::ios::openmode mode);
 
    /**
     * Close the underlying pcap file.
     */
    void Close();
 
    /**
     * Initialize the pcap file associated with this wrapper.  This file must have
     * been previously opened with write permissions.
     *
     * \param dataLinkType A data link type as defined in the pcap library.  If
     * you want to make resulting pcap files visible in existing tools, the
     * data link type must match existing definitions, such as PCAP_ETHERNET,
     * PCAP_PPP, PCAP_80211, etc.  If you are storing different kinds of packet
     * data, such as naked TCP headers, you are at liberty to locally define your
     * own data link types.  According to the pcap-linktype man page, "well-known"
     * pcap linktypes range from 0 to 177.  If you use a large random number for
     * your type, chances are small for a collision.
     *
     * \param snapLen An optional maximum size for packets written to the file.
     * Defaults to 65535.  If packets exceed this length they are truncated.
     *
     * \param tzCorrection An integer describing the offset of your local
     * time zone from UTC/GMT.  For example, Pacific Standard Time in the US is
     * GMT-8, so one would enter -8 for that correction.  Defaults to 0 (UTC).
     *
     * \warning Calling this method on an existing file will result in the loss
     * any existing data.
     */
    void Init(uint32_t dataLinkType,
              uint32_t snapLen = std::numeric_limits<uint32_t>::max(),
              int32_t tzCorrection = PcapFile::ZONE_DEFAULT);
 
    /**
     * \brief Write the next packet to file
     *
     * \param t Packet timestamp as ns3::Time.
     * \param p Packet to write to the pcap file.
     *
     */
    void Write(Time t, Ptr<const Packet> p);
 
    /**
     * \brief Write the provided header along with the packet to the pcap file.
     *
     * It is the case that adding a header to a packet prior to writing it to a
     * file must trigger a deep copy in the Packet.  By providing the header
     * separately, we can avoid that copy.
     *
     * \param t Packet timestamp as ns3::Time.
     * \param header The Header to prepend to the packet.
     * \param p Packet to write to the pcap file.
     *
     */
    void Write(Time t, const Header& header, Ptr<const Packet> p);
 
    /**
     * \brief Write the provided data buffer to the pcap file.
     *
     * \param t Packet timestamp as ns3::Time.
     * \param buffer The buffer to write.
     * \param length The size of the buffer.
     *
     */
    void Write(Time t, const uint8_t* buffer, uint32_t length);
 
    /**
     * \brief Read the next packet from the file.
     *
     * \param t Reference to packet timestamp as ns3::Time.
     * \returns a pointer to ns3::Packet.
     */
    Ptr<Packet> Read(Time& t);
 
    /**
     * \brief Returns the magic number of the pcap file as defined by the magic_number
     * field in the pcap global header.
     *
     * See http://wiki.wireshark.org/Development/LibpcapFileFormat
     *
     * \returns magic number
     */
    uint32_t GetMagic();
 
    /**
     * \brief Returns the major version of the pcap file as defined by the version_major
     * field in the pcap global header.
     *
     * See http://wiki.wireshark.org/Development/LibpcapFileFormat
     *
     * \returns major version
     */
    uint16_t GetVersionMajor();
 
    /**
     * \brief Returns the minor version of the pcap file as defined by the version_minor
     * field in the pcap global header.
     *
     * See http://wiki.wireshark.org/Development/LibpcapFileFormat
     *
     * \returns minor version
     */
    uint16_t GetVersionMinor();
 
    /**
     * \brief Returns the time zone offset of the pcap file as defined by the thiszone
     * field in the pcap global header.
     *
     * See http://wiki.wireshark.org/Development/LibpcapFileFormat
     *
     * \returns time zone offset
     */
    int32_t GetTimeZoneOffset();
 
    /**
     * \brief Returns the accuracy of timestamps field of the pcap file as defined
     * by the sigfigs field in the pcap global header.
     *
     * See http://wiki.wireshark.org/Development/LibpcapFileFormat
     *
     * \returns accuracy of timestamps
     */
    uint32_t GetSigFigs();
 
    /**
     * \brief Returns the max length of saved packets field of the pcap file as
     * defined by the snaplen field in the pcap global header.
     *
     * See http://wiki.wireshark.org/Development/LibpcapFileFormat
     *
     * \returns max length of saved packets field
     */
    uint32_t GetSnapLen();
 
    /**
     * \brief Returns the data link type field of the pcap file as defined by the
     * network field in the pcap global header.
     *
     * See http://wiki.wireshark.org/Development/LibpcapFileFormat
     *
     * \returns data link type field
     */
    uint32_t GetDataLinkType();
 
  private:
    PcapFile m_file;    //!< Pcap file
    uint32_t m_snapLen; //!< max length of saved packets
    bool m_nanosecMode; //!< Timestamps in nanosecond mode
};
 
} // namespace ns3
 
#endif /* PCAP_FILE_WRAPPER_H */