Hi all,
I'm trying to write a dissector which should be invoked on certain XML
media types, but so far I'm having trouble invoking it. A shortened
version of my dissector code:
/************ START CODE **************/
void
proto_reg_handoff_something(void)
{
xml_handle = find_dissector("xml");
something_handle = new_create_dissector_handle(dissect_something,
proto_something);
dissector_add_string("media_type", "text/xml", something_handle);
dissector_add_string("media_type", "application/something+xml",
something_handle);
}
static int
dissect_something(tvbuff_t *tvb, packet_info *pinfo, proto_tree *tree) {
/* nothing of interest, let dissector_try_string() know that it
should continue looking for a suitable dissector */
if ( !xml_payload_of_interest(tvb) ) return 0;
/* add stuff for my protocol here */
/* call the XML dissector as a subdissector */
call_dissector(xml_handle, tvb, pinfo, tree);
/* return bytes_processed */
}
/************ END CODE **************/
The problem I'm facing is that I'm calling dissector_add_string for
two media types that is already registered with the packet-xml
dissector (the "application/something+xml" media type gets added
through a DTD I've written). When the dissector_try_string() function
in packet.c is called, the table lookup finds the XML dissector first
which means that my dissector never gets called (the XML dissector
doesn't call sub-dissectors and shouldn't need to either).
Is there any way I can make this work as I intend to? I need to
compute some metadata based on certain tags in the XML and would like
to customize the COL_INFO data, so simply adding a DTD isn't enough.
The only way I've gotten this half working so far is:
1. Call "dissector_delete_string" on my media types on the xml_handle
in proto_reg_handoff_something()
2. Edit the generated register.c so that proto_reg_handoff_something()
gets called after proto_reg_handoff_xml() so that the above step
actually has any effect.
The above steps gives me the results I want, but of course I've messed
things up in the cases where xml_payload_of_interest() returns false.
Regards,
Tarjei
