Hi Richard,
Your project sounds interesting, but I get a 404 when I visit the link you listed below. I've never done anything with "GitLab" - do you have to make it "public"? It doesn't show up on your personal page either.
Smith
> On Aug 6, 2018, at 8:54 AM, Richard Sharpe <realrichardsharpe@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Hi folks,
>
> Since about last November I have been developing a Wireshark Dissector
> Generator.
>
> Since it is now at the point where it generates code that builds and
> runs, I thought I would make it available for anyone who is interested
> in looking at it.
>
> My test example is based on the IEEE1905 specification. The dissector
> generator takes a protocol description that looks like a set of data
> structure definitions and generates a complete Wireshark dissector in
> C.
>
> The test example consists of about 252 lines of definition, and the
> generator currently generates around 1044 lines of C which builds and
> runs. Writing such a protocol description is much easier than the
> learning curve required to actually manually write the 1044-line
> dissector.
>
> Attached is a screen shot showing the result. It is annotated with
> some issues I think need rectifying, but I am going to take a break
> from this for a while.
>
> Anyone who is interested is welcome to try it out and send me
> suggestions or patches.
>
> Currently, it is not for the faint-of-heart. You need Antlr4 and a
> Java environment as well as a Wireshark development environment.
>
> In the future I expect to:
>
> 1. Remove the need for Antlr4 by shipping the generated Parser as jar
> files or something.
>
> 2. Tidy up and refactor the code so that different generator backends
> can be used, including a LUA back-end to make it much easier when
> developing dissectors.
>
> 3. Add in the handling of exceptions.
>
> 4. Maybe create other backends. (Once you have a protocol description
> it can be used for other things.
>
> The code can be found at:
> https://gitlab.com/realrichardsharpe/dissector_generator
>
> --
> Regards,
> Richard Sharpe
> (何以解憂？唯有杜康。--曹操)(传说杜康是酒的发明者)
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