Module org.jnetpcap

Package org.jnetpcap

Class Pcap0_6

java.lang.Object

org.jnetpcap.Pcap

org.jnetpcap.Pcap0_4

org.jnetpcap.Pcap0_5

org.jnetpcap.Pcap0_6

All Implemented Interfaces:

AutoCloseable

Direct Known Subclasses:

Pcap0_7

public sealed class Pcap0_6
extends Pcap0_5
permits Pcap0_7

Provides Pcap API method calls for up to libpcap version 0.6

Author:

Sly Technologies Inc, repos@slytechs.com, mark

Nested Class Summary

Nested classes/interfaces inherited from class org.jnetpcap.Pcap

Pcap.LibraryPolicy, Pcap.Linux, Pcap.Unix

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class org.jnetpcap.Pcap

VERSION

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
static boolean	isSupported()	Checks if the Pcap subclass at a specific libpcap API version is natively supported.
static Pcap0_6	openLive(String device, int snaplen, boolean promisc, long timeout, TimeUnit unit)	Open a device for capturing.
static Pcap0_6	openOffline(String fname)	Open a saved capture file for reading.

Methods inherited from class org.jnetpcap.Pcap0_5

compileNoPcap

Methods inherited from class org.jnetpcap.Pcap0_4

close, compile, datalink, datalinkGetAsInt, dispatch, dispatch, dispatch, dispatch, dumpOpen, file, fileno, geterr, isInitialized, isSwapped, lookupDev, lookupNet, loop, loop, loop, loop, majorVersion, minorVersion, next, perror, setFilter, setUncaughtExceptionHandler, snapshot, stats, strerror

Methods inherited from class org.jnetpcap.Pcap

activate, breakloop, canSetRfmon, checkPcapVersion, compile, create, create, dataLinkExt, datalinkNameToVal, datalinkValToDescription, datalinkValToName, findAllDevs, findAllDevsEx, getName, getNonBlock, getPcapHeaderABI, getTstampPrecision, init, init, inject, inject, inject, inject, libVersion, listDataLinks, listTstampTypes, loadNativePcapLibrary, lookupNet, nextEx, offlineFilter, openDead, openDeadWithTstampPrecision, openLive, openOffline, order, sendPacket, sendPacket, sendPacket, sendPacket, setBufferSize, setDatalink, setDatalink, setDatalink, setDirection, setDirection, setDirection, setFilter, setImmediateMode, setNonBlock, setPromisc, setRfmon, setSnaplen, setTimeout, setTstampPrecision, setTstampType, setUncaughtExceptionHandler, statusToStr, statusToStr, toString

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

equals, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Method Details

isSupported

public static boolean isSupported()

Checks if the Pcap subclass at a specific libpcap API version is natively supported. This is a safe method to use anytime on any platform, weather native library is present or not.

For example, Pcap1_0.isSupported() will accurately ascertain if libpcap API version 1.0 level calls are supported by the system runtime. Also a call such as WinPcap.isSupported() will determine if WinPcap related calls, ie. native WinPcap 4.1.3 or less, are supported and by extension if this is a Microsoft Windows platform.

Due to libpcap API versioning, it is safe to assume that if Pcap1_10.isSupported() returns true, that at least libpcap API version 1.0 is installed on this platform, and that all lower version calls such as libpcap 0.8 and 0.9 are available as well. The subclass hierarchy of jNetPcap module reflects the versioning of libpcap and its derivatives and the public releases of the native libraries. For example Npcap class extends WinPcap class because Npcap project took over the support for WinPcap where it left off.

Implementation notes: The check is performed by verifying that certain, subclass specific native symbols were linked with Pcap full which was introduced at a specific libpcap or related API levels.

Returns:

true, if pcap is supported up to this specific version level, otherwise false

See Also:

• Pcap.LibraryPolicy.setDefault(LibraryPolicy)

openLive

public static Pcap0_6 openLive(String device,
 int snaplen,
 boolean promisc,
 long timeout,
 TimeUnit unit)
                        throws PcapException

Open a device for capturing.

openLive is used to obtain a packet capture handle to look at packets on the network. device is a string that specifies the network device to open; on Linux systems with 2.2 or later kernels, a device argument of "any" or NULL can be used to capture packets from all interfaces.

Parameters:

device - the device name

snaplen - specifies the snapshot length to be set on the handle

promisc - specifies whether the interface is to be put into promiscuous mode. If promisc is non-zero, promiscuous mode will be set, otherwise it will not be set

timeout - the packet buffer timeout, as a non-negative value, in units

unit - time timeout unit

Returns:

the pcap handle

Throws:

PcapException - any errors

Since:

libpcap 0.4

openOffline

public static Pcap0_6 openOffline(String fname)
                           throws PcapException

Open a saved capture file for reading.

pcap_open_offline() and pcap_open_offline_with_tstamp_precision() are called to open a ``savefile'' for reading.

Parameters:

fname - specifies the name of the file to open. The file can have the pcap file format as described in pcap-savefile(5), which is the file format used by, among other programs, tcpdump(1) and tcpslice(1), or can have the pcapng file format, although not all pcapng files can be read

Returns:

the pcap handle

Throws:

PcapException - any errors

Since:

libpcap 0.4