wireshark/ui/capture_ui_utils.h

/** @file
 *
 * Declarations of utilities for capture user interfaces
 *
 * Wireshark - Network traffic analyzer
 * By Gerald Combs <gerald@wireshark.org>
 * Copyright 1998 Gerald Combs
 *
 * SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
 */

#ifndef __CAPTURE_UI_UTILS_H__
#define __CAPTURE_UI_UTILS_H__

#include "ui/capture_opts.h"

#ifdef __cplusplus
extern "C" {
#endif /* __cplusplus */

/** @file
 *  GList of available capture interfaces.
 */

/**
 * Find user-specified capture device description that matches interface
 * name, if any.
 *
 * @param if_name The name of the interface.
 *
 * @return The device description (must be g_free'd later) or NULL
 * if not found.
 */
char *capture_dev_user_descr_find(const char *if_name);

/**
 * Find user-specified link-layer header type that matches interface
 * name, if any.
 *
 * @param if_name The name of the interface.
 *
 * @return The link-layer header type (a DLT_) or -1 if not found.
 */
int capture_dev_user_linktype_find(const char *if_name);

/**
 * Find user-specified buffer size that matches interface
 * name, if any.
 *
 * @param if_name The name of the interface.
 *
 * @return The buffer size or -1 if not found.
 */
int capture_dev_user_buffersize_find(const char *if_name);

/**
 * Find user-specified snap length that matches interface
 * name, if any.
 *
 * @param if_name The name of the interface.
 * @param hassnap Pointer to a variable to be set to true if the
 * interface should be given a snap length or false if it shouldn't
 * be given a snap length.
 * @param snaplen Pointer to a variable to be set to the snap length
 * if the interface should be given a snap length or the maximum
 * snap length if it shouldn't be given a snap length.
 *
 * @return true if found or false if not found.
 */
bool capture_dev_user_snaplen_find(const char *if_name, bool *hassnap, int *snaplen);

/**
 * Find user-specified promiscuous mode that matches interface
 * name, if any.
 *
 * @param if_name The name of the interface.
 * @param pmode Pointer to a variable to be set to true if promiscuous
 * mode should be used and false if it shouldn't be used.
 *
 * @return true if found or false if not found.
 */
bool capture_dev_user_pmode_find(const char *if_name, bool *pmode);

/**
 * Find user-specified capture filter that matches interface
 * name, if any.
 *
 * This is deprecated and should not be used in new code.
 *
 * @param if_name The name of the interface.
 *
 * @return The capture filter (must be g_free'd later) or NULL if not found.
 */
char* capture_dev_user_cfilter_find(const char *if_name);

/** Return as descriptive a name for an interface as we can get.
 * If the user has specified a comment, use that.  Otherwise,
 * if the get_iface_list() method of capture_opts supplies a
 * description, use that, otherwise use the interface name.
 *
 * @param capture_opts The capture options to use to find the interface
 * @param if_name The name of the interface.
 *
 * @return The descriptive name (must be g_free'd later)
 */
char *get_interface_descriptive_name(const capture_options *capture_opts, const char *if_name);

/** Build the GList of available capture interfaces.
 *
 * @param if_list An interface list from capture_interface_list().
 * @param do_hide Hide the "hidden" interfaces.
 *
 * @return A list of if_info_t structs (use free_capture_combo_list() later).
 */
GList *build_capture_combo_list(GList *if_list, bool do_hide);

/** Free the GList from build_capture_combo_list().
 *
 * @param combo_list the interface list from build_capture_combo_list()
 */
void free_capture_combo_list(GList *combo_list);


/** Given text that contains an interface name possibly prefixed by an
 * interface description, extract the interface name.
 *
 * @param if_text A string containing the interface description + name.
 * This is usually the data from one of the list elements returned by
 * build_capture_combo_list().
 *
 * @return The raw interface name, without description (must NOT be g_free'd later)
 */
const char *get_if_name(const char *if_text);

/** Set the active DLT for a device appropriately.
 *
 * @param device the device on which to set the active DLT
 * @param global_default_dlt the global default DLT
 */
extern void set_active_dlt(interface_t *device, int global_default_dlt);

/** Get a descriptive string for a list of interfaces.
 *
 * @param capture_opts The capture_options structure that contains the interfaces
 * @param style flags to indicate the style of string to use:
 *
 *  IFLIST_QUOTE_IF_DESCRIPTION: put the interface descriptive string in
 *  single quotes
 *
 *  IFLIST_SHOW_FILTER: include the capture filters in the string
 *
 * @return A GString set to the descriptive string
 */
#define IFLIST_QUOTE_IF_DESCRIPTION 0x00000001
#define IFLIST_SHOW_FILTER          0x00000002

extern GString *get_iface_list_string(capture_options *capture_opts, uint32_t style);

#ifdef __cplusplus
}
#endif /* __cplusplus */

#endif /* __CAPTURE_UI_UTILS_H__ */