ieee802154::PcapFile Class Reference

Inheritance diagram for ieee802154::PcapFile:

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Detailed Description

Capture file reader.

This class reads packets from a capture file, that was previously stored with tshark/wireshark.

Todo:

This class reads the entire file (open()) at once. So it would be a good idea, to read the file block by block.

Definition at line 133 of file ieee802154.py.

Public Member Functions
def	close
	close the file handle
def	open
	Open and read a capture file.
def	pcap_parse_data
	parse the entire data of a capture file.
def	read_packet
	read a frame f
def	set_channel
	Setting of a channel is is unsupported for a file.
Static Public Attributes
string	PCAP_HEADER = "LHHLLLL"
	Cstruct format string for pcap file header.
string	PCAP_PACKET = "QLL"
	Cstruct format string for pcap packet header.

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Member Function Documentation

def ieee802154::PcapFile::close

(

self

)

close the file handle

Definition at line 149 of file ieee802154.py.

def ieee802154::PcapFile::open	(		self,
			fname
	)

Open and read a capture file.

Parameters:

fname

name of the file

Definition at line 141 of file ieee802154.py.

def ieee802154::PcapFile::pcap_parse_data	(		self,
			data
	)

parse the entire data of a capture file.

Return values:

	hdr	the header structure of the file
	ret	a list containing the packets as raw strings

Definition at line 170 of file ieee802154.py.

def ieee802154::PcapFile::read_packet

(

self

)

read a frame f

Definition at line 158 of file ieee802154.py.

def ieee802154::PcapFile::set_channel	(		self,
			channel
	)

Setting of a channel is is unsupported for a file.

Definition at line 154 of file ieee802154.py.

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Field Documentation

string ieee802154::PcapFile::PCAP_HEADER = "LHHLLLL" [static]

Cstruct format string for pcap file header.

Definition at line 135 of file ieee802154.py.

string ieee802154::PcapFile::PCAP_PACKET = "QLL" [static]

Cstruct format string for pcap packet header.

Definition at line 137 of file ieee802154.py.