StringManager Class Reference

Storage for decoding and storing strings associated with an address. More...

#include <stringmanage.hh>

Inheritance diagram for StringManager:

Classes
class	StringData
	String data (a sequence of bytes) stored by StringManager. More...

Public Member Functions
	StringManager (int4 max)
	Constructor. More...
virtual	~StringManager (void)
	Destructor.
bool	isString (const Address &addr, Datatype *charType)
virtual const vector< uint1 > &	getStringData (const Address &addr, Datatype *charType, bool &isTrunc)=0
	Retrieve string data at the given address as a UTF8 byte array. More...
void	saveXml (ostream &s) const
	Save cached strings to a stream as XML. More...
void	restoreXml (const Element *el, const AddrSpaceManager *m)
	Restore string cache from XML. More...

Static Public Member Functions
static bool	hasCharTerminator (const uint1 *buffer, int4 size, int4 charsize)
	Check for a unicode string terminator. More...
static int4	readUtf16 (const uint1 *buf, bool bigend)
	Read a UTF16 code point from a byte array. More...
static void	writeUtf8 (ostream &s, int4 codepoint)
	Write unicode character to stream in UTF8 encoding. More...
static int4	getCodepoint (const uint1 *buf, int4 charsize, bool bigend, int4 &skip)
	Extract next unicode codepoint. More...

Protected Attributes
map< Address, StringData >	stringMap
	Map from address to string data.
int4	maximumChars
	Maximum characters in a string before truncating.

Detailed Description

Storage for decoding and storing strings associated with an address.

Looks at data in the loadimage to determine if it represents a "string". Decodes the string for presentation in the output. Stores the decoded string until its needed for presentation.

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

StringManager()

StringManager::StringManager

(

int4

max

)

Constructor.

Parameters

max	is the maximum number of characters to allow before truncating string

Member Function Documentation

getCodepoint()

int4 StringManager::getCodepoint ( const uint1 *  buf, int4  charsize, bool  bigend, int4 &  skip  )

static

Extract next unicode codepoint.

One or more bytes is consumed from the array, and the number of bytes used is passed back.

Parameters

buf	is a pointer to the bytes in the character array
charsize	is 1 for UTF8, 2 for UTF16, or 4 for UTF32
bigend	is true for big endian encoding of the UTF element
skip	is a reference for passing back the number of bytes consumed

Returns

the codepoint or -1 if the encoding is invalid

getStringData()

virtual const vector<uint1>& StringManager::getStringData ( const Address &  addr, Datatype *  charType, bool &  isTrunc  )

pure virtual

Retrieve string data at the given address as a UTF8 byte array.

If the address does not represent string data, a zero length vector is returned. Otherwise, the string data is fetched, converted to a UTF8 encoding, cached and returned.

Parameters

addr	is the given address
charType	is a character data-type indicating the encoding
isTrunc	passes back whether the string is truncated

Returns

the byte array of UTF8 data

Implemented in StringManagerUnicode, and GhidraStringManager.

hasCharTerminator()

bool StringManager::hasCharTerminator ( const uint1 *  buffer, int4  size, int4  charsize  )

static

Check for a unicode string terminator.

Parameters

buffer	is the byte buffer
size	is the number of bytes in the buffer
charsize	is the presumed size (in bytes) of character elements

Returns

true if a string terminator is found

isString()

bool StringManager::isString	(	const Address &	addr,
		Datatype *	charType
	)

Returns true if the data is some kind of complete string. A given character data-type can be used as a hint for the encoding. The string decoding can be cached internally.

Parameters

addr	is the given address
charType	is the given character data-type

Returns

true if the address represents string data

readUtf16()

int4 StringManager::readUtf16 ( const uint1 *  buf, bool  bigend  )

inlinestatic

Read a UTF16 code point from a byte array.

Pull the first two bytes from the byte array and combine them in the indicated endian order

Parameters

buf	is the byte array
bigend	is true to request big endian encoding

Returns

the decoded UTF16 element

restoreXml()

void StringManager::restoreXml	(	const Element *	el,
		const AddrSpaceManager *	m
	)

Restore string cache from XML.

Read <stringmanage> tag, with <string> sub-tags.

Parameters

el	is the root tag element
m	is the manager for looking up AddressSpaces

saveXml()

void StringManager::saveXml

(

ostream &

s

)

const

Save cached strings to a stream as XML.

Write <stringmanage> tag, with <string> sub-tags.

Parameters

s	is the stream to write to

writeUtf8()

void StringManager::writeUtf8 ( ostream &  s, int4  codepoint  )

static

Write unicode character to stream in UTF8 encoding.

Encode the given unicode codepoint as UTF8 (1, 2, 3, or 4 bytes) and write the bytes to the stream.

Parameters

s	is the output stream
codepoint	is the unicode codepoint

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The documentation for this class was generated from the following files:

• stringmanage.hh
• stringmanage.cc