Wireshark · Ethereal-dev: Re: [Ethereal-dev] Good TLV dissection

[Michael Tuexen <Michael.Tuexen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I'm using the switch method in several dissectors (packet-sctp.c, 
packet-m3ua.c, ...).
I have not encountered (yet) any performance problems...

Best regards
Michael

On Sep 28, 2004, at 10:53 Uhr, Yaniv Kaul wrote:

> I'm looking for suggestion for a good (performance-wise, 
> development-wise) dissection for TLV (Type-Length-Value) attributes.
> I can make something like:
>
> switch (T):
>    case A: dissect_A();
>       break;
> ...
>
> I could do something else (packet-isakmp.c):
>
> static struct strfunc {
>  const char *  str;
>  void          (*func)(tvbuff_t *, int, int, proto_tree *, packet_info 
> *, int);
> } strfuncs[NUM_LOAD_TYPES] = {
>  {"NONE",                      NULL              },
>  {"A",      dissect_A        },
> ...
>
> Any other options people are happy with?
>
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