On Wednesday 02, Erwin Rol wrote:
> Hey all,
>
> is there a way to dynamically generate part of a dissector? For example
> reading a database (sqlite/xml/etc.) and use that at run time to
> generate the dissector?
>
> Are there any dissectors that already do this ?
I wrote a dissector in Lua that reads a text file that describes many
different message layouts:
http://opensimulator.org/wiki/LLUDP_Dissector
It should be possible to use the standard Lua modules for reading a database
from a Lua dissector. But I haven't tried that.
--
Robert G. Jakabosky
