Package ghidra

Class GhidraLauncher

java.lang.Object

ghidra.GhidraLauncher

public class GhidraLauncher
extends Object

Class used to prepare Ghidra for launching

A main(String[]) method is provided which redirects execution to a GhidraLaunchable class passed in as a command line argument

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
GhidraLauncher()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
static List<String>	findJarsInDir(ResourceFile dir)	Searches the given directory (non-recursively) for jars and returns their paths in a list.
static long	getMillisecondsFromLaunch()	Returns the current number of milliseconds that have elapsed since execution began.
static GhidraApplicationLayout	initializeGhidraEnvironment()	Initializes the Ghidra environment by discovering its layout and adding all relevant modules and libraries to the classpath
static void	launch(String[] args)	Launches the given GhidraLaunchable specified in the first command line argument
static void	main(String[] args)	Deprecated, for removal: This API element is subject to removal in a future version. Use Ghidra.main(String[]) instead

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Details

GhidraLauncher

public GhidraLauncher()

Method Details

launch

public static void launch(String[] args)
                   throws Exception

Launches the given GhidraLaunchable specified in the first command line argument

Parameters:

args - The first argument is the name of the GhidraLaunchable to launch. The remaining args get passed through to the class's GhidraLaunchable.launch(ghidra.GhidraApplicationLayout, java.lang.String[]) method.

Throws:

Exception - If there was a problem launching. See the exception's message for more details on what went wrong.

main

@Deprecated(since="10.1",
            forRemoval=true)
public static void main(String[] args)
                 throws Exception

Deprecated, for removal: This API element is subject to removal in a future version.

Use Ghidra.main(String[]) instead

Launches the given GhidraLaunchable specified in the first command line argument

Parameters:

args - The first argument is the name of the GhidraLaunchable to launch. The remaining args get passed through to the class's GhidraLaunchable.launch(ghidra.GhidraApplicationLayout, java.lang.String[]) method.

Throws:

Exception - If there was a problem launching. See the exception's message for more details on what went wrong.

getMillisecondsFromLaunch

public static long getMillisecondsFromLaunch()

Returns the current number of milliseconds that have elapsed since execution began.

Returns:

the current number of milliseconds that have elapsed since execution began

initializeGhidraEnvironment

public static GhidraApplicationLayout initializeGhidraEnvironment()
                                                           throws IOException,
ClassNotFoundException

Initializes the Ghidra environment by discovering its layout and adding all relevant modules and libraries to the classpath

NOTE: This method expects that the GhidraClassLoader is the active classloader

Returns:

Ghidra's layout

Throws:

IOException - if there was an issue getting the layout

ClassNotFoundException - if the GhidraClassLoader is not the active classloader

findJarsInDir

public static List<String> findJarsInDir(ResourceFile dir)

Searches the given directory (non-recursively) for jars and returns their paths in a list. The paths will be sorted by jar file name.

Parameters:

dir - The directory to search for jars in

Returns:

A list of discovered jar paths, sorted by jar file name