Package ghidra.app.util.bin.format.dwarf

Class DWARFDataTypeImporter

java.lang.Object

ghidra.app.util.bin.format.dwarf.DWARFDataTypeImporter

public class DWARFDataTypeImporter
extends Object

Creates Ghidra DataTypes using information from DWARF debug entries. The caller is responsible for writing the resulting temporary DataType instances into the database.

Create a new instance of this class for each DIEAggregate datatype that you wish to convert into a DataType.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
DWARFDataTypeImporter(DWARFProgram prog, DWARFDataTypeManager dwarfDTM)	Create a new data type importer.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
ghidra.app.util.bin.format.dwarf.DWARFDataTypeImporter.DWARFDataType	getDataType(DIEAggregate diea, ghidra.app.util.bin.format.dwarf.DWARFDataTypeImporter.DWARFDataType defaultValue)	Converts the specified DWARF debug entry into a Ghidra DataType (wrapped in a simple holder object to also return associated metadata).
ghidra.app.util.bin.format.dwarf.DWARFDataTypeImporter.DWARFDataType	getDDTByInstance(DataType dtInstance)

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Details

DWARFDataTypeImporter

public DWARFDataTypeImporter(DWARFProgram prog,
 DWARFDataTypeManager dwarfDTM)

Create a new data type importer.

Parameters:

prog - DWARFProgram that is being imported

dwarfDTM - DWARFDataTypeManager helper

Method Details

getDDTByInstance

public ghidra.app.util.bin.format.dwarf.DWARFDataTypeImporter.DWARFDataType getDDTByInstance(DataType dtInstance)

getDataType

public ghidra.app.util.bin.format.dwarf.DWARFDataTypeImporter.DWARFDataType getDataType(DIEAggregate diea,
 ghidra.app.util.bin.format.dwarf.DWARFDataTypeImporter.DWARFDataType defaultValue)
                                                                                 throws IOException,
DWARFExpressionException

Converts the specified DWARF debug entry into a Ghidra DataType (wrapped in a simple holder object to also return associated metadata).

Parameters:

diea - DWARF DIEAggregate to convert into Ghidra DataType.

defaultValue - value to return if the specified DIEA is null or there is a problem with the DWARF debug data.

Returns:

a DWARFDataTypeImporter.DWARFDataType wrapper around the new Ghidra DataType.

Throws:

IOException

DWARFExpressionException