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+"""
+Parsing libpcap and reading/writing PCAP file.
+Reference source: http://wiki.wireshark.org/Development/LibpcapFileFormat
+
+
+                  Libpcap File Format
+
+                +---------------------+
+                |                     |
+                |     Global Header   |
+                |                     |
+                +---------------------+
+                |     Packet Header   |
+                +---------------------+
+                |     Packet Data     |
+                +---------------------+
+                |     Packet Header   |
+                +---------------------+
+                |     Packet Data     |
+                +---------------------+
+                |          ...
+                +---------------- ...
+
+
+Sample usage of dump packets:
+
+    from ryu.lib import pcaplib
+
+    class SimpleSwitch13(app_manager.RyuApp):
+        OFP_VERSIONS = [ofproto_v1_3.OFP_VERSION]
+
+        def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
+            super(SimpleSwitch13, self).__init__(*args, **kwargs)
+            self.mac_to_port = {}
+
+            # Creating an instance with a PCAP filename
+            self.pcap_pen = Writer(open('mypcap.pcap', 'wb'))
+
+        @set_ev_cls(ofp_event.EventOFPPacketIn, MAIN_DISPATCHER)
+        def _packet_in_handler(self, ev):
+            msg = ev.msg
+
+            # Dump the data packet into PCAP file
+            self.pcap_pen.write_pkt(msg.data)
+
+            pkt = packet.Packet(msg.data)
+
+Sample usage of reading PCAP files:
+
+    from ryu.lib import pcaplib
+    from ryu.lib.packet import packet
+
+    frame_count = 0
+    # Using the Reader iterator that yields packets in PCAP file
+    for ts, buf in pcaplib.Reader(open('test.pcap', 'rb')):
+        frame_count += 1
+        pkt = packet.Packet(buf)
+
+        eth = pkt.get_protocols(ethernet.ethernet)[0]
+
+        dst = eth.dst
+        src = eth.src
+        # print frames count, timestamp, ethernet src, ethernet dst
+        # and raw packet.
+        print frame_count, ts, dst, src, pkt
+
+"""
+
+import struct
+import sys
+import time
+
+
+class PcapFileHdr(object):
+    """
+    Global Header
+    typedef struct pcap_hdr_s {
+                guint32 magic_number;   /* magic number */
+                guint16 version_major;  /* major version number */
+                guint16 version_minor;  /* minor version number */
+                gint32  thiszone;       /* GMT to local correction */
+                guint32 sigfigs;        /* accuracy of timestamps */
+                guint32 snaplen;        /* max length of captured packets,
+                                           in octets */
+                guint32 network;        /* data link type */
+    } pcap_hdr_t;
+
+    0                   1                   2                   3
+    0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1
+    +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
+    |                          Magic Number                         |
+    +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
+    |        Version Major          |        Version Minor          |
+    +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
+    |                            Thiszone                           |
+    +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
+    |                            Sigfigs                            |
+    +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
+    |                            Snaplen                            |
+    +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
+    |                            Network                            |
+    +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
+                                File Format
+    """
+    _FILE_HDR_FMT = None
+
+    def __init__(self, magic='\xd4\xc3\xb2\xa1', version_major=2,
+                 version_minor=4, thiszone=0, sigfigs=0, snaplen=0,
+                 linktype=0):
+        self.magic = magic
+        self.version_major = version_major
+        self.version_minor = version_minor
+        self.thiszone = thiszone
+        self.sigfigs = sigfigs
+        self.snaplen = snaplen
+        self.linktype = linktype
+
+    @classmethod
+    def parser(cls, buf):
+        if buf[:4] == '\xa1\xb2\xc3\xd4':
+            # Big Endian
+            cls._FILE_HDR_FMT = '>IHHIIII'
+            byteorder = '>'
+        elif buf[:4] == '\xd4\xc3\xb2\xa1':
+            # Little Endian
+            cls._FILE_HDR_FMT = '<IHHIIII'
+            byteorder = '<'
+        else:
+            raise Exception('Invalid pcap file.')
+
+        (magic, version_major, version_minor, thiszone, sigfigs,
+         snaplen, linktype) = struct.unpack_from(cls._FILE_HDR_FMT, buf)
+
+        hdr = cls(magic, version_major, version_minor, thiszone, sigfigs,
+                  snaplen, linktype)
+        return hdr, byteorder
+
+    def serialize(self, fmt):
+        return struct.pack(fmt, self.magic, self.version_major,
+                           self.version_minor, self.thiszone,
+                           self.sigfigs, self.snaplen, self.linktype)
+
+
+class PcapPktHdr(object):
+    """
+    Record (Packet) Header
+    typedef struct pcaprec_hdr_s {
+            guint32 ts_sec;       /* timestamp seconds */
+            guint32 ts_usec;      /* timestamp microseconds */
+            guint32 incl_len;     /* number of octets of packet
+                                     saved in file */
+            guint32 orig_len;     /* actual length of packet */
+    } pcaprec_hdr_t;
+
+    0                   1                   2                   3
+    0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1
+    +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
+    |                        Timestamp Seconds                      |
+    +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
+    |                        Timestamp Microseconds                 |
+    +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
+    |                  Number of octets of saved in file            |
+    +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
+    |                        Actual length of packet                |
+    +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
+                        Record (Packet) Header Format
+    """
+
+    _PKT_HDR_FMT = None
+
+    def __init__(self, ts_sec=0, ts_usec=0, incl_len=0, orig_len=0):
+        self.ts_sec = ts_sec
+        self.ts_usec = ts_usec
+        self.incl_len = incl_len
+        self.orig_len = orig_len
+
+    @classmethod
+    def parser(cls, byteorder, buf):
+        if not buf:
+            raise IndexError('No data')
+        cls._PKT_HDR_FMT = byteorder + 'IIII'
+        PKT_HDR_LEN = struct.calcsize(cls._PKT_HDR_FMT)
+
+        (ts_sec, ts_usec, incl_len,
+         orig_len) = struct.unpack_from(cls._PKT_HDR_FMT, buf)
+
+        hdr = cls(ts_sec, ts_usec, incl_len, orig_len)
+        # print repr(buf[0:16])
+        return hdr, buf[PKT_HDR_LEN:PKT_HDR_LEN + incl_len]
+
+    def serialize(self, fmt):
+        return struct.pack(fmt, self.ts_sec, self.ts_usec,
+                           self.incl_len, self.orig_len)
+
+
+class Reader(object):
+    _FILE_HDR_FMT = '>IHHIIII'
+    _PKT_HDR_FMT = '>IIII'
+
+    _PKT_HDR_LEN = struct.calcsize(_PKT_HDR_FMT)
+    _FILE_HDR_FMT_LEN = struct.calcsize(_FILE_HDR_FMT)
+
+    def __init__(self, file_obj):
+        self._fp = file_obj
+        # self.__filename = filename
+        self._file_byteorder = None
+        self._hdr_data = None
+        self.incl_len_pos = 0
+
+    def __iter__(self):
+        buf = self._fp.read(Reader._FILE_HDR_FMT_LEN)
+        # Only Read PCAP file from 0 to 24th byte
+        (filehdr, self._file_byteorder) = PcapFileHdr.parser(buf)
+
+        # self._fp.seek(Reader._FILE_HDR_FMT_LEN)
+
+        # Read PCAP file from 24th byte to EOF
+        self._hdr_data = self._fp.read()
+        self._fp.close()
+
+        return self
+
+    def next(self):
+        try:
+            pkt_hdr, pkt_data = PcapPktHdr.parser(self._file_byteorder,
+                                                  self._hdr_data
+                                                  [self.incl_len_pos:])
+
+            next_pos = pkt_hdr.incl_len + Reader._PKT_HDR_LEN
+            self.incl_len_pos += next_pos
+        except IndexError:
+            raise StopIteration
+
+        return float(pkt_hdr.ts_sec + (pkt_hdr.ts_usec / 1e6)), pkt_data
+
+
+class Writer(object):
+    def __init__(self, file_obj, snaplen=65535, linktype=1):
+        self._f = file_obj
+        self._write_pcap_file_hdr(snaplen, linktype)
+
+    def _write_pcap_file_hdr(self, snaplen, linktype):
+        if sys.byteorder == 'little':
+            pcap_file_hdr = PcapFileHdr(magic=0xa1b2c3d4,
+                                        snaplen=snaplen,
+                                        linktype=linktype)
+            p = pcap_file_hdr.serialize(fmt='<IHHIIII')
+        else:
+            pcap_file_hdr, byteorder = PcapFileHdr(magic=0xd4c3b2a1,
+                                                   naplen=snaplen,
+                                                   linktype=linktype)
+            p = pcap_file_hdr.serialize(fmt='>IHHIIII')
+        self._f.write(str(p))
+
+    def _write_pkt_hdr(self, ts, buf_str_len):
+        sec = int(ts)
+        if sec == 0:
+            usec = 0
+        else:
+            usec = int(ts * 1e6) % int(ts)
+
+        if sys.byteorder == 'little':
+            # usec = int(ts * 1e6) % int(ts)
+            # old_usec = int((float(ts) - int(ts)) * 1e6)
+            pc_pkt_hdr = PcapPktHdr(ts_sec=sec,
+                                    ts_usec=usec,
+                                    incl_len=buf_str_len,
+                                    orig_len=buf_str_len)
+            p = pc_pkt_hdr.serialize(fmt='<IIII')
+        else:
+            pc_pkt_hdr = PcapPktHdr(ts_sec=sec,
+                                    ts_usec=usec,
+                                    incl_len=buf_str_len,
+                                    orig_len=buf_str_len)
+            p = pc_pkt_hdr.serialize(fmt='>IIII')
+        self._f.write(str(p))
+
+    def write_pkt(self, buf, ts=None):
+        if ts is None:
+            ts = time.time()
+
+        buf_str = str(buf)
+        buf_str_len = len(buf_str)
+        self._write_pkt_hdr(ts, buf_str_len)
+        self._f.write(buf_str)
+
+    def __del__(self):
+        self._f.close()