Pcap
  • Introduction
  • Getting Started
    • Dependency management
    • Installing Libpcap or Npcap
    • Run as non root user
    • Logging
    • Obtaining the device list
    • Opening an adapter and capturing the packets
    • Capturing the packets without the callback
    • Capture statistics
    • Filtering the traffic
    • Write the packets to a capture file
    • Read packets from a capture file.
    • Sending packets
    • I/O Multiplexing
    • Restricted Method
  • Developer Guide
    • Branches to look
    • Build from Source
    • Notes
  • Packet Structure
    • Packet Header
    • Packet Buffer
  • Packet Codec
    • Using packet codec
    • Adding protocol support
  • Others
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  • Hello Pcap!
  • Version History
  • Project Status
  • Supported platforms
  • Requirements
  • Java module system with java 9+

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Introduction

Pcap provides a packet processing library for rapid development on top of JVM languages.

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Hello Pcap!

"Hello pcap!" implementation in different JVM languages.

var service = Service.Creator.create("PcapService");
try (var pcap = service.live(service.interfaces(), new DefaultLiveOptions())) {
  pcap.loop(10, (args, header, buffer) -> {
    System.out.println("Args     : " + args);
    System.out.println("Header   : " + header);
    System.out.println("Packet   : " + buffer);
  }, "Hello pcap!");
}
val service = Service.Creator.create("PcapService")
val pcap = service.live(service.interfaces(), DefaultLiveOptions())
pcap.loop(10, { args, header, buffer ->
  println("Args     : $args")
  println("Header   : $header")
  println("Packet   : $buffer")
}, "Hello pcap!")
pcap.close()
val service = Service.Creator.create("PcapService")
val pcap = service.live(service.interfaces(), new DefaultLiveOptions())
pcap.loop(10, (args: String, header: PacketHeader, buffer: PacketBuffer) => {
  println("Args     : ", args)
  println("Header   : ", header)
  println("Packet   : ", buffer)
}, "Hello pcap!")
pcap.close()
def service = Service.Creator.create("PcapService")
def pcap = service.live(service.interfaces(), new DefaultLiveOptions())
pcap.loop(10, { args, header, buffer ->
  println("Args     : " + args)
  println("Header   : " + header)
  println("Packet   : " + buffer)
}, "Hello pcap!");
pcap.close()
(def service (. Service$Creator (create "PcapService")))
(def pcap (.live service (.interfaces service) (DefaultLiveOptions.)))
(def handler (reify PacketHandler (gotPacket [this args header buffer]
  (println "Args     : " args)
  (println "Header   : " header)
  (println "Buffer    : " buffer))))
(.loop pcap 10 handler "Hello pcap!")
(.close pcap))
class Callback
  def gotPacket(args, header, buffer)
    puts "Args     : " + args
    puts "Header   : " + header.toString
    puts "Buffer    : " + buffer.toString
  end
end
service = Service::Creator.create('PcapService')
pcap = service.live(service.interfaces(), DefaultLiveOptions.new)
pcap.loop(10, Callback.new, "Hello pcap!")
pcap.close()
class Callback(PacketHandler):
  def gotPacket(self, args, hdr, buf):
    print("Args     : ", args)
    print("Header   : ", hdr)
    print("Buffer    : ", buf)
service = DefaultService()
pcap = service.live(service.interfaces(), DefaultLiveOptions())
pcap.loop(10, Callback(), "Hello pcap!")
pcap.close()

Version History

Pcap is using semantic versioning:

Version

Latest Version

Release Date

Latest Release

1.0.0

1.0.7

2020-12-24

2021-03-12

1.2.0

1.2.2

2021-02-01

2021-03-20

1.3.0

1.3.4

2021-05-02

2021-11-15

1.4.0

1.4.2

2021-12-25

2022-09-13

Project Status

Supported platforms

  • Linux (Tested)

  • Mac OS (Tested)

  • Windows (Tested)

  • FreeBSD (Tested)

  • Other OSes that supported by both Libpcap and JNA (Untested).

Requirements

  • Java 7+

  • Libpcap for Unix or Npcap for Windows

Java module system with java 9+

Pcap can be used in modular java 9+ applications with specific module name listed below:

  • pcap-spi: pcap.spi

  • pcap-jdk7: pcap.jdk7

  • pcap-common: pcap.common

  • pcap-codec: pcap.codec

Disclimers

  • Every types, methods, or fields annotated with @Incubating might be changed or removed at any time.

  • Every types, methods, or fields annotated with @Incubating does not imply that the functionality being tested.

  • Calling the @Restricted method might crash your app if you use it incorrectly. Make sure you know what you're doing with it.

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