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import ctypes

from typing import Optional, Mapping, Callable, List, Tuple

# Binary Ninja components

import binaryninja

from . import _binaryninjacore as core

from . import types as _types

from . import platform

from . import typeparser

from . import enums

ProgressFuncType = Callable[[int, int], bool]

class TypeContainer:

"""

A ``TypeContainer`` is a generic interface to access various Binary Ninja models

that contain types. Types are stored with both a unique id and a unique name.

The ``TypeContainer`` class should not generally be instantiated directly. Instances

can be retrieved from the following properties and methods in the API:

* :py:meth:`.BinaryView.type_container`

* :py:meth:`.BinaryView.auto_type_container`

* :py:meth:`.BinaryView.user_type_container`

* :py:meth:`.Platform.type_container`

* :py:meth:`.TypeLibrary.type_container`

* :py:meth:`.DebugInfo.get_type_container`

:param handle: Handle pointer (Internal use only.)

"""

def __init__(self, handle: core.BNTypeContainerHandle):

"""

Construct a Type Container, internal use only

:param handle: Handle pointer

"""

binaryninja._init_plugins()

self.handle: core.BNTypeContainerHandle = core.handle_of_type(handle, core.BNTypeContainer)

def __del__(self):

if core is not None:

core.BNFreeTypeContainer(self.handle)

def __repr__(self):

return f"<type container {self.name}>"

@classmethod

def empty(cls):

"""

Get an empty Type Container which contains no types (immutable)

Useful when a function requires a Type Container but you don't have one.

:return: Empty type container

"""

handle = core.BNGetEmptyTypeContainer()

return TypeContainer(handle=handle)

@property

def id(self) -> str:

"""

Get an id string for the Type Container. This will be unique within a given

analysis session, but may not be globally unique.

:return: Identifier string

"""

return core.BNTypeContainerGetId(self.handle)

@property

def name(self) -> str:

"""

Get a user-friendly name for the Type Container.

:return: Display name

"""

return core.BNTypeContainerGetName(self.handle)

@property

def container_type(self) -> 'enums.TypeContainerType':

"""

Get the type of underlying model the Type Container is accessing.

:return: Container type enum

"""

return core.BNTypeContainerGetType(self.handle)

@property

def mutable(self) -> bool:

"""

Test if the Type Container supports mutable operations (add, rename, delete)

:return: True if mutable

"""

return core.BNTypeContainerIsMutable(self.handle)

@property

def platform(self) -> 'platform.Platform':

"""

Get the Platform object associated with this Type Container. All Type Containers

have exactly one associated Platform (as opposed to, e.g. Type Libraries).

:return: Associated Platform object

"""

handle = core.BNTypeContainerGetPlatform(self.handle)

assert handle is not None

return platform.CorePlatform._from_cache(handle=handle)

def add_types(self, types: Mapping['_types.QualifiedNameType', '_types.Type'], progress_func: Optional[ProgressFuncType] = None) -> Optional[Mapping['_types.QualifiedName', str]]:

"""

Add or update types to a Type Container. If the Type Container already contains

a type with the same name as a type being added, the existing type will be

replaced with the definition given to this function, and references will be

updated in the source model.

An optional progress callback is included because adding many types can be a slow operation.

:param types: Dict from name -> definition of new types to add

:param progress_func: Optional function to call for progress updates

:return: Dict from name -> id of type in Type Container for all added types if successful,

None otherwise.

"""

api_names = (core.BNQualifiedName * len(types))()

api_types = (ctypes.POINTER(core.BNType) * len(types))()

for (i, (key, value)) in enumerate(types.items()):

api_names[i] = _types.QualifiedName(key)._to_core_struct()

api_types[i] = value.handle

if progress_func:

progress_func_obj = ctypes.CFUNCTYPE(

ctypes.c_bool, ctypes.c_void_p, ctypes.c_ulonglong, ctypes.c_ulonglong

)(lambda ctxt, cur, total: progress_func(cur, total))

else:

progress_func_obj = ctypes.CFUNCTYPE(

ctypes.c_bool, ctypes.c_void_p, ctypes.c_ulonglong, ctypes.c_ulonglong

)(lambda ctxt, cur, total: True)

result_names = ctypes.POINTER(core.BNQualifiedName)()

result_ids = ctypes.POINTER(ctypes.c_char_p)()

result_count = ctypes.c_size_t(0)

if not core.BNTypeContainerAddTypes(self.handle, api_names, api_types, len(types), progress_func_obj, None, result_names, result_ids, result_count):

return None

result = {}

for i in range(result_count.value):

name = _types.QualifiedName._from_core_struct(result_names[i])

id = core.pyNativeStr(result_ids[i])

result[name] = id

core.BNFreeTypeNameList(result_names, result_count.value)

core.BNFreeStringList(result_ids, result_count.value)

return result

def rename_type(self, type_id: str, new_name: '_types.QualifiedNameType') -> bool:

"""

Rename a type in the Type Container. All references to this type will be updated

(by id) to use the new name.

:param type_id: Id of type to update

:param new_name: New name for the type

:return: True if successful

"""

return core.BNTypeContainerRenameType(self.handle, type_id, _types.QualifiedName(new_name)._to_core_struct())

def delete_type(self, type_id: str) -> bool:

"""

Delete a type in the Type Container. Behavior of references to this type is

not specified and you may end up with broken references if any still exist.

:param type_id: Id of type to delete

:return: True if successful

"""

return core.BNTypeContainerDeleteType(self.handle, type_id)

def get_type_id(self, type_name: '_types.QualifiedNameType') -> Optional[str]:

"""

Get the unique id of the type in the Type Container with the given name.

If no type with that name exists, returns None.

:param type_name: Name of type

:return: Type id, if exists, else, None

"""

result = ctypes.c_char_p()

if not core.BNTypeContainerGetTypeId(self.handle, _types.QualifiedName(type_name)._to_core_struct(), result):

return None

return core.pyNativeStr(result.value)

def get_type_name(self, type_id: str) -> Optional['_types.QualifiedName']:

"""

Get the unique name of the type in the Type Container with the given id.

If no type with that id exists, returns None.

:param type_id: Id of type

:return: Type name, if exists, else, None

"""

api_result = core.BNQualifiedName()

if not core.BNTypeContainerGetTypeName(self.handle, type_id, api_result):

return None

result = _types.QualifiedName._from_core_struct(api_result)

core.BNFreeQualifiedName(api_result)

return result

def get_type_by_id(self, type_id: str) -> Optional['_types.Type']:

"""

Get the definition of the type in the Type Container with the given id.

If no type with that id exists, returns None.

:param type_id: Id of type

:return: Type object, if exists, else, None

"""

result = ctypes.POINTER(core.BNType)()

if not core.BNTypeContainerGetTypeById(self.handle, type_id, result):

return None

return _types.Type.create(handle=result)

@property

def types(self) -> Optional[Mapping[str, Tuple['_types.QualifiedName', '_types.Type']]]:

"""

Get a mapping of all types in a Type Container.

:return: All types in a dict of type id -> (type name, type definition)

"""

result_names = ctypes.POINTER(core.BNQualifiedName)()

result_ids = ctypes.POINTER(ctypes.c_char_p)()

result_types = ctypes.POINTER(ctypes.POINTER(core.BNType))()

result_count = ctypes.c_size_t(0)

if not core.BNTypeContainerGetTypes(self.handle, result_ids, result_names, result_types, result_count):

return None

result = {}

for i in range(result_count.value):

name = _types.QualifiedName._from_core_struct(result_names[i])

id = core.pyNativeStr(result_ids[i])

ref_handle = core.BNNewTypeReference(result_types[i])

assert ref_handle is not None

type = _types.Type.create(handle=ref_handle)

result[id] = (name, type)

core.BNFreeTypeNameList(result_names, result_count.value)

core.BNFreeStringList(result_ids, result_count.value)

core.BNFreeTypeList(result_types, result_count.value)

return result

def get_type_by_name(self, type_name: '_types.QualifiedNameType') -> Optional['_types.Type']:

"""

Get the definition of the type in the Type Container with the given name.

If no type with that name exists, returns None.

:param type_name: Name of type

:return: Type object, if exists, else, None

"""

result = ctypes.POINTER(core.BNType)()

if not core.BNTypeContainerGetTypeByName(self.handle, _types.QualifiedName(type_name)._to_core_struct(), result):

return None

return _types.Type.create(handle=result)

@property

def type_ids(self) -> Optional[List[str]]:

"""

Get all type ids in a Type Container.

:return: List of all type ids

"""

result_ids = ctypes.POINTER(ctypes.c_char_p)()

result_count = ctypes.c_size_t(0)

if not core.BNTypeContainerGetTypeIds(self.handle, result_ids, result_count):

return None

result = []

for i in range(result_count.value):

id = core.pyNativeStr(result_ids[i])

result.append(id)

core.BNFreeStringList(result_ids, result_count.value)

return result

@property

def type_names(self) -> Optional[List['_types.QualifiedName']]:

"""

Get all type names in a Type Container.

:return: List of all type names

"""

result_names = ctypes.POINTER(core.BNQualifiedName)()

result_count = ctypes.c_size_t(0)

if not core.BNTypeContainerGetTypeNames(self.handle, result_names, result_count):

return None

result = []

for i in range(result_count.value):

name = _types.QualifiedName._from_core_struct(result_names[i])

result.append(name)

core.BNFreeTypeNameList(result_names, result_count.value)

return result

@property

def type_names_and_ids(self) -> Optional[Mapping[str, '_types.QualifiedName']]:

"""

Get a mapping of all type ids and type names in a Type Container.

:return: Dict of type id -> type name

"""

result_names = ctypes.POINTER(core.BNQualifiedName)()

result_ids = ctypes.POINTER(ctypes.c_char_p)()

result_count = ctypes.c_size_t(0)

if not core.BNTypeContainerGetTypeNamesAndIds(self.handle, result_ids, result_names, result_count):

return None

result = {}

for i in range(result_count.value):

name = _types.QualifiedName._from_core_struct(result_names[i])

id = core.pyNativeStr(result_ids[i])

result[id] = name

core.BNFreeTypeNameList(result_names, result_count.value)

core.BNFreeStringList(result_ids, result_count.value)

return result

@property

def type_count(self) -> int:

"""

Get the number of types in a Type Container.

:return: Number of types in the container

"""

return core.BNTypeContainerGetTypeCount(self.handle)

def parse_type_string(

self, source: str, import_dependencies: bool = True

) -> Tuple[Optional[Tuple['_types.QualifiedNameType', '_types.Type']], List['typeparser.TypeParserError']]:

"""

Parse a single type and name from a string containing their definition, with

knowledge of the types in the Type Container.

:param source: Source code to parse

:param import_dependencies: If Type Library / Type Archive types should be imported during parsing

:return: A tuple of (result, errors) where result is a tuple of (type, name) or

None of there was a fatal error.

"""

result_cpp = core.BNQualifiedNameAndType()

errors_cpp = ctypes.POINTER(core.BNTypeParserError)()

error_count = ctypes.c_size_t()

success = core.BNTypeContainerParseTypeString(

self.handle, source, import_dependencies, result_cpp, errors_cpp, error_count

)

if success:

result = (

_types.QualifiedName._from_core_struct(result_cpp.name),

_types.Type.create(handle=core.BNNewTypeReference(result_cpp.type))

)

else:

result = None

core.BNFreeQualifiedNameAndType(result_cpp)

errors = []

for i in range(error_count.value):

errors.append(typeparser.TypeParserError._from_core_struct(errors_cpp[i]))

core.BNFreeTypeParserErrors(errors_cpp, error_count.value)

return result, errors

def parse_types_from_source(self, source: str, file_name: str,

options: Optional[List[str]] = None, include_dirs: Optional[List[str]] = None,

auto_type_source: str = "", import_dependencies: bool = True

) -> Tuple[Optional['typeparser.TypeParserResult'], List['typeparser.TypeParserError']]:

"""

Parse an entire block of source into types, variables, and functions, with

knowledge of the types in the Type Container.

:param source: Source code to parse

:param file_name: Name of the file containing the source (optional: exists on disk)

:param options: Optional string arguments to pass as options, e.g. command line arguments

:param include_dirs: Optional list of directories to include in the header search path

:param auto_type_source: Optional source of types if used for automatically generated types

:param import_dependencies: If Type Library / Type Archive types should be imported during parsing

:return: A tuple of (result, errors) where the result is None if there was a fatal error

"""

if options is None:

options = []

if include_dirs is None:

include_dirs = []

options_cpp = (ctypes.c_char_p * len(options))()

for (i, s) in enumerate(options):

options_cpp[i] = core.cstr(s)

include_dirs_cpp = (ctypes.c_char_p * len(include_dirs))()

for (i, s) in enumerate(include_dirs):

include_dirs_cpp[i] = core.cstr(s)

result_cpp = core.BNTypeParserResult()

errors_cpp = ctypes.POINTER(core.BNTypeParserError)()

error_count = ctypes.c_size_t()

success = core.BNTypeContainerParseTypesFromSource(

self.handle, source, file_name,

options_cpp, len(options),

include_dirs_cpp, len(include_dirs), auto_type_source, import_dependencies,

result_cpp, errors_cpp, error_count

)

if success:

result = typeparser.TypeParserResult._from_core_struct(result_cpp)

else:

result = None

core.BNFreeTypeParserResult(result_cpp)

errors = []

for i in range(error_count.value):

errors.append(typeparser.TypeParserError._from_core_struct(errors_cpp[i]))

core.BNFreeTypeParserErrors(errors_cpp, error_count.value)

return result, errors