#include <Device.h>

Inheritance diagram for pcpp::IFilterableDevice:

Public Member Functions
virtual bool	setFilter (GeneralFilter &filter)

virtual bool	setFilter (std::string filterAsString)=0

virtual bool	clearFilter ()=0

Detailed Description

An abstract interface representing all devices that have BPF (Berkeley Packet Filter) filtering capabilities, meaning devices that can filter packets based on the BPF filtering syntax. This is an abstract class that cannot be instantiated

Member Function Documentation

◆ clearFilter()

virtual bool pcpp::IFilterableDevice::clearFilter ( )

pure virtual

Clear the filter currently set on the device

Returns: True if filter was removed successfully or if no filter was set, false otherwise

Implemented in pcpp::PfRingDevice, and pcpp::IPcapDevice.

◆ setFilter() [1/2]

virtual bool pcpp::IFilterableDevice::setFilter ( GeneralFilter & filter )

inlinevirtual

Set a filter for the device. When implemented by the device, only packets that match the filter will be received

Parameters

[in] filter The filter to be set in PcapPlusPlus' GeneralFilter format

Returns: True if filter set successfully, false otherwise

◆ setFilter() [2/2]

virtual bool pcpp::IFilterableDevice::setFilter ( std::string filterAsString )