Add "dissector_get_string_handle()" for string dissector tables, similar

to "dissector_get_port_handle()" for uint dissector tables.

svn path=/trunk/; revision=8434

1 files changed, 6 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/epan/packet.h b/epan/packet.h
index 9c5478821b..0ccc23a655 100644
--- a/epan/packet.h
+++ b/epan/packet.h
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 /* packet.h
  * Definitions for packet disassembly structures and routines
  *
- * $Id: packet.h,v 1.70 2003/09/07 00:47:56 guy Exp $
+ * $Id: packet.h,v 1.71 2003/09/09 18:09:42 guy Exp $
  *
  * Ethereal - Network traffic analyzer
  * By Gerald Combs <gerald@ethereal.com>
@@ -205,6 +205,11 @@ extern void dissector_reset_string(const char *name, const gchar *pattern);
 extern gboolean dissector_try_string(dissector_table_t sub_dissectors,
     const gchar *string, tvbuff_t *tvb, packet_info *pinfo, proto_tree *tree);
 
+/* Look for a given value in a given string dissector table and, if found,
+   return the dissector handle for that value. */
+extern dissector_handle_t dissector_get_string_handle(
+    dissector_table_t sub_dissectors, const gchar *string);
+
 /* Add a handle to the list of handles that *could* be used with this
    table.  That list is used by code in the UI. */
 extern void dissector_add_handle(const char *name, dissector_handle_t handle);