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diff --git a/epan/column.h b/epan/column.h
index 2a641e8dbb..dd8d546c40 100644
--- a/epan/column.h
+++ b/epan/column.h
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
-/* column.h
+/** @file
* Definitions for column handling routines
+ * Column preference and format settings.
+ *
+ * For internal Wireshark useonly. Don't include this header in dissectors!
*
* Wireshark - Network traffic analyzer
* By Gerald Combs <gerald@wireshark.org>
@@ -12,7 +15,7 @@
#define __COLUMN_H__
#include "ws_symbol_export.h"
-#include <epan/column-info.h>
+#include <epan/column-utils.h>
#ifdef __cplusplus
extern "C" {
@@ -23,8 +26,8 @@ typedef struct _fmt_data {
int fmt; /* format of column */
gchar *custom_fields; /* fields names for COL_CUSTOM */
gint custom_occurrence; /* optional ordinal of occurrence of that field */
- gboolean visible; /* if FALSE, hide this column */
- gboolean resolved; /* if TRUE, show a more human-readable name */
+ bool visible; /* if FALSE, hide this column */
+ bool resolved; /* if TRUE, show a more human-readable name */
} fmt_data;
WS_DLL_PUBLIC
@@ -32,6 +35,8 @@ const gchar *col_format_to_string(const gint);
WS_DLL_PUBLIC
const gchar *col_format_desc(const gint);
WS_DLL_PUBLIC
+const gchar *col_format_abbrev(const gint);
+WS_DLL_PUBLIC
gint get_column_format(const gint);
WS_DLL_PUBLIC
void set_column_format(const gint, const gint);
@@ -66,6 +71,19 @@ gint get_column_char_width(const gint format);
WS_DLL_PUBLIC
gchar *get_column_tooltip(const gint col);
+/** Get the text of a column element. The string returned may
+ * depend on whether the resolved member variable is set.
+ * For internal Wireshark use, not to be called from dissectors.
+ * Dissectors use col_get_text() in column-utils.h
+ *
+ * @param cinfo the column information
+ * @param col the column index to use (not the format)
+ *
+ * @return the text string
+ */
+WS_DLL_PUBLIC
+const gchar *get_column_text(column_info *cinfo, const gint col);
+
WS_DLL_PUBLIC
void
col_finalize(column_info *cinfo);
@@ -77,6 +95,43 @@ build_column_format_array(column_info *cinfo, const gint num_cols, const gboolea
WS_DLL_PUBLIC
void column_dump_column_formats(void);
+/** Parse a column format string into a fmt_data struct.
+ * If the format string possibly can be that of a deprecated column
+ * that has been migrated to a custom column (e.g., upon first being
+ * read from a preference file), call try_convert_to_custom_column() first.
+ *
+ * @param[out] cfmt The parsed cfmt, still owned by the caller.
+ * For custom columns, the caller is responsible for freeing
+ * the custom_fields member as well.
+ * @param[in] fmt The column format to parse.
+ *
+ * @return TRUE if conversion was successful, FALSE if unsuccessful
+ */
+WS_DLL_PUBLIC
+gboolean parse_column_format(fmt_data *cfmt, const char *fmt);
+
+/** Checks a column format string to see if it is a deprecated column
+ * that has been migrated to a custom column, and converts the format
+ * to the corresponding custom column format if so, otherwise leaving
+ * it unchanged.
+ *
+ * @param[in,out] fmt The column format to check and possibly convert.
+ */
+WS_DLL_PUBLIC
+void try_convert_to_custom_column(char **fmt);
+
+/** Checks a column field string to see if it is a name of a filter
+ * field created using a default column title (as used in tshark -e),
+ * and alias it to the new column type based field.
+ *
+ * @param[in] field The old title based field, e.g. "_ws.col.Info"
+ * @return The new field, e.g. "_ws.col.info", or NULL
+ */
+WS_DLL_PUBLIC
+const char* try_convert_to_column_field(const char *field);
+
+WS_DLL_PUBLIC
+void column_register_fields(void);
#ifdef __cplusplus
}
#endif /* __cplusplus */