Package ghidra.python

Class PythonUtils

java.lang.Object

ghidra.python.PythonUtils

public class PythonUtils
extends java.lang.Object

Python utility method class.

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field	Description
static java.lang.String	PYTHON_CACHEDIR
static java.lang.String	PYTHON_NAME
static java.lang.String	PYTHON_SRC

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
PythonUtils()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
static java.io.File	setupPythonCacheDir(TaskMonitor monitor)	Sets up the python cache directory.
static java.io.File	setupPythonHomeDir()	Sets up the python home directory.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

PYTHON_NAME

public static final java.lang.String PYTHON_NAME

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Constant Field Values

PYTHON_CACHEDIR

public static final java.lang.String PYTHON_CACHEDIR

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Constant Field Values

PYTHON_SRC

public static final java.lang.String PYTHON_SRC

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Constant Field Values

Constructor Detail

PythonUtils

public PythonUtils()

Method Detail

setupPythonHomeDir

public static java.io.File setupPythonHomeDir()
                                       throws java.io.IOException

Sets up the python home directory. This is the directory that has the "Lib" directory in it.

Returns:

The python home directory.

Throws:

java.io.IOException - If there was a disk-related problem setting up the home directory.

setupPythonCacheDir

public static java.io.File setupPythonCacheDir(TaskMonitor monitor)
                                        throws CancelledException,
                                               java.io.IOException

Sets up the python cache directory. This is a temporary space that python source files get compiled to and cached. It should NOT be in the Ghidra installation directory, because some installations will not have the appropriate directory permissions to create new files in.

Parameters:

monitor - A monitor to use during the cache directory setup.

Returns:

The python cache directory.

Throws:

java.io.IOException - If there was a disk-related problem setting up the cache directory.

CancelledException - If the user cancelled the setup.