Merge pull request #20 from Lansweeper/feat/add-clone-to-LibPcapLiveDevice

feat: add clone for LibPcapLiveDevice

Author: PeterVD-Lansweeper

SharpPcap/LibPcap/ILibPcapLiveDevice.cs

@@ -41,6 +41,16 @@ public interface ILibPcapLiveDevice : ILiveDevice
         /// </summary>
         PcapHandle Handle { get; }
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Returns a clone of the current device.
+        /// This clone can then be opened and used to capture packets independently of the original device.
+        /// You can set the <see cref="Filter"/> without interfering with the original.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="device">The original device</param>
+        /// <returns>The cloned device</returns>
+        ILibPcapLiveDevice Clone();
+
+
         /// <summary>
         /// Override the default ToString() implementation
         /// </summary>
@@ -68,6 +78,5 @@ public interface ILibPcapLiveDevice : ILiveDevice
         /// See https://www.tcpdump.org/manpages/pcap_next_ex.3pcap.html
         /// </returns>
         int GetNextPacketPointers(ref IntPtr header, ref IntPtr data);
-        
     }
 }

SharpPcap/LibPcap/LibPcapLiveDevice.cs

@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@
 using System;
 using System.Collections.ObjectModel;
 using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
-using System.Text;
 
 namespace SharpPcap.LibPcap
 {
@@ -33,6 +32,12 @@ protected LibPcapLiveDevice()
         {
         }
 
+        /// <inheritdoc/>
+        public ILibPcapLiveDevice Clone()
+        {
+            return new LibPcapLiveDevice(Interface);
+        }
+
         /// <summary>
         /// PcapDevice finalizer.  Ensure PcapDevices are stopped and closed before exit.
         /// </summary>

SharpPcap/SharpPcap.csproj

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
 	<PropertyGroup>
 		<TargetFramework>net8.0</TargetFramework>
-		<Version>10.0.0-beta.1</Version> <!--update manually, this is in sync with the Lansweeper On-Prem version-->
+		<Version>10.0.0-beta.2</Version> <!--update manually, this is in sync with the Lansweeper On-Prem version-->
 		<PackageId>Lansweeper.SharpPcap</PackageId>
 		<Company>Lansweeper</Company>
 		<Title>Lansweeper SharpPcap</Title>