[libidmef-devel] libidmef / C++

[M.R.Rieback <M.R...@IT...>]

Hello..

My name is Melanie Rieback, and I'm a grad student that is currently
integrating IDMEF capabilities into an IDS correlation system that I've
been creating for my Masters thesis.  I've been busy writing a C++
wrapper program for libidmef, to provide a suitable object-oriented
interface that my C++ based program can use.   In the process of working
on this, I have the following comment about libidmef:

In the file idmefxml_types.h (on line 343), in the struct definition of
_IDMEFanalyzer, one of the member declarations is a char * called 'class'.
While this name literally matches the IDMEF DTD, is causes some
unfortunate problems while integrating with a larger C++ program, since
it's obviously a reserved word in C++.   I've tried using all kinds of
macros, define "C" blocks, and creative linking to solve this program,
but unfortunately the second that I attach the file idmefxml_parse.h in
any way shape or form to my C++ code, it dies on this error.  Would it be
possible to use the variable name 'analyzer_class' in the IDMEFanalyzer
struct instead?  I'm also open to any comments on how I can integrate this
structure in a C++ program, despite the fact that it's called 'class'.

Thanks in advance,

Melanie Rieback
Technical University of Delft