Source code for dfvfs.analyzer.vmdk_analyzer_helper

"""The VMDK format analyzer helper implementation."""

from dfvfs.analyzer import analyzer
from dfvfs.analyzer import analyzer_helper
from dfvfs.analyzer import specification
from dfvfs.lib import definitions



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class VMDKAnalyzerHelper(analyzer_helper.AnalyzerHelper):
    """VMDK analyzer helper."""

    FORMAT_CATEGORIES = frozenset([definitions.FORMAT_CATEGORY_STORAGE_MEDIA_IMAGE])

    TYPE_INDICATOR = definitions.TYPE_INDICATOR_VMDK


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    def GetFormatSpecification(self):
        """Retrieves the format specification.

        Returns:
          FormatSpecification: format specification or None if the format cannot
              be defined by a specification object.
        """
        format_specification = specification.FormatSpecification(self.type_indicator)

        # VMDK descriptor file signature.
        format_specification.AddNewSignature(b"# Disk DescriptorFile", offset=0)

        # VMDK sparse extent file signature.
        format_specification.AddNewSignature(b"KDMV", offset=0)

        # COWD sparse extent file signature.
        format_specification.AddNewSignature(b"COWD", offset=0)

        return format_specification




analyzer.Analyzer.RegisterHelper(VMDKAnalyzerHelper())