methods

Class Methods

java.lang.Object

methods.Methods

public class Methods
extends java.lang.Object

The Methods Class holds a series of methods used to aid in the implementation of this project

Author:

Kevin Kelly

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
Methods()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static double	entropy(byte[] input) This method measure's a file entropy and returns it as a double value.
static boolean	isAllSpace(java.lang.String theString) This method checks if the provided String consists entirely of spaces, used as part of the "Detect Strings" Function of the project
static boolean	isASCII(byte theByte) This method checks if the byte provided is an ASCII character, used as part of the "Detect Strings" Function of the project
static boolean	isELFFile(java.io.File file) This method takes in a file and checks if it contains '7f' in hex and "ELF" in Ascii at the file's beginning
static boolean	isPEFile(java.io.File file) This methods takes in a file and checks if it contains 'MZ' in hex at the file's beginning Credit to this method: Here

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

Methods

public Methods()

Method Detail

isPEFile

public static boolean isPEFile(java.io.File file)

This methods takes in a file and checks if it contains 'MZ' in hex at the file's beginning Credit to this method: Here

Parameters:

file -

Returns:

A True if the file is a PE file, otherwise return False

isELFFile

public static boolean isELFFile(java.io.File file)

This method takes in a file and checks if it contains '7f' in hex and "ELF" in Ascii at the file's beginning

Parameters:

file -

Returns:

A True if the file is an ELF file, otherwise return False

isASCII

public static boolean isASCII(byte theByte)

This method checks if the byte provided is an ASCII character, used as part of the "Detect Strings" Function of the project

Parameters:

theByte -

Returns:

a True if the byte is an ASCII character, otherwise returns false

isAllSpace

public static boolean isAllSpace(java.lang.String theString)

This method checks if the provided String consists entirely of spaces, used as part of the "Detect Strings" Function of the project

Parameters:

theString -

Returns:

A True value if the String contains at least one character that isn't a space, otherwise return False

entropy

public static double entropy(byte[] input)

This method measure's a file entropy and returns it as a double value. Credit to this method Here

Parameters:

input -

Returns:

A rating of the file's entropy