Skaion Developer Documentation

This documentation is aimed at developers looking to enhance or extend Skaion’s Traffic Generation tools. This includes the host-based activity generator, ConsoleUser, and the network-focused generator, the Multi-Protocol Traffic Generation System (MPTGS).

These tools span several programming languages depending on which parts are being developed. In general, familiarity with Python, Perl, Bash, and Java will required to extend all parts, though other languages can be used to extend the MPTGS as desired. The tools typically run on GNU/Linux systems, so familiarity with those environments will be helpful too.

• 1. ConsoleUser Developer Guide
  • 1.1. Style and Guidelines
  • 1.2. ConsoleUser Overview
    • 1.2.1. Brains
    • 1.2.2. Users
    • 1.2.3. Application Archetypes
    • 1.2.4. Concrete Applications
    • 1.2.5. Low Level Actions
      • 1.2.5.1. Control Actions
      • 1.2.5.2. Pattern Matching
    • 1.2.6. Logging
  • 1.3. Writing a New ConsoleUser Module
    • 1.3.1. New Brain Module
      • 1.3.1.1. Completely New Module
      • 1.3.1.2. New Concrete Type
    • 1.3.2. New Application Archetype
    • 1.3.3. New Unittest Module
      • 1.3.3.1. Completely New Module
      • 1.3.3.2. New Concrete Type
    • 1.3.4. Update Unittests
      • 1.3.4.1. Completely New Module
      • 1.3.4.2. New Concrete Type
    • 1.3.5. New Concrete Application
      • 1.3.5.1. Factory
        • 1.3.5.1.1. Completely New Module
        • 1.3.5.1.2. New Concrete Type
      • 1.3.5.2. Abstract Parent
        • 1.3.5.2.1. Completely New Module
        • 1.3.5.2.2. New Concrete Type
      • 1.3.5.3. Concrete Implementation
      • 1.3.5.4. Completely New Module
      • 1.3.5.5. New Concrete Type
    • 1.3.6. New Patterns to Match
      • 1.3.6.1. Completely New Module
      • 1.3.6.2. New Concrete Type
      • 1.3.6.3. Anti-aliasing
    • 1.3.7. New Custom Window Types
      • 1.3.7.1. Completely New Module
      • 1.3.7.2. New Concrete Type
      • 1.3.7.3. Window Edges
      • 1.3.7.4. Window State
  • 1.4. Case Study: Developing a new module for Mastodon
    • 1.4.1. What can it do?
    • 1.4.2. Grab Images
    • 1.4.3. Define Interface
    • 1.4.4. Writing the Unittest
    • 1.4.5. Implementing the Interface
    • 1.4.6. Some Challenges
  • 1.5. Font
  • 1.6. Identifying Font
  • 1.7. Display That Font
  • 1.8. Useful Checklists
    • 1.8.1. Typical Platform Regions
    • 1.8.2. Typical Browser Regions