data2l

helps to inspect, document, alter and generate binary formats of large sizes.

We used data2l for validating, inspecting and tweaking of car navigation databases.

Links

• Tutorial - the start
• Developers page
• Design problems to be addressed
• Help - tutorial and other
• Screen Shots
• Similar projects
• Student Semestral Works

What can you do with data2l:

• describe a binary format (including simple documentation)
• inspect binary files according to your format description
• specify validators for your binary format
• serialize filled structures to file
• generate C++ based on the description
• DOM and SAX like access to data

Supported primitive types:

• Basic
• byte (8bit)
• word (16bit)
• dword (32bit)
• simple array of any Basic
• VarInteger - variable length integer
• Attribute - basic type but evaluated during parsing
• Struct
• Array
• Alternative
• Void

History

Was developed and used in 2006-2011, opensourced in 2013.