This page hosts a formal specification of .dat file format of Faster Than Light (FTL) using Kaitai Struct. This specification can be automatically translated into a variety of programming languages to get a parsing library.
All parsing code for Java generated by Kaitai Struct depends on the Java runtime library. You have to install it before you can parse data.
The Java runtime library is published in the Maven Central Repository. Refer to the artifact page for instructions how to add it into your project with the build tool that you use.
Parse a local file and get structure in memory:
FtlDat data = FtlDat.fromFile("path/to/local/file.dat");
Or parse structure from a byte array:
byte[] someArray = new byte[] { ... };
FtlDat data = new FtlDat(new ByteBufferKaitaiStream(someArray));
After that, one can get various attributes from the structure by invoking getter methods like:
data.numFiles() // => Number of files in the archive
// This is a generated file! Please edit source .ksy file and use kaitai-struct-compiler to rebuild
import io.kaitai.struct.ByteBufferKaitaiStream;
import io.kaitai.struct.KaitaiStruct;
import io.kaitai.struct.KaitaiStream;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.nio.charset.Charset;
public class FtlDat extends KaitaiStruct {
public static FtlDat fromFile(String fileName) throws IOException {
return new FtlDat(new ByteBufferKaitaiStream(fileName));
}
public FtlDat(KaitaiStream _io) {
this(_io, null, null);
}
public FtlDat(KaitaiStream _io, KaitaiStruct _parent) {
this(_io, _parent, null);
}
public FtlDat(KaitaiStream _io, KaitaiStruct _parent, FtlDat _root) {
super(_io);
this._parent = _parent;
this._root = _root == null ? this : _root;
_read();
}
private void _read() {
this.numFiles = this._io.readU4le();
this.files = new ArrayList<File>();
for (int i = 0; i < numFiles(); i++) {
this.files.add(new File(this._io, this, _root));
}
}
public static class File extends KaitaiStruct {
public static File fromFile(String fileName) throws IOException {
return new File(new ByteBufferKaitaiStream(fileName));
}
public File(KaitaiStream _io) {
this(_io, null, null);
}
public File(KaitaiStream _io, FtlDat _parent) {
this(_io, _parent, null);
}
public File(KaitaiStream _io, FtlDat _parent, FtlDat _root) {
super(_io);
this._parent = _parent;
this._root = _root;
_read();
}
private void _read() {
this.ofsMeta = this._io.readU4le();
}
private Meta meta;
public Meta meta() {
if (this.meta != null)
return this.meta;
if (ofsMeta() != 0) {
long _pos = this._io.pos();
this._io.seek(ofsMeta());
this.meta = new Meta(this._io, this, _root);
this._io.seek(_pos);
}
return this.meta;
}
private long ofsMeta;
private FtlDat _root;
private FtlDat _parent;
public long ofsMeta() { return ofsMeta; }
public FtlDat _root() { return _root; }
public FtlDat _parent() { return _parent; }
}
public static class Meta extends KaitaiStruct {
public static Meta fromFile(String fileName) throws IOException {
return new Meta(new ByteBufferKaitaiStream(fileName));
}
public Meta(KaitaiStream _io) {
this(_io, null, null);
}
public Meta(KaitaiStream _io, FtlDat.File _parent) {
this(_io, _parent, null);
}
public Meta(KaitaiStream _io, FtlDat.File _parent, FtlDat _root) {
super(_io);
this._parent = _parent;
this._root = _root;
_read();
}
private void _read() {
this.lenFile = this._io.readU4le();
this.lenFilename = this._io.readU4le();
this.filename = new String(this._io.readBytes(lenFilename()), Charset.forName("UTF-8"));
this.body = this._io.readBytes(lenFile());
}
private long lenFile;
private long lenFilename;
private String filename;
private byte[] body;
private FtlDat _root;
private FtlDat.File _parent;
public long lenFile() { return lenFile; }
public long lenFilename() { return lenFilename; }
public String filename() { return filename; }
public byte[] body() { return body; }
public FtlDat _root() { return _root; }
public FtlDat.File _parent() { return _parent; }
}
private long numFiles;
private ArrayList<File> files;
private FtlDat _root;
private KaitaiStruct _parent;
/**
* Number of files in the archive
*/
public long numFiles() { return numFiles; }
public ArrayList<File> files() { return files; }
public FtlDat _root() { return _root; }
public KaitaiStruct _parent() { return _parent; }
}