ChaosLib is a collection of utility classes used for developing diagnostic applications. It is primarily designed to store all components that are shared between DebugTools and [ChaosDbg](https://github.com/lordmilko/ChaosDbg]
Useful utilities contained in ChaosLib include
- PInvoke wrappers that return
HRESULTvalues and/or throw exceptions - A custom
Dispatcher/DispatcherThreadmodelled onSystem.Windows.Threadingthat acts as a producer/consumer for executing certain operations on a dedicated thread - Duck typing (
new Foo().As<IBar>()) - Kernel handle enumeration
Streamimplementations that serve as building blocks for reading in-process memory- A mockable PE Reader based on this sample from ClrDebug
- A mockable runner for executing command line executables and streaming their output back to your process
- A mockable SigBlob reader for reading CLR signature blobs
- A runner for programmatically capturing Time Travel Debugging traces. Provides a means to get at secret functionality that is normally locked down in normal builds of
ttd.exe/tttracer.exe - A typed data data model. Allows exploring and interacting with arbitrary data structures defined in debug symbols. Essentially an enhanced
ExtRemoteTypedfromEngExtCpp - A mechanism for programmatically attaching or detaching the Visual Studio debugger debugging your process to other processes (such as child processes your program delivers that host out-of-proc services)
- Resolvers capable of locating DbgEng and DbgShim
- and more
As mentioned, this library is primarily designed to be a shared component that is used by my other projects. Absolutely no guarantee is provided as to the robustness or backwards compatibility of any of the releases provided by this repo.