Class Manifest

Case manifest describing a forensic image: ordered segments and an optional list of credentials to try against encrypted volumes. Loaded from a JSON file via Load(string).

Inheritance

object

Manifest

Inherited Members

object.Equals(object)

object.Equals(object, object)

object.GetHashCode()

object.GetType()

object.MemberwiseClone()

object.ReferenceEquals(object, object)

object.ToString()

Namespace: FexViewer.Models

Assembly: FexViewer.dll

Syntax

public class Manifest

Remarks

JSON shape (all fields except manifest_version are optional):

{
  "manifest_version": 1,
  "segments":  ["disk.E01", "disk.E02"],
  "passwords": ["literal-password", "C:\\path\\to\\keyfile.bek"]
}

Relative paths inside the manifest are resolved relative to the manifest file's own directory at load time.

Properties

ManifestVersion

Schema version. Currently must be 1; Load(string) rejects other values.

Declaration

[JsonPropertyName("manifest_version")]
public int ManifestVersion { get; set; }

Property Value

Type	Description
int

Passwords

Credentials tried in order against encrypted volumes. Each entry that resolves to an existing file is treated as a key file (e.g. a BitLocker .bek); everything else is treated as a literal password. Both styles can mix in one array.

Declaration

[JsonPropertyName("passwords")]
public List<string>? Passwords { get; set; }

Property Value

Type	Description
List<string>

Segments

Ordered list of image segment paths. Only the first segment is passed to OpenImage; the DLL auto-detects companion segments by naming convention. Other entries are validated for existence and surfaced as warnings if missing.

Declaration

[JsonPropertyName("segments")]
public List<string>? Segments { get; set; }

Property Value

Type	Description
List<string>

Methods

BuildOptionsJson()

Builds the JSON options string passed to OpenImage(string, string, nint, nint) when this manifest carries credentials. Returns null if there are no passwords.

Declaration

public string? BuildOptionsJson()

Returns

Type	Description
string	UTF-8 JSON document, or null.

GetPrimaryImagePath()

Returns the path of the first segment, the only one passed to OpenImage. Logs warnings to stderr for any subsequent segment that is missing on disk.

Declaration

public string GetPrimaryImagePath()

Returns

Type	Description
string	Absolute path of the first segment.

Exceptions

Type	Condition
InvalidOperationException	No segments are listed.
FileNotFoundException	The first segment is missing.

Load(string)

Loads and validates a manifest JSON file from disk.

Declaration

public static Manifest Load(string manifestPath)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
string	manifestPath	Path to the manifest JSON file.

Returns

Type	Description
Manifest	Parsed manifest with paths resolved to absolute form.

Exceptions

Type	Condition
ArgumentException	`manifestPath` is null or empty.
FileNotFoundException	Manifest file does not exist.
InvalidDataException	JSON parse failure or unsupported schema version.