Generic flow string parser

[Thomas Monjalon]

26/04/2023 07:47, David Marchand:
> On Wed, Apr 26, 2023 at 6:47 AM Cliff Burdick <shaklee3 at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Does anyone know if a generic parser for flow strings exists anywhere? The one inside of testpmd is ideal, but unfortunately it's self-contained and not distributed as part of a normal DPDK install. This seems like something that is likely reinvented over and over and it would be useful if there was a single API to take in strings and generate flows.
> 
> I heard this same question in the past, but I don't remember the answer.
> Copying Thomas and Ori who might know.

I'm not sure how the testpmd code could help another application.
And in general, if your application has a CLI,
you need to integrate the flow commands in a broader context.