Added IsForceLoadable method to BinaryViewType

binaryninjaapi.h

@@ -6905,6 +6905,7 @@ namespace BinaryNinja {
 		static BNBinaryView* ParseCallback(void* ctxt, BNBinaryView* data);
 		static bool IsValidCallback(void* ctxt, BNBinaryView* data);
 		static bool IsDeprecatedCallback(void* ctxt);
+		static bool IsForceLoadableCallback(void *ctxt);
 		static BNSettings* GetSettingsCallback(void* ctxt, BNBinaryView* data);
 
 		BinaryViewType(BNBinaryViewType* type);
@@ -7042,6 +7043,13 @@ namespace BinaryNinja {
 			\return Whether this BinaryViewType is valid for given data
 		*/
 		virtual bool IsTypeValidForData(BinaryView* data) = 0;
+
+		/*! Check whether this BinaryViewType can be forced to load a binary, even if IsTypeValidForData returns false
+
+			\return Whether this BinaryViewType can be forced to load a binary
+		*/
+		virtual bool IsForceLoadable();
+
 		virtual Ref<Settings> GetLoadSettingsForData(BinaryView* data);
 		Ref<Settings> GetDefaultLoadSettingsForData(BinaryView* data);
 
@@ -7064,6 +7072,7 @@ namespace BinaryNinja {
 		virtual Ref<BinaryView> Parse(BinaryView* data) override;
 		virtual bool IsTypeValidForData(BinaryView* data) override;
 		virtual bool IsDeprecated() override;
+		virtual bool IsForceLoadable() override;
 		virtual Ref<Settings> GetLoadSettingsForData(BinaryView* data) override;
 	};
 

binaryninjacore.h

@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
 // will require rebuilding. The minimum version is increased when there are
 // incompatible changes that break binary compatibility, such as changes to
 // existing types or functions.
-#define BN_MINIMUM_CORE_ABI_VERSION 72
+#define BN_MINIMUM_CORE_ABI_VERSION 73
 
 #ifdef __GNUC__
 	#ifdef BINARYNINJACORE_LIBRARY
@@ -1656,6 +1656,7 @@ extern "C"
 		BNBinaryView* (*parse)(void* ctxt, BNBinaryView* data);
 		bool (*isValidForData)(void* ctxt, BNBinaryView* data);
 		bool (*isDeprecated)(void* ctxt);
+		bool (*isForceLoadable)(void* ctxt);
 		BNSettings* (*getLoadSettingsForData)(void* ctxt, BNBinaryView* data);
 	} BNCustomBinaryViewType;
 
@@ -3994,6 +3995,7 @@ extern "C"
 	BINARYNINJACOREAPI BNBinaryView* BNCreateBinaryViewOfType(BNBinaryViewType* type, BNBinaryView* data);
 	BINARYNINJACOREAPI BNBinaryView* BNParseBinaryViewOfType(BNBinaryViewType* type, BNBinaryView* data);
 	BINARYNINJACOREAPI bool BNIsBinaryViewTypeValidForData(BNBinaryViewType* type, BNBinaryView* data);
+	BINARYNINJACOREAPI bool BNIsBinaryViewTypeForceLoadable(BNBinaryViewType* type);
 	BINARYNINJACOREAPI BNSettings* BNGetBinaryViewDefaultLoadSettingsForData(
 	    BNBinaryViewType* type, BNBinaryView* data);
 	BINARYNINJACOREAPI BNSettings* BNGetBinaryViewLoadSettingsForData(BNBinaryViewType* type, BNBinaryView* data);

binaryviewtype.cpp

@@ -61,6 +61,13 @@ bool BinaryViewType::IsDeprecatedCallback(void* ctxt)
 }
 
 
+bool BinaryViewType::IsForceLoadableCallback(void* ctxt)
+{
+	CallbackRef<BinaryViewType> type(ctxt);
+	return type->IsForceLoadable();
+}
+
+
 BNSettings* BinaryViewType::GetSettingsCallback(void* ctxt, BNBinaryView* data)
 {
 	CallbackRef<BinaryViewType> type(ctxt);
@@ -93,6 +100,7 @@ void BinaryViewType::Register(BinaryViewType* type)
 	callbacks.parse = ParseCallback;
 	callbacks.isValidForData = IsValidCallback;
 	callbacks.isDeprecated = IsDeprecatedCallback;
+	callbacks.isForceLoadable = IsForceLoadableCallback;
 	callbacks.getLoadSettingsForData = GetSettingsCallback;
 
 	type->AddRefForRegistration();
@@ -247,6 +255,12 @@ bool BinaryViewType::IsDeprecated()
 }
 
 
+bool BinaryViewType::IsForceLoadable()
+{
+	return false;
+}
+
+
 void BinaryViewType::RegisterBinaryViewFinalizationEvent(const function<void(BinaryView* view)>& callback)
 {
 	BinaryViewEvent* event = new BinaryViewEvent;
@@ -347,6 +361,12 @@ bool CoreBinaryViewType::IsDeprecated()
 }
 
 
+bool CoreBinaryViewType::IsForceLoadable()
+{
+	return BNIsBinaryViewTypeForceLoadable(m_object);
+}
+
+
 Ref<Settings> CoreBinaryViewType::GetLoadSettingsForData(BinaryView* data)
 {
 	BNSettings* settings = BNGetBinaryViewLoadSettingsForData(m_object, data->GetObject());

python/binaryview.py

@@ -1271,6 +1271,11 @@ def is_deprecated(self) -> bool:
 		"""returns if the BinaryViewType is deprecated (read-only)"""
 		return core.BNIsBinaryViewTypeDeprecated(self.handle)
 
+	@property
+	def is_force_loadable(self) -> bool:
+		"""returns if the BinaryViewType is force loadable (read-only)"""
+		return core.BNIsBinaryViewTypeForceLoadable(self.handle)
+
 	def create(self, data: 'BinaryView') -> Optional['BinaryView']:
 		view = core.BNCreateBinaryViewOfType(self.handle, data.handle)
 		if view is None:
@@ -2511,6 +2516,7 @@ def register(cls) -> None:
 		cls._registered_cb.parse = cls._registered_cb.parse.__class__(cls._parse)
 		cls._registered_cb.isValidForData = cls._registered_cb.isValidForData.__class__(cls._is_valid_for_data)
 		cls._registered_cb.isDeprecated = cls._registered_cb.isDeprecated.__class__(cls._is_deprecated)
+		cls._registered_cb.isForceLoadable = cls._registered_cb.isForceLoadable.__class__(cls._is_force_loadable)
 		cls._registered_cb.getLoadSettingsForData = cls._registered_cb.getLoadSettingsForData.__class__(
 		    cls._get_load_settings_for_data
 		)
@@ -2579,6 +2585,17 @@ def _is_deprecated(cls, ctxt):
 			log_error(traceback.format_exc())
 			return False
 
+	@classmethod
+	def _is_force_loadable(cls, ctxt):
+		if not callable(getattr(cls, 'is_force_loadable', None)):
+			return False
+
+		try:
+			return cls.is_force_loadable()  # type: ignore
+		except:
+			log_error(traceback.format_exc())
+			return False
+
 	@classmethod
 	def _get_load_settings_for_data(cls, ctxt, data):
 		try:

rust/examples/minidump/src/view.rs

@@ -48,6 +48,10 @@ impl BinaryViewTypeBase for MinidumpBinaryViewType {
         false
     }
 
+    fn is_force_loadable(&self) -> bool {
+        false
+    }
+
     fn is_valid_for(&self, data: &BinaryView) -> bool {
         let mut magic_number = Vec::<u8>::new();
         data.read_into_vec(&mut magic_number, 0, 4);

rust/src/custombinaryview.rs

@@ -68,6 +68,16 @@ where
         })
     }
 
+    extern "C" fn cb_force_loadable<T>(ctxt: *mut c_void) -> bool
+    where
+        T: CustomBinaryViewType,
+    {
+        ffi_wrap!("BinaryViewTypeBase::is_force_loadable", unsafe {
+            let view_type = &*(ctxt as *mut T);
+            view_type.is_force_loadable()
+        })
+    }
+
     extern "C" fn cb_create<T>(ctxt: *mut c_void, data: *mut BNBinaryView) -> *mut BNBinaryView
     where
         T: CustomBinaryViewType,
@@ -131,6 +141,7 @@ where
         parse: Some(cb_parse::<T>),
         isValidForData: Some(cb_valid::<T>),
         isDeprecated: Some(cb_deprecated::<T>),
+        isForceLoadable: Some(cb_force_loadable::<T>),
         getLoadSettingsForData: Some(cb_load_settings::<T>),
     };
 
@@ -158,6 +169,8 @@ pub trait BinaryViewTypeBase: AsRef<BinaryViewType> {
 
     fn is_deprecated(&self) -> bool;
 
+    fn is_force_loadable(&self) -> bool;
+
     fn default_load_settings_for_data(&self, data: &BinaryView) -> Result<Ref<Settings>> {
         let settings_handle =
             unsafe { BNGetBinaryViewDefaultLoadSettingsForData(self.as_ref().0, data.handle) };
@@ -265,6 +278,10 @@ impl BinaryViewTypeBase for BinaryViewType {
         unsafe { BNIsBinaryViewTypeDeprecated(self.0) }
     }
 
+    fn is_force_loadable(&self) -> bool {
+        unsafe { BNIsBinaryViewTypeForceLoadable(self.0) }
+    }
+
     fn default_load_settings_for_data(&self, data: &BinaryView) -> Result<Ref<Settings>> {
         let settings_handle =
             unsafe { BNGetBinaryViewDefaultLoadSettingsForData(self.0, data.handle) };

ui/options.h

@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ class BINARYNINJAUIAPI OptionsDialog : public QDialog
 	QString m_fileName;
 	QLabel* m_fileLabel;
 	QComboBox* m_loadAsCombo;
+	QLabel* m_loadAsLabel;
 	QLabel* m_objectLabel;
 	QComboBox* m_objectCombo;
 	QTabWidget* m_tab;