Method NextPacket

packet.go:800–810

NextPacket returns the next decoded packet from the PacketSource. On error, it returns a nil packet and a non-nil error.

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// NextPacket returns the next decoded packet from the PacketSource.  On error,
// it returns a nil packet and a non-nil error.
func (p *PacketSource) NextPacket() (Packet, error) {
	data, ci, err := p.source.ReadPacketData()
	if err != nil {
		return nil, err
	}
	packet := NewPacket(data, p.decoder, p.DecodeOptions)
	m := packet.Metadata()
	m.CaptureInfo = ci
	m.Truncated = m.Truncated || ci.CaptureLength < ci.Length
	return packet, nil
}

// packetsToChannel reads in all packets from the packet source and sends them
// to the given channel. This routine terminates when a non-temporary error