KaitaiStream is abstract?

[cgivre]

I've been trying out Kaitai Structs and it looks very impressive. However, I'm getting an error:

I copied the code directly from your site:

DnsPacket data = new DnsPacket(new KaitaiStream(dns_bytes));

However, when I try to build this, I get the following error:

java:[53,77] error: KaitaiStream is abstract; cannot be instantiated

I'm not a great Java developer, but it seems like this should work. Any suggestions?
I am using Kaitai version 0.8.

[GreyCat]

Hmm, good catch, thanks for reporting it. Actually, code samples on https://formats.kaitai.io for Java seem to be outdated. Currently there are two implementations of KaitaiStream. You can try

DnsPacket data = new DnsPacket(new ByteBufferKaitaiStream(dns_bytes));

[cgivre]

Thanks for the help! Just another suggestion, as a n00b Java person, it would be really helpful as well if you included the imports for a maven or gradle project. It took me quite a while to figure out what exactly had to be included as a dependency.

[GreyCat]

it would be really helpful as well if you included the imports for a maven or gradle project.

Does http://doc.kaitai.io/lang_java.html#_installation answer that question?

[cgivre]

Yes it does. Thanks! Should I close this ticket?

[GreyCat]

I'll fix the formats intro generation and will close it.

[GreyCat]

Actually, that second question raises a more complex concern: looks like it's not obvious that runtime should be installed before using this format, and people tends to miss runtime installation docs. I wonder what would be the best way to expose it, without adding too much scary boilerplate in these format usage intros...

[GreyCat]

Forked that "more complex concern" in separate issue #571. This one is resolved.