[Bro] Advice on REST plugin structure

[Ben Mack-Crane]

Hi,

I am a Bro newbie and, having run into an endless loop, I'm looking for
advice.

Background:

I'm working on a NetControl plugin that will use a REST API to talk to the
network device.  I am trying to do this using ActiveHTTP (my web search
having failed to find a REST plugin template).  I am working from the Debug
plugin and other examples I've found in the Bro 2.5.2 distribution.

My endless loop:

Using "when (local rest_resp = ActiveHTTP::request(rest_req))" in the
plugin's init function leads to an endless loop (perhaps similar to type
resolver loop mentioned in plugin.bro).  I think the 'when' statement is
involved since "WhenStmt::Exec" is in the early part of the (overflowing)
stack.  The loop starts with BroType::Serialize for NetControl::PluginState
and returns there via BroType::Serialize for NetControl::Plugin after
several steps.

My plea:

Can anyone offer advice about how I should structure my REST plugin to
avoid this loop?  Are there examples (templates) for the recommended
structure?

Regards,
Ben Mack-Crane
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