Introduce format hints for renderers.

volatility/framework/renderers/format_hints.py

@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+"""The official list of format hints that text renderers and plugins can rely upon existing within the framework
+
+These hints allow a plugin to indicate how they'd like a particular column's data to be represented.
+
+Text renderers should attempt to honour all hints provided in this module where possible
+"""
+
+
+class Hex(int):
+    """A class to indicate that the integer value should be represented as a hexidecimal value"""

volatility/framework/renderers/text.py

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import sys
 
 from volatility.framework import interfaces
+from volatility.framework.renderers import format_hints
 
 
 class TextRenderer(interfaces.renderers.Renderer):
@@ -21,7 +22,10 @@ class TextRenderer(interfaces.renderers.Renderer):
 
         def visitor(node, accumulator):
             for column in grid.columns:
-                accumulator.write("\t{}".format(node.values[column.index]))
+                text_format = "\t{}"
+                if column.type == format_hints.Hex:
+                    text_format = "\t{:x}"
+                accumulator.write(text_format.format(node.values[column.index]))
             accumulator.write("\n")
             return accumulator