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// Copyright (c) 2025-2026 the libmagic-rs contributors
// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
//! Engine-dispatch tests for flagged `string` rules (issue #234).
//!
//! These tests pin the engine boundary: a `TypeKind::String` rule whose
//! `flags` field is non-default must route through `evaluate_pattern_rule`
//! (same path as regex/search), not the default value-rule fast path.
//! The visible effect is that `/c` makes case-insensitive matches succeed
//! where the byte-exact path would fail, and `/W` advances the
//! relative-offset anchor by the file's actual whitespace consumption.
//!
//! The lower-level algorithm tests for `compare_string_with_flags` live in
//! `src/evaluator/types/string.rs::tests`; the integration / conformance
//! suite lives in `tests/string_flags_integration.rs`. This file covers
//! only the engine-routing layer.
//!
//! Split out from the parent `tests/mod.rs` per the `CodeRabbit` PR #288
//! review (thread `PRRT_kwDOP5Naes6E-aov`) to keep the parent file
//! closer to the project's file-size guideline.
use super::*;
use crate::parser::ast::StringFlags;
fn make_flagged_string_rule(pattern: &str, flags: StringFlags, op: Operator) -> MagicRule {
MagicRule {
offset: OffsetSpec::Absolute(0),
typ: TypeKind::String {
max_length: None,
flags,
},
op,
value: Value::String(pattern.to_string()),
message: format!("matched {pattern}"),
children: vec![],
level: 0,
strength_modifier: None,
value_transform: None,
}
}
#[test]
fn test_flagged_string_c_case_insensitive_matches_via_engine() {
let rule = make_flagged_string_rule(
"foo",
StringFlags::default().with_ignore_lowercase(true),
Operator::Equal,
);
let mut context = EvaluationContext::new(EvaluationConfig::default());
let matches = evaluate_rules(&[rule], b"FOObar", &mut context).unwrap();
assert_eq!(matches.len(), 1, "string/c foo should match FOObar");
assert_eq!(matches[0].message, "matched foo");
}
#[test]
fn test_flagged_string_c_does_not_match_when_uppercase_pattern_position_differs() {
// GOTCHAS S6.5 asymmetry: pattern `FoO` with /c matches `FoO`, `Foo`,
// `FOO` but NOT `fOO` (uppercase 'F' position is literal).
let rule = make_flagged_string_rule(
"FoO",
StringFlags::default().with_ignore_lowercase(true),
Operator::Equal,
);
let mut context = EvaluationContext::new(EvaluationConfig::default());
let matches = evaluate_rules(&[rule], b"fOOrest", &mut context).unwrap();
assert!(
matches.is_empty(),
"string/c FoO must not match fOO (asymmetric /c contract)"
);
}
#[test]
fn test_flagged_string_default_flags_use_value_rule_fast_path() {
// When flags are default, the rule goes through the existing
// byte-exact path (NOT the new pattern-bearing path). We can't
// observe the dispatcher choice directly, but we can verify that
// case-sensitive matching is still in effect.
let rule = make_flagged_string_rule("foo", StringFlags::default(), Operator::Equal);
let mut context = EvaluationContext::new(EvaluationConfig::default());
let matches = evaluate_rules(&[rule], b"FOObar", &mut context).unwrap();
assert!(
matches.is_empty(),
"default-flag string must use case-sensitive matching"
);
}
#[test]
fn test_flagged_string_not_equal_inverts_match() {
// Same shape as the regex/search NotEqual test pattern. /c on a
// pattern that does NOT match the file should produce a NotEqual hit.
let rule = make_flagged_string_rule(
"xyz",
StringFlags::default().with_ignore_lowercase(true),
Operator::NotEqual,
);
let mut context = EvaluationContext::new(EvaluationConfig::default());
let matches = evaluate_rules(&[rule], b"FOObar", &mut context).unwrap();
assert_eq!(matches.len(), 1, "NotEqual fires when pattern misses");
}
#[test]
fn test_flagged_string_ordering_operator_uses_lexicographic_value_path() {
// An ORDERING operator on a flagged string is a lexicographic comparison,
// not a pattern match, so it routes to the value path (like an unflagged
// `string >VALUE`) instead of the equality-only pattern-bearing path.
// This is the ubiquitous `string/t >\0` / `string/b >\0` "there is
// non-empty text here, print it with %s" idiom (varied.script, sgml,
// linux, ...). Routing it to the pattern path made it a fatal
// `UnsupportedType` that aborted the ENTIRE file's evaluation -- e.g.
// `rmagic` used to error out on a Bourne-Again shell script. The `/t`/`/b`
// flags are MIME-output hints with no ordering effect. (Case-fold flags
// like `/c` are also not applied to ordering, but such rules do not occur
// in real magic files; the value path's byte-lexicographic compare is the
// correct behavior for the flags that actually pair with `<`/`>`.)
let rule = make_flagged_string_rule(
"\0",
StringFlags::default().with_text_test(true),
Operator::GreaterThan,
);
let mut context = EvaluationContext::new(EvaluationConfig::default());
let matches = evaluate_rules(&[rule], b"FOObar", &mut context)
.expect("ordering operator on a flagged string must not fatally abort");
assert_eq!(
matches.len(),
1,
"a non-empty string is lexicographically greater than the null byte"
);
// Negative control: an empty buffer has no string > \\0, so no match --
// and still no abort.
let rule2 = make_flagged_string_rule(
"\0",
StringFlags::default().with_text_test(true),
Operator::GreaterThan,
);
let mut ctx2 = EvaluationContext::new(EvaluationConfig::default());
let empty = evaluate_rules(&[rule2], b"", &mut ctx2)
.expect("ordering operator must not abort even on an empty buffer");
assert!(
empty.is_empty(),
"no string is present in an empty buffer, so `>\\0` must not match"
);
}
#[test]
fn test_flagged_string_w_whitespace_consumes_extra_file_bytes_for_anchor() {
// Load-bearing: when /W matches "a b" against "a b", the anchor
// must advance by 6 (file bytes consumed), not 3 (pattern length).
// A relative-offset child reads from the post-match position.
let child = MagicRule {
offset: OffsetSpec::Relative(0),
typ: TypeKind::Byte { signed: false },
op: Operator::Equal,
value: Value::Uint(b'!'.into()),
message: "exclaim".to_string(),
children: vec![],
level: 1,
strength_modifier: None,
value_transform: None,
};
let parent = MagicRule {
offset: OffsetSpec::Absolute(0),
typ: TypeKind::String {
max_length: None,
flags: StringFlags::default().with_compact_whitespace(true),
},
op: Operator::Equal,
value: Value::String("a b".to_string()),
message: "match".to_string(),
children: vec![child],
level: 0,
strength_modifier: None,
value_transform: None,
};
let mut context =
EvaluationContext::new(EvaluationConfig::default().with_stop_at_first_match(false));
// File: "a b!" -> parent consumes 6 bytes, child reads byte at
// offset 6 which is '!'. The contract from U3 test
// `test_compare_string_with_flags_consumed_bytes_drives_anchor` is
// what makes this work end-to-end.
let matches = evaluate_rules(&[parent], b"a b!", &mut context).unwrap();
assert_eq!(matches.len(), 2, "parent + child must both match");
assert_eq!(matches[1].message, "exclaim");
}
#[test]
fn test_string_ordering_renders_full_field_not_compared_prefix() {
// libmagic compares a `string >VALUE` rule prefix-limited to
// `pattern.len()` (`file_strncmp` with `vallen`) but RENDERS the full
// string field (`p->s`). The engine must therefore return the full field
// as the match's DISPLAY value, not just the compared prefix -- otherwise
// sgml's `>15 string/t >\0 %.3s ...` renders the XML version `1` instead
// of `1.0`. Here the pattern is 5 bytes ("0.6.1") but the display value
// must be the whole field.
let rule = make_flagged_string_rule("0.6.1", StringFlags::default(), Operator::GreaterThan);
let mut context = EvaluationContext::new(EvaluationConfig::default());
let matches = evaluate_rules(&[rule], b"0.6.2 and more text", &mut context).unwrap();
assert_eq!(matches.len(), 1, "0.6.2 > 0.6.1 must match");
assert_eq!(
matches[0].value,
Value::String("0.6.2 and more text".to_string()),
"display value must be the FULL string field, not the compared 5-byte prefix"
);
}
#[test]
fn test_string_ordering_comparison_stays_prefix_limited() {
// Guard against a future revert to full-field COMPARISON. libmagic
// compares only the first `pattern.len()` bytes: buffer "0.6.10" has
// prefix "0.6.1" == pattern, so `> 0.6.1` is FALSE even though the full
// string "0.6.10" sorts after "0.6.1". Verified against the real `file`
// binary (file-5.41): `0.6.10` does NOT match `>0.6.1`, but `0.6.2` does.
let rule = make_flagged_string_rule("0.6.1", StringFlags::default(), Operator::GreaterThan);
let mut context = EvaluationContext::new(EvaluationConfig::default());
let no_match = evaluate_rules(&[rule], b"0.6.10more", &mut context).unwrap();
assert!(
no_match.is_empty(),
"prefix '0.6.1' equals the pattern, so `> 0.6.1` must be false (prefix-limited compare)"
);
// Positive control: a genuinely-greater prefix matches.
let rule2 = make_flagged_string_rule("0.6.1", StringFlags::default(), Operator::GreaterThan);
let mut ctx2 = EvaluationContext::new(EvaluationConfig::default());
let m = evaluate_rules(&[rule2], b"0.6.2", &mut ctx2).unwrap();
assert_eq!(m.len(), 1, "0.6.2 > 0.6.1 within the compared prefix");
}
#[test]
fn test_string_ordering_full_field_display_does_not_move_relative_anchor() {
// The full-field DISPLAY read must not disturb the relative-offset
// anchor: `bytes_consumed_with_pattern` re-derives the advance from the
// PATTERN (5 bytes for "0.6.1"), never from the display value. A child at
// Relative(0) must resolve to offset 5 (just past the compared prefix),
// NOT to the full-field length. Pins the advisor's anchor-stability
// concern for the decoupled display read.
let child = MagicRule {
offset: OffsetSpec::Relative(0),
typ: TypeKind::Byte { signed: false },
op: Operator::Equal,
value: Value::Uint(u64::from(b'X')),
message: "at-offset-5".to_string(),
children: vec![],
level: 1,
strength_modifier: None,
value_transform: None,
};
let parent = MagicRule {
offset: OffsetSpec::Absolute(0),
typ: TypeKind::String {
max_length: None,
flags: StringFlags::default(),
},
op: Operator::GreaterThan,
value: Value::String("0.6.1".to_string()),
message: "ver".to_string(),
children: vec![child],
level: 0,
strength_modifier: None,
value_transform: None,
};
let mut context =
EvaluationContext::new(EvaluationConfig::default().with_stop_at_first_match(false));
// buffer: bytes 0..4 = "0.6.2" (matches >0.6.1), byte 5 = 'X' (child
// target), then a long tail that becomes the full-field display value.
let matches =
evaluate_rules(&[parent], b"0.6.2X and a long trailing field", &mut context).unwrap();
assert_eq!(matches.len(), 2, "parent + child must both match");
assert_eq!(matches[1].message, "at-offset-5");
assert_eq!(
matches[1].offset, 5,
"child must resolve just past the 5-byte pattern, not the full field"
);
}
#[test]
fn test_flagged_string_any_value_operator_does_not_panic_end_to_end() {
// Regression: `0 string/b x` -- a flagged string with the AnyValue (`x`)
// operator, a common message-less gating rule (e.g. compress's zlib
// detector `0 string/b x` -> `>0 beshort%31 =0` ...) -- routes to the value
// path (not the equality-only pattern path). Its rule value is the AnyValue
// placeholder `Uint(0)`, not a string. `bytes_consumed_with_pattern` used to
// dispatch ALL flagged strings to the pattern walker regardless of operator
// and hit a `debug_assert!(false)` on the missing string pattern, panicking
// in debug builds (a no-panic-policy violation). It must instead treat the
// read like a normal string and evaluate without panicking.
use crate::parser::grammar::parse_magic_rule;
let (_, rule) = parse_magic_rule("0\tstring/b\tx\tgating").expect("rule must parse");
let mut context = EvaluationContext::new(EvaluationConfig::default());
let matches = evaluate_rules(&[rule], b"\x0b\x30 arbitrary binary bytes", &mut context)
.expect("a flagged string with the AnyValue operator must evaluate without panicking");
assert!(
matches.iter().any(|m| m.message.contains("gating")),
"AnyValue (`x`) matches any buffer, so the gating rule fires"
);
}