Chang Xiao

16 papers B 1Misc 1Journal 8Unranked 6
YearRankTypeTitle / Venue / Authors
2026 J jnl
CoRR
Yimeng Liu, Misha Sra, Chang Xiao
2026 conf
EACL (Findings)
Paiheng Xu, Gang Wu, Xiang Chen, Tong Yu, Chang Xiao, Franck Dernoncourt, Tianyi Zhou, Wei Ai, Viswanathan (Vishy) Swaminathan
2025 J jnl
CoRR
Paiheng Xu, Gang Wu, Xiang Chen, Tong Yu, Chang Xiao, Franck Dernoncourt, Tianyi Zhou, Wei Ai, Viswanathan (Vishy) Swaminathan
2025 J jnl
CoRR
Chang Xiao, Brenda Z. Yang
2024 J jnl
CoRR
Yimeng Liu, Misha Sra, Chang Xiao
2024 conf
EMBC
Chang Xiao, Shuhan Yi, Dongfang Yu, Wenjin Wang
2024 J jnl
CoRR
Chang Xiao, Brenda Z. Yang
2024 B conf
TrustCom
Wei Xu, Hui Zhu, Chang Xiao, Fengwei Wang, Dengguo Feng, Hui Li
2023 conf
EMBC
Chengyifeng Tan, Chang Xiao, Wenjin Wang
2023 J jnl
Remote. Sens.
Chang Xiao, Yinan Wu, Xiufang Zhu
2021 conf
HCI (19)
Zulan Yang, Zhen Liu, Ke Zhang, Chang Xiao
2021 conf
HCI (18)
Chuqiong Zhang, Chang Xiao
2020 J jnl
CoRR
Jingtian Peng, Chang Xiao, Xun Wei, Yifan Li
2018 J jnl
Comput. Medical Imaging Graph.
Cheng Feng, Tingting Luo, Yongfang Luo, Ningbo Zhao, Kun Huang, Chang Xiao
2013 conf
HPCC/EUC
Wenbin Jiang, Chang Xiao, Hai Jin, Shuo Zhu, Zhiwei Lu
2011 Misc conf
ICMLC
Yu-Xue Sun, Chang Xiao, Jing-Yuan Zhao
redb/extractors/decompiler/apk/jadx_wrapper.py
← Index redb/extractors/decompiler/apk/jadx_wrapper.py python
"""JADX decompiler subprocess wrapper.

Manages JADX subprocess execution for Java decompilation,
following the CAPA extractor subprocess pattern.
"""

import os
import re
import signal
import subprocess
from typing import Dict, Optional


class JADXDecompiler:
    """Subprocess wrapper for JADX Java decompilation."""

    def __init__(self, jadx_path: str = None, timeout: int = None, log=None):
        self.jadx_path = jadx_path or os.getenv("JADX_PATH", "jadx")
        self.timeout = timeout or int(os.getenv("JADX_TIMEOUT", "300"))
        self.log = log

    def decompile(self, apk_path: str, output_dir: str) -> bool:
        """Run JADX decompilation on an APK file.

        Returns True on success, False on failure.
        """
        cmd = [
            self.jadx_path,
            "--no-res",
            "--no-imports",
            "--threads-count", "2",
            "--output-dir", output_dir,
            apk_path,
        ]

        try:
            process = subprocess.Popen(
                cmd,
                stdout=subprocess.PIPE,
                stderr=subprocess.PIPE,
                text=True,
                preexec_fn=os.setsid,
            )

            try:
                stdout, stderr = process.communicate(timeout=self.timeout)
                if process.returncode != 0:
                    if self.log:
                        self.log.warning(
                            f"JADX returned non-zero exit code {process.returncode}: "
                            f"{stderr[:500] if stderr else 'no stderr'}"
                        )
                    # JADX may still produce partial output on non-zero exit
                    return os.path.isdir(os.path.join(output_dir, "sources"))
                return True

            except subprocess.TimeoutExpired:
                if self.log:
                    self.log.error(
                        f"JADX timed out after {self.timeout}s"
                    )
                # Kill the process group
                try:
                    os.killpg(os.getpgid(process.pid), signal.SIGTERM)
                    process.wait(timeout=3)
                except (ProcessLookupError, subprocess.TimeoutExpired):
                    try:
                        os.killpg(os.getpgid(process.pid), signal.SIGKILL)
                    except ProcessLookupError:
                        pass
                return False

        except FileNotFoundError:
            if self.log:
                self.log.error(
                    f"JADX not found at '{self.jadx_path}'. "
                    "Install JADX or set JADX_PATH env var."
                )
            return False
        except Exception as e:
            if self.log:
                self.log.error(f"JADX execution error: {e}")
            return False

    def parse_java_methods(self, output_dir: str) -> Dict[str, str]:
        """Parse JADX output into per-method Java source.

        Returns dict keyed by 'package.ClassName.methodName(ParamType1, ParamType2)'.
        """
        sources_dir = os.path.join(output_dir, "sources")
        if not os.path.isdir(sources_dir):
            return {}

        methods = {}
        for root, _dirs, files in os.walk(sources_dir):
            for fname in files:
                if not fname.endswith(".java"):
                    continue
                fpath = os.path.join(root, fname)
                try:
                    with open(fpath, "r", encoding="utf-8", errors="replace") as f:
                        content = f.read()

                    # Derive the fully qualified class name from file path
                    rel_path = os.path.relpath(fpath, sources_dir)
                    class_fqn = rel_path.replace(os.sep, ".").replace("/", ".")
                    if class_fqn.endswith(".java"):
                        class_fqn = class_fqn[:-5]

                    file_methods = self._extract_methods_from_java(
                        content, class_fqn
                    )
                    methods.update(file_methods)

                except Exception:
                    continue

        return methods

    def _extract_methods_from_java(
        self, source: str, class_fqn: str
    ) -> Dict[str, str]:
        """Extract individual methods from a Java source file.

        Uses brace-depth tracking to find method boundaries.
        """
        methods = {}
        lines = source.split("\n")
        i = 0

        while i < len(lines):
            line = lines[i]
            match = self._is_method_declaration(line)
            if match:
                method_name, param_types = match
                # Track brace depth to find method end
                start_line = i
                brace_depth = 0
                found_open = False

                for j in range(i, len(lines)):
                    for ch in lines[j]:
                        if ch == "{":
                            brace_depth += 1
                            found_open = True
                        elif ch == "}":
                            brace_depth -= 1

                    if found_open and brace_depth == 0:
                        method_body = "\n".join(lines[start_line : j + 1])
                        key = f"{class_fqn}.{method_name}({param_types})"
                        methods[key] = method_body
                        i = j + 1
                        break
                else:
                    i += 1
            else:
                i += 1

        return methods

    # Regex for method declarations (not constructors, not class/interface decl)
    _METHOD_DECL_RE = re.compile(
        r"^\s*(?:(?:public|private|protected|static|final|synchronized|"
        r"native|abstract|strictfp)\s+)*"
        r"(?:[\w<>\[\]?.]+\s+)"  # return type
        r"(\w+)"  # method name
        r"\s*\(([^)]*)\)"  # parameters
        r"(?:\s*throws\s+[\w.,\s]+)?"
        r"\s*\{"
    )

    def _is_method_declaration(self, line: str) -> Optional[tuple]:
        """Check if a line is a method declaration.

        Returns (method_name, param_types_str) or None.
        """
        m = self._METHOD_DECL_RE.match(line)
        if not m:
            return None

        method_name = m.group(1)
        params_raw = m.group(2).strip()

        # Skip class-level blocks
        if method_name in ("if", "for", "while", "switch", "try", "catch"):
            return None

        # Extract just the type names from parameters
        if not params_raw:
            return (method_name, "")

        param_types = []
        for param in params_raw.split(","):
            param = param.strip()
            if not param:
                continue
            parts = param.split()
            # Last non-annotation token before the variable name is the type
            # Simple heuristic: type is second-to-last, name is last
            if len(parts) >= 2:
                param_types.append(parts[-2])
            elif len(parts) == 1:
                param_types.append(parts[0])

        return (method_name, ", ".join(param_types))