James R. Rowland

11 papers C 5Misc 1Journal 3Unranked 2
YearRankTypeTitle / Venue / Authors
2019 J jnl
IEEE Trans. Educ.
James J. Sluss, Susan M. Lord, Sarah Kate Wilson, Mark Allen Weiss, James R. Rowland, Robert C. N. Pilawa-Podgurski, Diane T. Rover, Presentacion Rivera-Reyes, Oenardi Lawanto, Michael L. Pate, Manuel Caeiro-Rodríguez, Martin Reisslein, Predrag Pale, Kavyashree Prakashan, Beverly Ma, Jacqueline Doyle, Jacqueline Rohde, Hank Boone, Allison Godwin, Geoff Potvin, Lisa Benson, Adam Kirn, Sarah E. Zappe, Stephanie Cutler, Thomas A. Litzinger, Deacon Steve Frezza
2016 C conf
FIE
Edwin C. Jones, James R. Rowland
2014 C conf
FIE
James R. Rowland
2013 C conf
FIE
James R. Rowland
2012 C conf
MoMM
Yuzuru Tanahashi, James R. Rowland, Stephen C. North, Kwan-Liu Ma
2011 C conf
FIE
James R. Rowland
1988 conf
IEA/AIE (Vol. 1)
Douglas Gordin, Douglas Foxvog, James R. Rowland, Pamela Surko, Gregg T. Vesonder
1987 conf
ACM Conference on Computer Science
James R. Rowland, Gregg T. Vesonder
1978 Misc conf
ICASSP
James R. Rowland, Willard M. Holmes
1973 J jnl
IEEE Trans. Computers
James R. Rowland, Willard M. Holmes
1971 J jnl
IEEE Trans. Computers
James R. Rowland, Willard M. Holmes
redb/extractor_registry.py
← Index redb/extractor_registry.py python
"""
Extractor registry with lazy loading by file type.

Groups extractors by file type (pe, elf, macho, apk) and only imports
the relevant group when that file type is first encountered. This avoids
loading heavy dependencies (pefile, lief, androguard, etc.) into workers
that don't need them.
"""
import importlib
import logging

logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)

# Registry: group name -> list of (module_path, class_names)
_REGISTRY = {
    "pe": [
        ("redb.extractors.pe_extractors", [
            "PEFeaturesExtractor",
            "PEImportExtractor",
            "PEResourceExtractor",
            "PEOverlayExtractor",
            "PESectionExtractor",
            "PESignatureExtractor",
            "PEExtraFindings",
            "PEInconstistencyTestsExtractor",
            "PEDotNetExtractor",
        ]),
    ],
    "elf": [
        ("redb.extractors.elf_extractors", [
            "ELFFeaturesExtractor",
            "ELFSegmentExtractor",
            "ELFSectionExtractor",
            "ELFDependencyExtractor",
            "ELFSymbolExtractor",
            "ELFImportExtractor",
            "ELFExportExtractor",
            "ELFRelocationExtractor",
            "ELFNotesExtractor",
        ]),
    ],
    "macho": [
        ("redb.extractors.macho_extractors", [
            "MachOFeaturesExtractor",
            "MachOSegmentExtractor",
            "MachOImportExtractor",
            "MachOExportExtractor",
            "MachODylibExtractor",
            "MachOSignatureExtractor",
        ]),
    ],
    "apk": [
        ("redb.extractors.apk_extractors", [
            "APKFeaturesExtractor",
            "APKManifestExtractor",
            "APKPermissionsExtractor",
            "APKSignatureExtractor",
            "APKDexExtractor",
            "APKResourceExtractor",
            "APKNativeLibExtractor",
            "APKInconsistencyTestsExtractor",
        ]),
        ("redb.extractors.decompiler.DecompileAPK", [
            "DecompileAPK",
        ]),
    ],
    "js": [
        ("redb.extractors.js_extractors", [
            "JSFeaturesExtractor",
            "JSSuspiciousAPIsExtractor",
            "JSStringsExtractor",
            "JSDeobfuscationExtractor",
            "JSContentExtractor",
        ]),
    ],
}

# Map filetype labels (from Magika) to registry group names
FILETYPE_TO_GROUP = {
    "pebin": "pe",
    "elf": "elf",
    "macho": "macho",
    "apk": "apk",
    "javascript": "js",
}

# Cache: group name -> {class_name: class}
_group_cache = {}


def _load_group(group_name):
    """Import all extractors for a group. Cached after first call."""
    if group_name in _group_cache:
        return _group_cache[group_name]

    logger.debug(f"Loading extractor group: {group_name}")

    # Suppress androguard logging before importing APK extractors
    if group_name == "apk":
        from loguru import logger as loguru_logger
        loguru_logger.disable("androguard")

    classes = {}
    for module_path, class_names in _REGISTRY[group_name]:
        mod = importlib.import_module(module_path)
        for name in class_names:
            classes[name] = getattr(mod, name)

    _group_cache[group_name] = classes
    return classes


def get_filetype_modules(filetype):
    """Get the list of format-specific extractor classes for a filetype.

    Returns only analysis extractors (excludes decompilers like DecompileAPK).
    """
    group = FILETYPE_TO_GROUP.get(filetype)
    if not group:
        return []
    classes = _load_group(group)
    return [cls for name, cls in classes.items() if not name.startswith("Decompile")]


def get_extractor_class(name):
    """Look up a single extractor class by name across all groups.

    Checks cached groups first, then loads groups on demand.
    """
    # Check already-loaded groups first
    for group_classes in _group_cache.values():
        if name in group_classes:
            return group_classes[name]

    # Search all groups (triggers lazy loading)
    for group_name in _REGISTRY:
        classes = _load_group(group_name)
        if name in classes:
            return classes[name]

    return None