Kaiming Liu

46 papers A* 3B 6C 5Journal 23Unranked 9
YearRankTypeTitle / Venue / Authors
2026 J jnl
CoRR
Minyuan Ruan, Ziyue Wang, Kaiming Liu, Yunghwei Lai, Peng Li, Yang Liu
2025 B conf
IJCNN
Mingzhen Wang, Yanjie Tu, Chunhong Yuan, Kaiming Liu, Hao Jin
2025 J jnl
CoRR
Kaiming Liu, Xuanyu Lei, Ziyue Wang, Peng Li, Yang Liu
2025 J jnl
CoRR
Yunghwei Lai, Kaiming Liu, Ziyue Wang, Weizhi Ma, Yang Liu
2025 conf
EMNLP (Findings)
Weitao Li, Xiangyu Zhang, Kaiming Liu, Xuanyu Lei, Weizhi Ma, Yang Liu
2025 J jnl
CoRR
Weitao Li, Kaiming Liu, Xiangyu Zhang, Xuanyu Lei, Weizhi Ma, Yang Liu
2025 J jnl
Signal Image Video Process.
Fengcai Huo, Kaiming Liu, Hongli Dong, Weijian Ren, Heng Zhang
2025 J jnl
CoRR
Xuanyu Lei, Chenliang Li, Yuning Wu, Kaiming Liu, Weizhou Shen, Peng Li, Ming Yan, Ji Zhang, Fei Huang, Yang Liu
2024 conf
VTC Fall
Jiayu Liu, Yuxu Guan, Kaiming Liu, Yuan'an Liu
2024 J jnl
CoRR
Zijun Liu, Kaiming Liu, Yiqi Zhu, Xuanyu Lei, Zonghan Yang, Zhenhe Zhang, Peng Li, Yang Liu
2024 conf
VTC Fall
Jiang Wu, Songkai Yang, Kaiming Liu, Yuan'an Liu
2024 A* conf
ACM Multimedia
Yuan Sun, Kaiming Liu, Yongxiang Li, Zhenwen Ren, Jian Dai, Dezhong Peng
2024 A* conf
IJCAI
Kaiming Liu, Yunhong Gong, Yu Cao, Zhenwen Ren, Dezhong Peng, Yuan Sun
2024 A* conf
ICML
Zonghan Yang, An Liu, Zijun Liu, Kaiming Liu, Fangzhou Xiong, Yile Wang, Zeyuan Yang, Qingyuan Hu, Xinrui Chen, Zhenhe Zhang, Fuwen Luo, Zhicheng Guo, Peng Li, Yang Liu
2024 J jnl
Signal Image Video Process.
Fengcai Huo, Kaiming Liu, Hongli Dong, Weijian Ren, Shuai Dong
2024 J jnl
CoRR
Zonghan Yang, An Liu, Zijun Liu, Kaiming Liu, Fangzhou Xiong, Yile Wang, Zeyuan Yang, Qingyuan Hu, Xinrui Chen, Zhenhe Zhang, Fuwen Luo, Zhicheng Guo, Peng Li, Yang Liu
2022 J jnl
IEEE Trans. Broadcast.
Kaiming Liu, Xiaoyan Cui, Zhitong Xing, Yuan'an Liu
2021 J jnl
IEEE Access
Zhitong Xing, Kaiming Liu, Aditya S. Rajasekaran, Halim Yanikomeroglu, Yuanan Liu
2021 J jnl
IEEE Trans. Broadcast.
Kaiming Liu, Yuan'an Liu
2021 J jnl
IEEE Commun. Lett.
Xiaoyan Cui, Kaiming Liu, Yuan'an Liu
2020 conf
SSPS
Xinrong Mao, Kaiming Liu, Yanfen Hang
2020 conf
SSPS
Xinrong Mao, Kaiming Liu
2020 J jnl
IET Commun.
Zhitong Xing, Kaiming Liu, Yuanan Liu
2020 J jnl
IEEE Commun. Lett.
Zhitong Xing, Kaiming Liu, Bihua Tang, Yuanan Liu
2019 C conf
ICCC
Kaiming Liu, Yaning Ge, Yuanan Liu
2019 conf
SmartGridComm
Li Ma, Kaiming Liu, Yuquan Zou, Yu Li
2019 J jnl
IEEE Trans. Signal Process.
Kaiming Liu, Weifeng Deng, Yuan'an Liu
2018 conf
ICCC Workshops
Yu Zhang, Kaiming Liu, Yuanan Liu
2018 C conf
ICCC
Kaiming Liu, Weifeng Deng, Yuanan Liu
2018 conf
ICCC Workshops
Kaiming Liu, Qijie Yuan, Yuanan Liu
2018 J jnl
Int. J. Robotics Autom.
Chundong She, Junfeng Wang, Ligang Fei, Kaiming Liu, Shaohua Liu
2017 C conf
ICCC
Kaiming Liu, Zheyu Xue, Yuanan Liu, Gang Xie
2016 conf
SINC
Chao Zhao, Gang Xie, Jingchun Gao, Kaiming Liu
2015 J jnl
Wirel. Pers. Commun.
Haobo Qing, Yuanan Liu, Gang Xie, Kaiming Liu, Fang Liu
2014 J jnl
Appl. Intell.
Hongguang Zhang, Yuan'an Liu, Bihua Tang, Kaiming Liu
2014 C conf
CIT
Yuanyuan Lv, Yuanan Liu, Fang Liu, Jinchun Gao, Kaiming Liu, Gang Xie
2014 J jnl
IET Commun.
Haobo Qing, Yuanan Liu, Gang Xie, Kaiming Liu, Fang Liu
2014 J jnl
IET Commun.
Haiying Ren, Yuanan Liu, Fang Liu, Yinghua Lv, Kaiming Liu, Gang Xie
2014 J jnl
J. Commun.
Haobo Qing, Yuanan Liu, Gang Xie, Kaiming Liu, Fang Liu
2009 J jnl
IEEE Commun. Lett.
Kaiming Liu, Bihua Tang, Yuanan Liu
2009 B conf
IWCMC
Lin Zhuang, Yuanan Liu, Kaiming Liu
2008 B conf
MASS
Tao Han, Ning Zhang, Kaiming Liu, Bihua Tang, Yuanan Liu
2008 C conf
APSCC
Ruhan He, Kaiming Liu, Naixue Xiong, Yong Zhu
2005 B conf
PIMRC
Kaiming Liu, Feifei Yin, Wenbo Wang, Yuan'an Liu
2005 B conf
GLOBECOM
Kaiming Liu, Feifei Yin, Wenbo Wang, Yuan'an Liu
2004 B conf
WCNC
Kaiming Liu, Wenbo Wang, Yuan'an Liu
redb/extractors/decompiler/apk/analyzer.py
← Index redb/extractors/decompiler/apk/analyzer.py python
"""APK Code Analyzer — orchestrates androguard + JADX + apktool analysis.

This is the APK equivalent of BinaryNinjaDecompiler in
redb/extractors/decompiler/bninja/decompiler.py.
"""

import math
import os
import tempfile
from collections import Counter
from concurrent.futures import ThreadPoolExecutor, as_completed
from typing import Any, Dict, List, Optional, Set

from redb.extractors.decompiler.apk.apktool_wrapper import ApktoolDisassembler
from redb.extractors.decompiler.apk.jadx_wrapper import JADXDecompiler
from redb.extractors.decompiler.apk.library_filter import LibraryFilter
from redb.extractors.decompiler.apk.method_extractor import (
    compute_minhash,
    compute_prime_product_smali,
    compute_sha256,
    compute_ssdeep,
    compute_tlsh,
    count_call_instructions,
    dalvik_to_java_class,
    dalvik_to_java_prototype,
    detect_obfuscation_indicators,
)
from redb.extractors.decompiler.apk.smali_normalization import normalize_method_body
from redb.extractors.decompiler.apk.smali_cfg import compute_cfg_metrics
from redb.extractors.decompiler.apk.smali_parser import SmaliParser


class APKCodeAnalyzer:
    """Orchestrates APK code analysis combining three tools.

    Combines androguard (call graphs, xrefs, method enumeration),
    JADX (Java decompilation), and apktool (smali disassembly).
    """

    def __init__(
        self,
        filepath: str,
        timeout: int = 600,
        log=None,
        decompile_modules: Set[str] = None,
    ):
        self.filepath = filepath
        self.timeout = timeout
        self.log = log
        self.decompile_modules = decompile_modules or {"all"}
        self.min_instructions = int(
            os.getenv("APK_MIN_METHOD_INSTRUCTIONS", "5")
        )
        self.library_filter = LibraryFilter()
        self.jadx = JADXDecompiler(log=log)
        self.apktool = ApktoolDisassembler(log=log)

        self._temp_dirs = []

    def extract(self) -> Dict[str, Any]:
        """Run full APK code analysis.

        Returns dict with keys:
            decompiled_content, decompiled_refs,
            smali_content, smali_refs,
            similarity_metrics, strings, analysis_errors
        """
        results = {
            "decompiled_content": [],
            "decompiled_refs": [],
            "smali_content": [],
            "smali_refs": [],
            "similarity_metrics": [],
            "cfg": [],
            "strings": [],
            "analysis_errors": [],
        }

        # Create temp directories
        jadx_dir = tempfile.mkdtemp(prefix="redb_jadx_")
        apktool_dir = tempfile.mkdtemp(prefix="redb_apktool_")
        self._temp_dirs.extend([jadx_dir, apktool_dir])

        # Step 1-3: Run JADX, apktool, and androguard in parallel
        jadx_success = False
        apktool_success = False
        androguard_result = None

        with ThreadPoolExecutor(max_workers=3) as executor:
            futures = {}
            futures[executor.submit(self.jadx.decompile, self.filepath, jadx_dir)] = "jadx"
            futures[executor.submit(self.apktool.disassemble, self.filepath, apktool_dir)] = "apktool"
            futures[executor.submit(self._run_androguard)] = "androguard"

            for future in as_completed(futures):
                tool = futures[future]
                try:
                    result = future.result()
                    if tool == "jadx":
                        jadx_success = result
                    elif tool == "apktool":
                        apktool_success = result
                    elif tool == "androguard":
                        androguard_result = result
                except Exception as e:
                    if self.log:
                        self.log.error(f"{tool} failed: {e}")
                    results["analysis_errors"].append({
                        "class_name": None,
                        "method_name": None,
                        "error_location": tool,
                        "error_message": str(e),
                        "error_type": type(e).__name__,
                    })

        if androguard_result is None:
            if self.log:
                self.log.error("Androguard analysis failed — cannot proceed")
            return results

        apk_obj, dexs, analysis = androguard_result

        # Step 4b: Extract strings from DEX files
        try:
            results["strings"] = self._extract_strings(dexs)
        except Exception as e:
            if self.log:
                self.log.error(f"String extraction failed: {e}")
            results["analysis_errors"].append({
                "class_name": None,
                "method_name": None,
                "error_location": "strings",
                "error_message": f"String extraction failed: {e}",
                "error_type": type(e).__name__,
            })

        # Step 5: Parse smali output
        smali_methods = {}
        if apktool_success:
            try:
                smali_dirs = self.apktool.get_smali_directories(apktool_dir)
                for sdir in smali_dirs:
                    smali_methods.update(SmaliParser.parse_smali_directory(sdir))
            except Exception as e:
                if self.log:
                    self.log.error(f"Smali parsing failed: {e}")
                results["analysis_errors"].append({
                    "class_name": None,
                    "method_name": None,
                    "error_location": "apktool",
                    "error_message": f"Smali parsing failed: {e}",
                    "error_type": type(e).__name__,
                })

        # Step 6: Parse Java output
        java_methods = {}
        if jadx_success:
            try:
                java_methods = self.jadx.parse_java_methods(jadx_dir)
            except Exception as e:
                if self.log:
                    self.log.error(f"Java parsing failed: {e}")
                results["analysis_errors"].append({
                    "class_name": None,
                    "method_name": None,
                    "error_location": "jadx",
                    "error_message": f"Java parsing failed: {e}",
                    "error_type": type(e).__name__,
                })

        if not apktool_success and self.log:
            self.log.info(
                "apktool failed — falling back to androguard disassembly"
            )

        # Step 7-8: Process each method from androguard
        seen_decompiled_hashes = set()
        seen_smali_hashes = set()

        try:
            for method in analysis.get_methods():
                try:
                    self._process_method(
                        method,
                        smali_methods,
                        java_methods,
                        results,
                        seen_decompiled_hashes,
                        seen_smali_hashes,
                    )
                except Exception as e:
                    method_name = "unknown"
                    class_name = "unknown"
                    try:
                        if not method.is_external():
                            enc = method.get_method()
                            class_name = enc.get_class_name()
                            method_name = enc.get_name()
                    except Exception:
                        pass
                    results["analysis_errors"].append({
                        "class_name": class_name,
                        "method_name": method_name,
                        "error_location": "analysis",
                        "error_message": str(e),
                        "error_type": type(e).__name__,
                    })
        except Exception as e:
            if self.log:
                self.log.error(f"Method enumeration failed: {e}")
            results["analysis_errors"].append({
                "class_name": None,
                "method_name": None,
                "error_location": "androguard",
                "error_message": f"Method enumeration failed: {e}",
                "error_type": type(e).__name__,
            })

        if self.log:
            stats = self.library_filter.get_filter_stats()
            self.log.info(
                f"APK analysis complete: {stats['user']} user methods, "
                f"{stats['library']} library methods filtered, "
                f"{len(results['decompiled_content'])} decompiled, "
                f"{len(results['smali_content'])} smali, "
                f"{len(results['strings'])} strings"
            )

        return results

    def _run_androguard(self):
        """Run androguard analysis on the APK."""
        from androguard.misc import AnalyzeAPK
        return AnalyzeAPK(self.filepath)

    def _process_method(
        self,
        method,
        smali_methods: Dict,
        java_methods: Dict,
        results: Dict,
        seen_decompiled: set,
        seen_smali: set,
    ):
        """Process a single method from androguard analysis."""
        # Skip external methods (no code body)
        if method.is_external():
            return

        encoded = method.get_method()
        class_name = encoded.get_class_name()
        method_name = encoded.get_name()
        descriptor = encoded.get_descriptor()

        # Build method key for cross-tool matching
        method_key = SmaliParser.make_method_key(class_name, method_name, descriptor)

        # Check if library
        is_lib = self.library_filter.is_library(class_name)
        method_type = "LIBRARY" if is_lib else "USER"

        # Skip library methods for content tables (but they're still in xrefs)
        if is_lib:
            return

        # Get xrefs
        # In androguard 4.x, xref tuples are (ClassAnalysis, MethodAnalysis, offset).
        # The MethodAnalysis wrapper doesn't expose get_class_name()/get_name()
        # directly — we need to unwrap via .get_method() first.
        callers = []
        callees = []
        try:
            for ref_class, ref_method, offset in method.get_xref_from():
                try:
                    enc = ref_method.get_method()
                    caller_key = f"{enc.get_class_name()}->{enc.get_name()}"
                except AttributeError:
                    # Fallback for older androguard where ref_method is EncodedMethod
                    caller_key = f"{ref_method.get_class_name()}->{ref_method.get_name()}"
                callers.append(caller_key)
        except Exception:
            pass

        try:
            for ref_class, ref_method, offset in method.get_xref_to():
                try:
                    enc = ref_method.get_method()
                    callee_key = f"{enc.get_class_name()}->{enc.get_name()}"
                except AttributeError:
                    callee_key = f"{ref_method.get_class_name()}->{ref_method.get_name()}"
                callees.append(callee_key)
        except Exception:
            pass

        # Look up smali body
        smali_method = smali_methods.get(method_key)
        smali_body = None
        smali_normalized = None
        smali_hash = None
        instruction_count = 0
        register_count = 0

        if smali_method:
            smali_body = smali_method.body
            instruction_count = smali_method.instruction_count
            register_count = smali_method.register_count
        else:
            # Fallback: use androguard's own disassembler
            smali_body, instruction_count, register_count = (
                self._disassemble_with_androguard(encoded)
            )

        # Apply minimum instruction filter
        if instruction_count < self.min_instructions:
            return

        if smali_body:
            smali_normalized = SmaliParser.normalize_smali_body(smali_body)
            if smali_normalized:
                smali_hash = compute_sha256(smali_normalized)

        if not smali_hash:
            return

        # Compute obfuscation indicators from smali
        obfuscation = detect_obfuscation_indicators(
            method_name, class_name, smali_body, instruction_count
        )

        # Compute CFG metrics early — needed for both content tables and cfg table
        cfg_metrics = None
        if smali_body:
            try:
                cfg_metrics = compute_cfg_metrics(smali_body)
            except Exception:
                pass

        # Smali content (deduplicated)
        if smali_hash and smali_hash not in seen_smali:
            seen_smali.add(smali_hash)
            results["smali_content"].append({
                "smali_method_hash": smali_hash,
                "smali_method": smali_body,
                "smali_method_type": method_type,
                "smali_instructions_count": instruction_count,
                "smali_register_count": register_count,
                "smali_has_string_encryption": obfuscation.get("has_string_encryption", False),
                "smali_has_reflection_calls": obfuscation.get("has_reflection_calls", False),
                "smali_excessive_goto_count": obfuscation.get("excessive_goto_count", False),
                "smali_flattened_score": cfg_metrics.flattened_score if cfg_metrics else 0.0,
                "smali_mba_score": cfg_metrics.mba_score if cfg_metrics else 0.0,
            })

        # Smali reference (per-binary)
        ssdeep_val = compute_ssdeep(smali_normalized) if smali_normalized else None
        tlsh_val = compute_tlsh(smali_normalized) if smali_normalized else None

        # Semantically normalized ssdeep/TLSH (analogous to Binja's ssdeep_llil/tlsh_llil)
        ssdeep_normalized_val = None
        tlsh_normalized_val = None
        if smali_normalized:
            normalized_lines = normalize_method_body(smali_normalized, level="opcode_api")
            if normalized_lines:
                normalized_text = "\n".join(normalized_lines)
                ssdeep_normalized_val = compute_ssdeep(normalized_text)
                tlsh_normalized_val = compute_tlsh(normalized_text)

        # Look up Java source
        java_class = dalvik_to_java_class(class_name)
        java_key_candidates = [
            f"{java_class}.{method_name}",
        ]
        java_source = None
        decompiled_hash = None

        for jk in java_key_candidates:
            for key, source in java_methods.items():
                if key.startswith(jk):
                    java_source = source
                    break
            if java_source:
                break

        if java_source:
            # Normalize and hash decompiled content
            normalized_java = _normalize_java(java_source)
            decompiled_hash = compute_sha256(normalized_java)

            # Decompiled content (deduplicated)
            if decompiled_hash not in seen_decompiled:
                seen_decompiled.add(decompiled_hash)
                results["decompiled_content"].append({
                    "decompiled_method_hash": decompiled_hash,
                    "decompiled_method": java_source,
                    "decompiled_method_type": method_type,
                    "decompiled_has_string_encryption": obfuscation.get("has_string_encryption", False),
                    "decompiled_has_reflection_calls": obfuscation.get("has_reflection_calls", False),
                    "decompiled_excessive_goto_count": obfuscation.get("excessive_goto_count", False),
                })

            # Decompiled reference
            method_prototype = dalvik_to_java_prototype(
                method_name, descriptor, class_name
            )
            results["decompiled_refs"].append({
                "decompiled_method_hash": decompiled_hash,
                "smali_method_hash": smali_hash,
                "decompiled_class_name": dalvik_to_java_class(class_name),
                "decompiled_method_name": method_name,
                "decompiled_method_signature": descriptor,
                "decompiled_method_prototype": method_prototype,
                "functions_caller": callers,
                "functions_call": callees,
            })

        # Smali reference
        if smali_hash:
            results["smali_refs"].append({
                "smali_method_hash": smali_hash,
                "decompiled_method_hash": decompiled_hash,
                "smali_class_name": dalvik_to_java_class(class_name),
                "smali_method_name": method_name,
                "smali_method_signature": descriptor,
                "ssdeep_smali": ssdeep_val,
                "tlsh_smali": tlsh_val,
            })

        # Similarity metrics (content-based fuzzy matching only)
        if smali_hash and smali_normalized:
            minhash_sig = compute_minhash(smali_normalized)
            sim_entry = {
                "smali_method_hash": smali_hash,
                "cyclomatic_complexity": cfg_metrics.cyclomatic_complexity if cfg_metrics else None,
                "ssdeep_smali": ssdeep_val,
                "tlsh_smali": tlsh_val,
                "ssdeep_smali_normalized": ssdeep_normalized_val,
                "tlsh_smali_normalized": tlsh_normalized_val,
                "minhash": minhash_sig or [],
            }
            results["similarity_metrics"].append(sim_entry)

        # CFG entry (structural/topological features)
        if smali_hash and cfg_metrics and smali_body:
            prime_product = compute_prime_product_smali(smali_body)
            call_count = count_call_instructions(smali_body)
            cfg_entry = {
                "smali_method_hash": smali_hash,
                "cfg_topology_hash": cfg_metrics.cfg_topology_hash,
                "block_count": cfg_metrics.block_count,
                "edge_count": cfg_metrics.edge_count,
                "cfg_instructions_count": instruction_count,
                "call_count": call_count,
                "cyclomatic_complexity": cfg_metrics.cyclomatic_complexity,
                "loop_count": cfg_metrics.loop_count,
                "max_depth": cfg_metrics.max_depth,
                "max_fan_out": cfg_metrics.max_fan_out,
                "md_index_topdown": cfg_metrics.md_index_topdown,
                "md_index_bottomup": cfg_metrics.md_index_bottomup,
                "prime_product_smali": prime_product,
                "cfg_feature_tlsh": cfg_metrics.cfg_feature_tlsh,
                "wl_minhash": cfg_metrics.wl_minhash,
                "bb_features": cfg_metrics.block_features,
                "cfg_adjacency": cfg_metrics.cfg_adjacency,
            }
            results["cfg"].append(cfg_entry)

    @staticmethod
    def _string_entropy(s: str) -> float:
        """Compute Shannon entropy of a string."""
        if not s:
            return 0.0
        freq = Counter(s)
        length = len(s)
        return -sum(
            (count / length) * math.log2(count / length)
            for count in freq.values()
        )

    def _extract_strings(self, dexs) -> List[Dict[str, Any]]:
        """Extract deduplicated strings from all DEX objects.

        Uses androguard's get_strings() on each DEX, deduplicates by value,
        and computes entropy — matching the Binja StringAnalysis output format
        so IOCExtractorFromResults can consume them identically.

        Returns list of dicts with keys:
            string, string_encoding, string_offset, string_length, string_entropy
        """
        seen = set()
        strings = []
        offset_counter = 0

        for dex in dexs:
            try:
                dex_strings = dex.get_strings()
            except Exception:
                continue

            if not dex_strings:
                continue

            for s in dex_strings:
                if not s or s in seen:
                    continue
                # DEX MUTF-8 strings may contain unpaired surrogates (e.g. \ud800)
                # that are invalid UTF-8 and will fail ClickHouse insert
                s = s.encode('utf-8', errors='replace').decode('utf-8')
                if not s or s in seen:
                    continue
                seen.add(s)

                strings.append({
                    "string": s,
                    "string_encoding": "UTF8",
                    "string_offset": offset_counter,
                    "string_length": len(s),
                    "string_entropy": self._string_entropy(s),
                })
                offset_counter += 1

        return strings

    @staticmethod
    def _disassemble_with_androguard(encoded):
        """Fallback disassembly using androguard when apktool fails.

        Returns (smali_body, instruction_count, register_count).
        """
        code = encoded.get_code()
        if not code:
            return None, 0, 0

        register_count = code.get_registers_size()
        lines = []
        instruction_count = 0

        try:
            bytecode = code.get_bc()
            if not bytecode:
                return None, 0, register_count

            for instruction in bytecode.get_instructions():
                op_name = instruction.get_name()
                output = instruction.get_output()
                if output:
                    output = _normalize_androguard_operands(op_name, output)
                    lines.append(f"    {op_name} {output}")
                else:
                    lines.append(f"    {op_name}")
                instruction_count += 1
        except Exception:
            return None, 0, register_count

        if not lines:
            return None, 0, register_count

        smali_body = "\n".join(lines)
        return smali_body, instruction_count, register_count

    def cleanup(self):
        """Remove temporary directories."""
        import shutil
        for d in self._temp_dirs:
            try:
                if os.path.isdir(d):
                    shutil.rmtree(d)
            except Exception:
                pass
        self._temp_dirs.clear()


def _normalize_androguard_operands(op_name: str, output: str) -> str:
    """Normalize androguard instruction output to match apktool smali format.

    Androguard's get_output() differs from apktool in two key ways:
    1. invoke-* operands lack {braces} around registers:
       androguard: 'v0, v1, Lcom/Foo;->bar()V'
       apktool:    '{v0, v1}, Lcom/Foo;->bar()V'
    2. Field instructions use a space instead of colon between name and type:
       androguard: 'v0, v1, LA;->field Ljava/lang/String;'
       apktool:    'v0, v1, LA;->field:Ljava/lang/String;'
    """
    # invoke-* instructions: wrap register args in {braces}
    if op_name.startswith("invoke-"):
        # Find the class/method reference (starts with L or [)
        # Split on ', ' and find where the reference begins
        parts = output.split(", ")
        reg_parts = []
        ref_idx = None
        for i, part in enumerate(parts):
            stripped = part.strip()
            if stripped.startswith("L") or stripped.startswith("["):
                ref_idx = i
                break
            reg_parts.append(part)

        if ref_idx is not None and reg_parts:
            regs = ", ".join(reg_parts)
            ref = ", ".join(parts[ref_idx:])
            return "{" + regs + "}, " + ref
        elif reg_parts:
            # No reference found — just wrap all as registers
            return "{" + ", ".join(reg_parts) + "}"

    # Field instructions: fix 'field Ltype;' → 'field:Ltype;'
    if op_name.startswith(("iget", "iput", "sget", "sput")):
        # Pattern: '... ClassName;->fieldName Ltype;' or '... ClassName;->fieldName [Ltype;'
        # The space between fieldName and the type descriptor should be a colon
        arrow_idx = output.find("->")
        if arrow_idx != -1:
            after_arrow = output[arrow_idx + 2:]
            # Find the space before the type descriptor
            space_idx = after_arrow.find(" ")
            if space_idx != -1:
                remaining = after_arrow[space_idx + 1:]
                # Check that what follows is a type descriptor
                if remaining.startswith(("L", "[", "Z", "B", "S", "C",
                                         "I", "J", "F", "D")):
                    after_arrow = after_arrow[:space_idx] + ":" + remaining
                    output = output[:arrow_idx + 2] + after_arrow

    return output


def _normalize_java(source: str) -> str:
    """Normalize Java source for consistent hashing.

    Strip leading/trailing whitespace, normalize indentation.
    """
    lines = []
    for line in source.split("\n"):
        stripped = line.strip()
        if stripped:
            lines.append(stripped)
    return "\n".join(lines)