Kashif Iqbal

28 papers B 2C 2Misc 2Journal 15Unranked 7
YearRankTypeTitle / Venue / Authors
2026 J jnl
Neural Networks
Kashif Iqbal, Yu Xue, Atifa Rafique, Muhammad Hamid, Khursheed Aurangzeb
2026 J jnl
Neurocomputing
Atifa Rafique, Yu Xue, Musaed A. Alhussein, Kashif Iqbal, Mohammad Kamrul Hasan, Khursheed Aurangzeb
2025 J jnl
Comput. Mater. Continua
Salman A. Khan, Mohamed A. Mohandes, Shafiqur Rehman, Ali Al-Shaikhi, Kashif Iqbal
2022 J jnl
PeerJ Comput. Sci.
Ihsan Elahi, Hamid Ali, Muhammad Asif, Kashif Iqbal, Yazeed Ghadi, Eatedal Alabdulkreem
2020 J jnl
Sensors
Wei Guo, Shengchun Piao, Junyuan Guo, Yahui Lei, Kashif Iqbal
2020 J jnl
Symmetry
Kashif Iqbal, Minghui Zhang, Shengchun Piao
2017 J jnl
Enterp. Inf. Syst.
Rahat Iqbal, Adam Grzywaczewski, John Halloran, Faiyaz Doctor, Kashif Iqbal
2016 J jnl
Neurocomputing
Kashif Iqbal, Michael O. Odetayo, Anne E. James, Rahat Iqbal, Neeraj Kumar, Shovan Barma
2016 Misc conf
FIT
Kashif Iqbal, Junaid Ahmed, Atifa Rafique
2016 conf
NGMAST
Farhan Pervez, Muhammad Salman Raheel, Jibran Gill, Kashif Iqbal
2015 J jnl
J. Grid Comput.
Matti Heikkurinen, Sandra Cohen, Fotis Karagiannis, Kashif Iqbal, Sergio Andreozzi, Michele Michelotto
2014 J jnl
J. Ambient Intell. Humaniz. Comput.
Kashif Iqbal, Michael O. Odetayo, Anne E. James
2012 J jnl
J. Comput. Syst. Sci.
Kashif Iqbal, Michael O. Odetayo, Anne E. James
2011 Misc conf
ICCS
Neeraj Kumar, Kashif Iqbal
2011 B conf
SMC
Kashif Iqbal, Michael O. Odetayo, Anne E. James
2010 B conf
SMC
Kashif Iqbal, Michael O. Odetayo, Anne E. James, Rosalina Abdul Salam, Abdullah Zawawi Talib
2009 J jnl
J. Univers. Comput. Sci.
Nazaraf Shah, Rahat Iqbal, Kashif Iqbal, Anne E. James
2009 J jnl
Serv. Oriented Comput. Appl.
Vassilios Peristeras, Manuel Fradinho, Deirdre Lee, Wolfgang Prinz, Rudolf Ruland, Kashif Iqbal, Stefan Decker
2009 J jnl
Inf. Sci.
Nazaraf Shah, Rahat Iqbal, Anne E. James, Kashif Iqbal
2008 C conf
CSCWD
Nazaraf Shah, Rahat Iqbal, Anne E. James, Kashif Iqbal
2008 conf
ITNG
Rahat Iqbal, Kashif Iqbal, Nazaraf Shah, Jawed I. A. Siddiqi, Anne E. James
2008 conf
SKG
Kashif Iqbal, Marco Luca Sbodio, Vassilios Peristeras, Giovanni Giuliani
2007 J jnl
Multiagent Grid Syst.
Ioan Toma, Kashif Iqbal, Dumitru Roman, Thomas Strang, Dieter Fensel, Brahmananda Sapkota, Matthew Moran, Juan Miguel Gómez
2006 C conf
GPC
Kashif Iqbal, Stefan Decker, Mark Baker
2005 conf
NODe/GSEM
Ioan Toma, Kashif Iqbal, Matthew Moran, Dumitru Roman, Thomas Strang, Dieter Fensel
2005 conf
SKG
Ioan Toma, Dumitru Roman, Kashif Iqbal, Dieter Fensel, Stefan Decker, Jürgen Hofer
2004 conf
ICDCS Workshops
Kashif Iqbal, Hafiz Farooq Ahmad, Arshad Ali, Hiroki Suguri, Mobeena Jamshed
2003 conf
GCC (1)
Hafiz Farooq Ahmad, Kashif Iqbal, Hiroki Suguri, Arshad Ali
redb/extractors/decompiler/apk/smali_parser.py
← Index redb/extractors/decompiler/apk/smali_parser.py python
"""Smali file parser — extracts individual method bodies from apktool output.

Parses .smali files produced by apktool and extracts per-method bodies,
instruction counts, and register counts.
"""

import os
import re
from dataclasses import dataclass, field
from typing import Dict, List, Optional


@dataclass
class SmaliMethod:
    """Parsed smali method data."""
    class_name: str
    method_name: str
    method_signature: str
    body: str
    instruction_count: int = 0
    register_count: int = 0
    access_flags: List[str] = field(default_factory=list)


# Directives start with '.' — these are metadata, not instructions
_DIRECTIVE_RE = re.compile(r"^\s*\.")
# Labels start with ':'
_LABEL_RE = re.compile(r"^\s*:")
# Blank or comment lines
_BLANK_OR_COMMENT_RE = re.compile(r"^\s*(#.*)?$")
# Method declaration
_METHOD_START_RE = re.compile(
    r"^\.method\s+(.*?)\s+(\S+)\(([^)]*)\)(\S+)\s*$"
)
_METHOD_START_SIMPLE_RE = re.compile(
    r"^\.method\s+(.*)"
)
# .registers or .locals directive
_REGISTERS_RE = re.compile(r"^\s*\.registers\s+(\d+)")
_LOCALS_RE = re.compile(r"^\s*\.locals\s+(\d+)")
# .line directive
_LINE_RE = re.compile(r"^\s*\.line\s+\d+")


class SmaliParser:
    """Parser for apktool smali output files."""

    @staticmethod
    def parse_smali_file(filepath: str) -> List[SmaliMethod]:
        """Parse a single .smali file and return list of methods.

        Each .smali file contains one class with all its methods.
        """
        with open(filepath, "r", encoding="utf-8", errors="replace") as f:
            content = f.read()

        return SmaliParser._parse_smali_content(content, filepath)

    @staticmethod
    def _parse_smali_content(content: str, source: str = "") -> List[SmaliMethod]:
        """Parse smali text content and extract methods."""
        lines = content.split("\n")
        methods = []

        # Extract class name from .class directive
        class_name = ""
        for line in lines:
            if line.startswith(".class "):
                parts = line.split()
                class_name = parts[-1]  # Last token is the class descriptor
                break

        in_method = False
        method_lines = []
        method_header = ""
        access_flags = []
        skip_method = False

        for line in lines:
            if line.startswith(".method "):
                in_method = True
                method_lines = []
                method_header = line
                skip_method = False

                # Parse access flags and method signature
                remainder = line[len(".method "):].strip()
                tokens = remainder.split()
                access_flags = []
                method_sig_token = tokens[-1] if tokens else ""

                for t in tokens[:-1]:
                    access_flags.append(t)

                # Skip abstract and native methods (no body)
                if "abstract" in access_flags or "native" in access_flags:
                    skip_method = True

            elif line.startswith(".end method"):
                if in_method and not skip_method:
                    body = "\n".join(method_lines)
                    method_name, signature = SmaliParser._parse_method_sig(
                        method_header
                    )
                    instruction_count = SmaliParser.count_instructions(body)
                    register_count = SmaliParser._extract_register_count(body)

                    methods.append(
                        SmaliMethod(
                            class_name=class_name,
                            method_name=method_name,
                            method_signature=signature,
                            body=body,
                            instruction_count=instruction_count,
                            register_count=register_count,
                            access_flags=access_flags,
                        )
                    )
                in_method = False
                method_lines = []
                access_flags = []

            elif in_method and not skip_method:
                method_lines.append(line)

        return methods

    @staticmethod
    def parse_smali_directory(dirpath: str) -> Dict[str, SmaliMethod]:
        """Parse all .smali files in a directory tree.

        Returns dict keyed by 'ClassName->methodName(signature)ReturnType'.
        """
        result = {}
        for root, _dirs, files in os.walk(dirpath):
            for fname in files:
                if fname.endswith(".smali"):
                    fpath = os.path.join(root, fname)
                    try:
                        methods = SmaliParser.parse_smali_file(fpath)
                        for m in methods:
                            key = SmaliParser.make_method_key(
                                m.class_name, m.method_name, m.method_signature
                            )
                            result[key] = m
                    except Exception:
                        continue
        return result

    @staticmethod
    def normalize_smali_body(body: str) -> str:
        """Normalize smali body for consistent hashing.

        Strips comments, .line directives, normalizes whitespace.
        """
        lines = []
        for line in body.split("\n"):
            stripped = line.strip()
            # Skip empty lines, comments, and .line directives
            if not stripped or stripped.startswith("#"):
                continue
            if _LINE_RE.match(stripped):
                continue
            lines.append(stripped)
        return "\n".join(lines)

    @staticmethod
    def count_instructions(body: str) -> int:
        """Count actual Dalvik instructions (skip directives, labels, blanks)."""
        count = 0
        for line in body.split("\n"):
            stripped = line.strip()
            if not stripped:
                continue
            if _DIRECTIVE_RE.match(stripped):
                continue
            if _LABEL_RE.match(stripped):
                continue
            if _BLANK_OR_COMMENT_RE.match(stripped):
                continue
            count += 1
        return count

    @staticmethod
    def _extract_register_count(body: str) -> int:
        """Extract register count from .registers or .locals directive.

        apktool outputs .locals (local registers only) by default.
        .registers (total = locals + params) is used with --use-registers.
        We return whichever is present.
        """
        for line in body.split("\n"):
            stripped = line.strip()
            m = _REGISTERS_RE.match(stripped)
            if m:
                return int(m.group(1))
            m = _LOCALS_RE.match(stripped)
            if m:
                return int(m.group(1))
        return 0

    @staticmethod
    def _parse_method_sig(header_line: str) -> tuple:
        """Parse method name and signature from .method header line.

        Input: '.method public onCreate(Landroid/os/Bundle;)V'
        Returns: ('onCreate', '(Landroid/os/Bundle;)V')
        """
        remainder = header_line[len(".method "):].strip()
        tokens = remainder.split()
        if not tokens:
            return ("unknown", "()")

        # Last token contains methodName(params)returnType
        method_part = tokens[-1]

        paren_idx = method_part.find("(")
        if paren_idx == -1:
            return (method_part, "()")

        method_name = method_part[:paren_idx]
        signature = method_part[paren_idx:]

        return (method_name, signature)

    @staticmethod
    def make_method_key(class_name: str, method_name: str, signature: str) -> str:
        """Build a canonical method key for cross-tool matching.

        Format: 'Lcom/example/Foo;->methodName(params)ReturnType'
        """
        return f"{class_name}->{method_name}{signature}"