Man Fai Lau

49 papers B 3C 2Misc 7Journal 24Unranked 12
YearRankTypeTitle / Venue / Authors
2025 J jnl
J. Integr. Des. Process. Sci.
Clement Ting Pek Wen, Patrick Then Hang Hui, Man Fai Lau
2024 J jnl
Frontiers Comput. Sci.
Pak-Lok Poon, Man Fai Lau, Yuen-Tak Yu, Sau-Fun Tang
2023 J jnl
Int. J. Inf. Technol. Proj. Manag.
Toby Chau, Helen Lv Zhang, Yuyue Gui, Man Fai Lau
2022 J jnl
Expert Syst. Appl.
Anika Kanwal, Man Fai Lau, Sebastian P. H. Ng, Kwan Yong Sim, Siva Chandrasekaran
2022 J jnl
Frontiers Appl. Math. Stat.
Moi Hua Tuh, Cynthia Mui Lian Kon, Hong Siang Chua, Man Fai Lau
2021 J jnl
J. Softw. Evol. Process.
T. K. Paul, Mohammad Jabed Morshed Chowdhury, Man Fai Lau
2021 J jnl
Comput. J.
Rubing Huang, Haibo Chen, Yunan Zhou, Tsong Yueh Chen, Dave Towey, Man Fai Lau, Sebastian Ng, Robert G. Merkel, Jinfu Chen
2021 J jnl
CoRR
Quang-Hung Luu, Man Fai Lau, Sebastian P. H. Ng, Tsong Yueh Chen
2021 J jnl
J. Syst. Softw.
Quang-Hung Luu, Man Fai Lau, Sebastian P. H. Ng, Tsong Yueh Chen
2017 conf
ISSRE Workshops
Zhanwei Hui, Song Huang, Tsong Yueh Chen, Man Fai Lau, Sebastian Ng
2017 C conf
ICFEM
Tingting Wu, Yunwei Dong, Tsong Yueh Chen, Mingyue Jiang, Man Fai Lau, Fei-Ching Kuo, Sebastian Ng
2014 conf
COMPSAC Workshops
Robert Setiadi, Man Fai Lau
2014 Misc conf
SAC
Tanay Kanti Paul, Man Fai Lau
2014 conf
QSIC
Robert Setiadi, Man Fai Lau
2014 conf
QSIC
Tanay Kanti Paul, Man Fai Lau, Sebastian Ng
2014 J jnl
J. Syst. Softw.
Antony Tang, Man Fai Lau
2014 conf
QSIC
Shimul Kumar Nath, Robert G. Merkel, Man Fai Lau
2013 J jnl
Bell Labs Tech. J.
Wolfgang Pöhlmann, Bernhard Deppisch, Thomas Pfeiffer, Carlo Ferrari, Mark P. Earnshaw, Alex Duque, Robert L. Farah, Joe Galaro, James Kotch, Man Fai Lau, Doutje T. van Veen, Peter Vetter
2012 J jnl
Inf. Softw. Technol.
Yuen-Tak Yu, Man Fai Lau
2012 Misc conf
SAC
Shimul Kumar Nath, Robert G. Merkel, Man Fai Lau
2012 conf
QSIC
Tanay Kanti Paul, Man Fai Lau
2012 C conf
APSEC
Shimul Kumar Nath, Robert G. Merkel, Man Fai Lau, Tanay Kanti Paul
2012 J jnl
CoRR
Shimul Kumar Nath, Robert G. Merkel, Man Fai Lau, Tanay Kanti Paul
2011 B conf
GLOBECOM
Dusan Suvakovic, Adriaan J. de Lind van Wijngaarden, Man Fai Lau
2010 ch.
Encyclopedia of Software Engineering
Man Fai Lau, Yuen-Tak Yu, Pak-Lok Poon
2009 Misc conf
Ada-Europe
Man Fai Lau, Yuen-Tak Yu
2009 J jnl
Softw. Qual. J.
Tsong Yueh Chen, Man Fai Lau, Kwan Yong Sim, Chang-Ai Sun
2008 conf
CEE-SET
A. C. Barus, Tsong Yueh Chen, D. Grant, Fei-Ching Kuo, Man Fai Lau
2008 B conf
ECSA
Antony Tang, Fei-Ching Kuo, Man Fai Lau
2007 conf
QSIC
Man Fai Lau, Ying Liu, Yuen-Tak Yu
2007 Misc conf
Ada-Europe
Man Fai Lau, Ying Liu, Tsong Yueh Chen, Yuen-Tak Yu
2006 J jnl
J. Syst. Softw.
Yuen-Tak Yu, Man Fai Lau
2006 J jnl
J. Syst. Softw.
Yuen-Tak Yu, Man Fai Lau, Tsong Yueh Chen
2006 J jnl
Int. J. Distance Educ. Technol.
Tsong Yueh Chen, Doug D. Grant, Man Fai Lau, Sebastian P. Ng, V. Rajesh Vasa
2006 conf
COMPSAC (1)
Man Fai Lau, Ying Liu, Yuen-Tak Yu
2005 J jnl
ACM Trans. Softw. Eng. Methodol.
Man Fai Lau, Yuen-Tak Yu
2004 conf
QSIC
Yuen-Tak Yu, Man Fai Lau
2003 J jnl
Inf. Sci.
Tsong Yueh Chen, Man Fai Lau
2003 conf
QSIC
Yuen-Tak Yu, Man Fai Lau, Tsong Yueh Chen
2002 Misc conf
Ada-Europe
Yuen-Tak Yu, Man Fai Lau
2001 conf
Australian Software Engineering Conference
Man Fai Lau, Yuen-Tak Yu
2001 Misc conf
Ada-Europe
Tsong Yueh Chen, Man Fai Lau
2001 J jnl
Softw. Test. Verification Reliab.
Tsong Yueh Chen, Man Fai Lau
2000 Misc conf
Ada-Europe
Tsong Yueh Chen, Man Fai Lau
1999 J jnl
Comput. J.
Tsong Yueh Chen, Man Fai Lau
1998 J jnl
Inf. Softw. Technol.
Tsong Yueh Chen, Man Fai Lau
1998 J jnl
Inf. Softw. Technol.
Tsong Yueh Chen, Man Fai Lau
1997 B conf
COMPSAC
Tsong Yueh Chen, Man Fai Lau
1996 J jnl
Inf. Process. Lett.
Tsong Yueh Chen, Man Fai Lau
tests/unit/conftest.py
← Index tests/unit/conftest.py python
"""
Unit test configuration.

Replaces the redb.extractors package with a minimal stub so that
``from redb.extractors.database_exporters import ...`` works without
pulling in the heavy __init__.py import chain (pefile, elftools,
signify, magic, etc.).

Also stubs out redb.settings so that Elasticsearch / ClickHouse
clients are never actually created during unit tests.

Additionally installs binaryninja stubs for decompiler unit tests.

Stubs heavy third-party packages (pefile, magic, psutil, etc.) so that
redb.workers, redb.queries, redb.ingestor, and redb.s3_utils can all
be imported and patched in unit tests without requiring the real packages.
"""
import sys
import types
from pathlib import Path
from unittest.mock import MagicMock

# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
# 0. Install binaryninja stubs FIRST — must happen before any decompiler
#    module is imported (triggered by __init__.py chain).
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
from tests.unit.conftest_binja_stubs import install_binja_stubs as _install_binja_stubs
_install_binja_stubs()

# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
# 1. Stub external packages required by database_exporters.py itself,
#    the decompiler chain, and the workers/ingestor modules.
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
_heavy_deps = [
    # Database / networking
    "elasticsearch", "clickhouse_connect", "dotenv",
    # Binary analysis — top-level packages
    "pefile", "magic", "machofile",
    # Archive handling
    "py7zr", "pyzipper",
    # File type detection
    "magika",
    # System monitoring
    "psutil",
    # S3 / MinIO (submodule paths needed for `from minio.error import S3Error`)
    "minio", "minio.error",
    # YARA
    "yara_x",
    # Binary parsing — elftools tree
    "elftools", "elftools.elf", "elftools.elf.elffile",
    "elftools.common", "elftools.common.exceptions",
    # Code signing — signify tree
    "signify", "signify.fingerprinter", "signify.authenticode",
    # LIEF
    "lief",
    # Fuzzy hashing
    "ppdeep",
    # .NET analysis
    "dotnetfile",
    # Crypto / ASN.1
    "asn1crypto", "asn1crypto.cms", "asn1crypto.pem", "asn1crypto.x509", "asn1crypto.core",
    # Hashing
    "xxhash", "blake3", "mmh3", "numpy",
    # APK analysis
    "androguard", "androguard.core", "androguard.core.apk",
    "androguard.core.dex", "androguard.core.api_specific_resources",
    "androguard.misc",
    "permhash",
]
for _mod in _heavy_deps:
    if _mod not in sys.modules:
        try:
            __import__(_mod)
        except (ImportError, ModuleNotFoundError):
            sys.modules[_mod] = MagicMock()

# Stub urllib3 with a real Warning subclass (warnings.filterwarnings needs a class)
if "urllib3" not in sys.modules or isinstance(sys.modules.get("urllib3"), MagicMock):
    try:
        import urllib3  # noqa: F401
    except (ImportError, ModuleNotFoundError):
        _urllib3_mod = types.ModuleType("urllib3")
        _urllib3_exc = types.ModuleType("urllib3.exceptions")

        class _InsecureRequestWarning(UserWarning):
            pass

        _urllib3_exc.InsecureRequestWarning = _InsecureRequestWarning
        _urllib3_mod.exceptions = _urllib3_exc
        sys.modules["urllib3"] = _urllib3_mod
        sys.modules["urllib3.exceptions"] = _urllib3_exc

# Provide a functional ppdeep stub (tests call ppdeep.hash() and expect a string).
# Must overwrite the MagicMock that the loop above may have installed.
_ppdeep_existing = sys.modules.get("ppdeep")
if _ppdeep_existing is None or isinstance(_ppdeep_existing, MagicMock):
    _ppdeep_mod = types.ModuleType("ppdeep")
    _ppdeep_mod.__name__ = "ppdeep"

    def _ppdeep_hash(data):
        """Fake ssdeep hash — returns a deterministic placeholder."""
        if isinstance(data, str):
            data = data.encode("utf-8")
        if len(data) < 50:
            return None
        import hashlib
        h = hashlib.md5(data).hexdigest()
        return f"3:{h[:16]}:{h[16:]}"

    _ppdeep_mod.hash = _ppdeep_hash
    sys.modules["ppdeep"] = _ppdeep_mod

# Stub mmh3 if the C extension is not available
_mmh3_existing = sys.modules.get("mmh3")
if _mmh3_existing is None or isinstance(_mmh3_existing, MagicMock):
    _mmh3_mod = types.ModuleType("mmh3")
    _mmh3_mod.__name__ = "mmh3"

    def _mmh3_hash(data, seed=0):
        """Fake MurmurHash3 — deterministic hash using built-in hashlib."""
        import hashlib
        if isinstance(data, str):
            data = data.encode("utf-8")
        seed_bytes = (seed & 0xFFFFFFFF).to_bytes(8, "little")
        h = hashlib.md5(data + seed_bytes).digest()
        return int.from_bytes(h[:4], "little", signed=True)

    _mmh3_mod.hash = _mmh3_hash
    sys.modules["mmh3"] = _mmh3_mod

# Stub tlsh if the C extension is not available
if "tlsh" not in sys.modules:
    try:
        import tlsh as _real_tlsh  # noqa: F401
    except (ImportError, ModuleNotFoundError):
        _tlsh_mock = types.ModuleType("tlsh")
        _tlsh_mock.__name__ = "tlsh"

        def _tlsh_hash(data):
            """Fake TLSH hash — returns a deterministic placeholder.

            Returns empty string for data < 50 bytes or data with very
            low entropy (e.g. repeating patterns), mimicking the real
            TLSH library's "TNULL" behaviour.
            """
            if isinstance(data, str):
                data = data.encode("utf-8")
            if len(data) < 50:
                return ""
            # Real TLSH returns "" for low-entropy input
            if len(set(data)) < 8:
                return ""
            import hashlib
            return "T1" + hashlib.sha256(data).hexdigest()[:70].upper()

        _tlsh_mock.hash = _tlsh_hash
        sys.modules["tlsh"] = _tlsh_mock

# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
# 2. Stub redb.settings (package) so module-level code never runs
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
_settings_mock = MagicMock()
_settings_mock.__name__ = "redb.settings"
sys.modules["redb.settings"] = _settings_mock
sys.modules["redb.settings.elasticsearch"] = MagicMock()
sys.modules["redb.settings.clickhouse"] = MagicMock()

# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
# 3. Replace redb.extractors with a minimal package that does NOT eagerly
#    import every extractor (and their heavy deps).  Sub-module imports
#    like ``from redb.extractors.database_exporters import ...`` still work
#    because __path__ points to the real package directory.
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
_repo_root = Path(__file__).resolve().parents[2]
_extractors_pkg = types.ModuleType("redb.extractors")
_extractors_pkg.__path__ = [str(_repo_root / "redb" / "extractors")]
_extractors_pkg.__package__ = "redb.extractors"
sys.modules["redb.extractors"] = _extractors_pkg

# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
# 4. Force-import redb submodules so that @patch('redb.workers.xxx'),
#    @patch('redb.queries.xxx'), etc. can resolve at decoration time.
#    This works because all heavy deps are already stubbed above.
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
import redb.logging_utils   # noqa: F401, E402
import redb.s3_utils         # noqa: F401, E402
import redb.queries          # noqa: F401, E402
import redb.workers          # noqa: F401, E402
import redb.ingestor         # noqa: F401, E402