Xiaolan Liu

45 papers A 1B 2C 2Journal 32Unranked 8
YearRankTypeTitle / Venue / Authors
2026 J jnl
IEEE Trans. Mob. Comput.
Jianing Zheng, Jiadong Yu, Xiaolan Liu
2025 J jnl
IEEE Wirel. Commun. Lett.
Hui Zhou, Xiaolan Liu, Sangarapillai Lambotharan
2025 conf
CommNet
Jietao Zhao, Xiaolan Liu, Sangarapillai Lambotharan
2025 J jnl
IEEE Internet Things J.
Charuka Herath, Xiaolan Liu, Sangarapillai Lambotharan, Yogachandran Rahulamathavan
2025 J jnl
IEEE Trans. Inf. Forensics Secur.
Marios Aristodemou, Xiaolan Liu, Yuan Wang, Konstantinos G. Kyriakopoulos, Sangarapillai Lambotharan, Qingsong Wei
2025 J jnl
CoRR
Marios Aristodemou, Xiaolan Liu, Yuan Wang, Konstantinos G. Kyriakopoulos, Sangarapillai Lambotharan, Qingsong Wei
2024 J jnl
IEEE Internet Things J.
Jianing Zheng, Xiaolan Liu, Zhuang Ling, Fengye Hu
2024 conf
ICC Workshops
Marios Aristodemou, Xiaolan Liu, Sangarapillai Lambotharan
2024 J jnl
CoRR
Charuka Herath, Xiaolan Liu, Sangarapillai Lambotharan, Yogachandran Rahulamathavan
2024 J jnl
IEEE Open J. Commun. Soc.
Jingxin Li, Xiaolan Liu, Toktam Mahmoodi
2024 A conf
AAMAS
Rafael Pina, Varuna De Silva, Corentin Artaud, Xiaolan Liu
2024 J jnl
CoRR
Rafael Pina, Varuna De Silva, Corentin Artaud, Xiaolan Liu
2023 conf
ICC
Marios Aristodemou, Xiaolan Liu, Sangarapillai Lambotharan
2023 conf
SPAWC
Xiaolan Liu, Jackson Ross, Yue Liu, Yuanwei Liu
2023 J jnl
IEEE Access
Marios Aristodemou, Xiaolan Liu, Sangarapillai Lambotharan, Basil AsSadhan
2023 J jnl
IEEE Open J. Commun. Soc.
Xiaolan Liu, Jiadong Yu, Yuanwei Liu, Yue Gao, Toktam Mahmoodi, Sangarapillai Lambotharan, Danny Hin-Kwok Tsang
2023 J jnl
IEEE Commun. Mag.
Xiaolan Liu, Yuanwei Liu
2023 conf
ICC
Jiadong Yu, Yang Li, Xiaolan Liu, Bo Sun, Yuan Wu, Danny H. K. Tsang
2023 J jnl
CoRR
Yogachandran Rahulamathavan, Charuka Herath, Xiaolan Liu, Sangarapillai Lambotharan, Carsten Maple
2023 J jnl
IEEE Trans. Wirel. Commun.
Jiadong Yu, Yang Li, Xiaolan Liu, Bo Sun, Yuan Wu, Danny Hin-Kwok Tsang
2023 B conf
PIMRC
Jingxin Li, Xiaolan Liu, Toktam Mahmoodi
2023 J jnl
CoRR
Jingxin Li, Xiaolan Liu, Toktam Mahmoodi
2023 J jnl
CoRR
Charuka Herath, Yogachandran Rahulamathavan, Xiaolan Liu
2023 conf
ISPR (2)
Rafael Pina, Corentin Artaud, Xiaolan Liu, Varuna De Silva
2023 J jnl
CoRR
Rafael Pina, Corentin Artaud, Xiaolan Liu, Varuna De Silva
2023 J jnl
IEEE Trans. Wirel. Commun.
Xiaolan Liu, Yansha Deng, Toktam Mahmoodi
2022 J jnl
IEEE Trans. Wirel. Commun.
Jiadong Yu, Xiaolan Liu, Yue Gao, Xuemin Shen
2022 conf
ICC
Xiaolan Liu, Yansha Deng, Toktam Mahmoodi
2022 J jnl
IEEE Trans. Wirel. Commun.
Jiadong Yu, Xiaolan Liu, Yue Gao, Chiya Zhang, Wei Zhang
2022 J jnl
CoRR
Xiaolan Liu, Jiadong Yu, Yuanwei Liu, Yue Gao, Toktam Mahmoodi, Sangarapillai Lambotharan, Danny H. K. Tsang
2022 J jnl
CoRR
Jiadong Yu, Yang Li, Xiaolan Liu, Bo Sun, Yuan Wu, Danny H. K. Tsang
2021 C conf
ICCC
Jiadong Yu, Xiaolan Liu, Yue Gao
2020 J jnl
IEEE J. Sel. Areas Commun.
Jiadong Yu, Xiaolan Liu, Yue Gao, Xuemin Shen
2020 J jnl
IEEE Trans. Veh. Technol.
Zhi Mao, Fengye Hu, Dayang Sun, Shaodan Ma, Xiaolan Liu
2020 J jnl
IEEE Wirel. Commun.
Xiaolan Liu, Jiadong Yu, Haoran Qi, Jianxin Yang, Wenge Rong, Xiuyin Zhang, Yue Gao
2020 J jnl
IEEE Trans. Veh. Technol.
Jiadong Yu, Xiaolan Liu, Haoran Qi, Yue Gao
2020 J jnl
CoRR
Xiaolan Liu, Jiadong Yu, Yue Gao
2020 J jnl
IEEE Internet Things J.
Xiaolan Liu, Jiadong Yu, Jian Wang, Yue Gao
2019 J jnl
IEEE Internet Things J.
Xiaolan Liu, Yue Gao, Fengye Hu
2019 C conf
ICCC
Xiaolan Liu, Yue Gao
2019 conf
ICC
Xiaolan Liu, Zhijin Qin, Yue Gao
2019 J jnl
IEEE Internet Things J.
Xiaolan Liu, Zhijin Qin, Yue Gao, Julie A. McCann
2019 B conf
GLOBECOM
Jiadong Yu, Xiaolan Liu, Haoran Qi, Wei Zhang, Yue Gao
2018 J jnl
CoRR
Xiaolan Liu, Yue Gao, Fengye Hu
2018 J jnl
CoRR
Xiaolan Liu, Zhijin Qin, Yue Gao, Julie A. McCann
tests/integration/test_elf_extractor.py
← Index tests/integration/test_elf_extractor.py python
"""
Integration tests for the ELFExtractor base class.
"""
import pytest
from unittest.mock import Mock, patch, MagicMock

pytestmark = [pytest.mark.integration, pytest.mark.elf]


class TestELFExtractorInitialization:
    """Tests for ELFExtractor initialization."""

    def test_elf_extractor_with_valid_elf(self, elf_binary_path, mock_logger):
        """Test ELFExtractor initialization with valid ELF file."""
        from redb.extractors.elf_extractors.elf_features import ELFFeaturesExtractor

        with patch('redb.settings.ELASTIC_BINARIES_COLLECTION', 'test'):
            extractor = ELFFeaturesExtractor(elf_binary_path, mock_logger)

            assert extractor.filepath == elf_binary_path
            assert extractor._is_elf_file() is True

    def test_elf_extractor_with_invalid_file(self, pe_binary_path, mock_logger):
        """Test ELFExtractor initialization with non-ELF file."""
        from redb.extractors.elf_extractors.elf_features import ELFFeaturesExtractor

        with patch('redb.settings.ELASTIC_BINARIES_COLLECTION', 'test'):
            extractor = ELFFeaturesExtractor(pe_binary_path, mock_logger)

            # Should not be a valid ELF
            assert extractor._is_elf_file() is False

    def test_elf_extractor_with_text_file(self, temp_text_file, mock_logger):
        """Test ELFExtractor initialization with text file."""
        from redb.extractors.elf_extractors.elf_features import ELFFeaturesExtractor

        with patch('redb.settings.ELASTIC_BINARIES_COLLECTION', 'test'):
            extractor = ELFFeaturesExtractor(temp_text_file, mock_logger)

            # Should not be a valid ELF
            assert extractor._is_elf_file() is False


class TestELFExtractorMethods:
    """Tests for ELFExtractor helper methods."""

    def test_is_elf_file_true(self, elf_binary_path, mock_logger):
        """Test _is_elf_file returns True for valid ELF."""
        from redb.extractors.elf_extractors.elf_features import ELFFeaturesExtractor

        with patch('redb.settings.ELASTIC_BINARIES_COLLECTION', 'test'):
            extractor = ELFFeaturesExtractor(elf_binary_path, mock_logger)

            assert extractor._is_elf_file() is True

    def test_is_elf_file_cached(self, elf_binary_path, mock_logger):
        """Test _is_elf_file result is cached."""
        from redb.extractors.elf_extractors.elf_features import ELFFeaturesExtractor

        with patch('redb.settings.ELASTIC_BINARIES_COLLECTION', 'test'):
            extractor = ELFFeaturesExtractor(elf_binary_path, mock_logger)

            # First call
            result1 = extractor._is_elf_file()
            # Second call should use cached value
            result2 = extractor._is_elf_file()

            assert result1 == result2
            # Cache should be set
            assert extractor._elf_file_valid is not None

    def test_is_64bit(self, elf_binary_path, mock_logger):
        """Test _is_64bit method."""
        from redb.extractors.elf_extractors.elf_features import ELFFeaturesExtractor

        with patch('redb.settings.ELASTIC_BINARIES_COLLECTION', 'test'):
            extractor = ELFFeaturesExtractor(elf_binary_path, mock_logger)

            result = extractor._is_64bit()
            # Result depends on the test binary
            assert isinstance(result, bool)

    def test_is_stripped(self, elf_binary_path, mock_logger):
        """Test _is_stripped method."""
        from redb.extractors.elf_extractors.elf_features import ELFFeaturesExtractor

        with patch('redb.settings.ELASTIC_BINARIES_COLLECTION', 'test'):
            extractor = ELFFeaturesExtractor(elf_binary_path, mock_logger)

            result = extractor._is_stripped()
            assert isinstance(result, bool)

    def test_has_debug_info(self, elf_binary_path, mock_logger):
        """Test _has_debug_info method."""
        from redb.extractors.elf_extractors.elf_features import ELFFeaturesExtractor

        with patch('redb.settings.ELASTIC_BINARIES_COLLECTION', 'test'):
            extractor = ELFFeaturesExtractor(elf_binary_path, mock_logger)

            result = extractor._has_debug_info()
            assert isinstance(result, bool)

    def test_get_architecture(self, elf_binary_path, mock_logger):
        """Test _get_architecture method."""
        from redb.extractors.elf_extractors.elf_features import ELFFeaturesExtractor

        with patch('redb.settings.ELASTIC_BINARIES_COLLECTION', 'test'):
            extractor = ELFFeaturesExtractor(elf_binary_path, mock_logger)

            result = extractor._get_architecture()
            # Should return a string (architecture name)
            assert isinstance(result, str)
            assert result != ""

    def test_get_endianness(self, elf_binary_path, mock_logger):
        """Test _get_endianness method."""
        from redb.extractors.elf_extractors.elf_features import ELFFeaturesExtractor

        with patch('redb.settings.ELASTIC_BINARIES_COLLECTION', 'test'):
            extractor = ELFFeaturesExtractor(elf_binary_path, mock_logger)

            result = extractor._get_endianness()
            # Should be one of: "little", "big", or "unknown"
            assert result in ["little", "big", "unknown"]

    def test_get_file_type(self, elf_binary_path, mock_logger):
        """Test _get_file_type method."""
        from redb.extractors.elf_extractors.elf_features import ELFFeaturesExtractor

        with patch('redb.settings.ELASTIC_BINARIES_COLLECTION', 'test'):
            extractor = ELFFeaturesExtractor(elf_binary_path, mock_logger)

            result = extractor._get_file_type()
            # Should return a file type string
            assert isinstance(result, str)
            # Common values: "executable", "shared_object", "relocatable", etc.
            expected_types = ["none", "relocatable", "executable", "shared_object", "core_dump", "unknown"]
            assert result in expected_types or result.startswith("ET_")

    def test_is_pie(self, elf_binary_path, mock_logger):
        """Test _is_pie method."""
        from redb.extractors.elf_extractors.elf_features import ELFFeaturesExtractor

        with patch('redb.settings.ELASTIC_BINARIES_COLLECTION', 'test'):
            extractor = ELFFeaturesExtractor(elf_binary_path, mock_logger)

            result = extractor._is_pie()
            assert isinstance(result, bool)

    def test_has_stack_protection(self, elf_binary_path, mock_logger):
        """Test _has_stack_protection method."""
        from redb.extractors.elf_extractors.elf_features import ELFFeaturesExtractor

        with patch('redb.settings.ELASTIC_BINARIES_COLLECTION', 'test'):
            extractor = ELFFeaturesExtractor(elf_binary_path, mock_logger)

            result = extractor._has_stack_protection()
            assert isinstance(result, bool)

    def test_has_nx_bit(self, elf_binary_path, mock_logger):
        """Test _has_nx_bit method."""
        from redb.extractors.elf_extractors.elf_features import ELFFeaturesExtractor

        with patch('redb.settings.ELASTIC_BINARIES_COLLECTION', 'test'):
            extractor = ELFFeaturesExtractor(elf_binary_path, mock_logger)

            result = extractor._has_nx_bit()
            assert isinstance(result, bool)

    def test_has_relro(self, elf_binary_path, mock_logger):
        """Test _has_relro method."""
        from redb.extractors.elf_extractors.elf_features import ELFFeaturesExtractor

        with patch('redb.settings.ELASTIC_BINARIES_COLLECTION', 'test'):
            extractor = ELFFeaturesExtractor(elf_binary_path, mock_logger)

            result = extractor._has_relro()
            assert isinstance(result, bool)

    def test_get_build_id(self, elf_binary_path, mock_logger):
        """Test _get_build_id method."""
        from redb.extractors.elf_extractors.elf_features import ELFFeaturesExtractor

        with patch('redb.settings.ELASTIC_BINARIES_COLLECTION', 'test'):
            extractor = ELFFeaturesExtractor(elf_binary_path, mock_logger)

            result = extractor._get_build_id()
            # Could be None if no build ID, or a hex string
            assert result is None or isinstance(result, str)

    def test_count_sections(self, elf_binary_path, mock_logger):
        """Test _count_sections method."""
        from redb.extractors.elf_extractors.elf_features import ELFFeaturesExtractor

        with patch('redb.settings.ELASTIC_BINARIES_COLLECTION', 'test'):
            extractor = ELFFeaturesExtractor(elf_binary_path, mock_logger)

            result = extractor._count_sections()
            assert isinstance(result, int)
            assert result >= 0

    def test_count_segments(self, elf_binary_path, mock_logger):
        """Test _count_segments method."""
        from redb.extractors.elf_extractors.elf_features import ELFFeaturesExtractor

        with patch('redb.settings.ELASTIC_BINARIES_COLLECTION', 'test'):
            extractor = ELFFeaturesExtractor(elf_binary_path, mock_logger)

            result = extractor._count_segments()
            assert isinstance(result, int)
            assert result >= 0

    def test_count_symbols(self, elf_binary_path, mock_logger):
        """Test _count_symbols method."""
        from redb.extractors.elf_extractors.elf_features import ELFFeaturesExtractor

        with patch('redb.settings.ELASTIC_BINARIES_COLLECTION', 'test'):
            extractor = ELFFeaturesExtractor(elf_binary_path, mock_logger)

            result = extractor._count_symbols()
            assert isinstance(result, int)
            assert result >= 0

    def test_get_dependencies(self, elf_binary_path, mock_logger):
        """Test _get_dependencies method."""
        from redb.extractors.elf_extractors.elf_features import ELFFeaturesExtractor

        with patch('redb.settings.ELASTIC_BINARIES_COLLECTION', 'test'):
            extractor = ELFFeaturesExtractor(elf_binary_path, mock_logger)

            result = extractor._get_dependencies()
            assert isinstance(result, list)


class TestWithELFFile:
    """Tests for the _with_elf_file context manager method."""

    def test_with_elf_file_success(self, elf_binary_path, mock_logger):
        """Test _with_elf_file executes operation successfully."""
        from redb.extractors.elf_extractors.elf_features import ELFFeaturesExtractor

        with patch('redb.settings.ELASTIC_BINARIES_COLLECTION', 'test'):
            extractor = ELFFeaturesExtractor(elf_binary_path, mock_logger)

            # Define a simple operation
            def get_header(elf):
                return elf.header is not None

            result = extractor._with_elf_file(get_header)
            assert result is True

    def test_with_elf_file_error_handling(self, temp_text_file, mock_logger):
        """Test _with_elf_file handles errors gracefully."""
        from redb.extractors.elf_extractors.elf_features import ELFFeaturesExtractor

        with patch('redb.settings.ELASTIC_BINARIES_COLLECTION', 'test'):
            extractor = ELFFeaturesExtractor(temp_text_file, mock_logger)

            # Define an operation that would fail
            def get_header(elf):
                return elf.header

            result = extractor._with_elf_file(get_header)
            # Should return None on error
            assert result is None


class TestELFExtractorTag:
    """Tests for tag method in ELF extractors."""

    def test_elf_features_tag(self, elf_binary_path, mock_logger):
        """Test that ELFFeaturesExtractor returns correct tag."""
        from redb.extractors.elf_extractors.elf_features import ELFFeaturesExtractor

        with patch('redb.settings.ELASTIC_BINARIES_COLLECTION', 'test'):
            extractor = ELFFeaturesExtractor(elf_binary_path, mock_logger)
            tag = extractor.tag()
            # Should return the tag string
            assert isinstance(tag, str)
            assert "elf" in tag.lower() or "features" in tag.lower()


class TestELFExtractorClickHouseTable:
    """Tests for get_clickhouse_table method in ELF extractors."""

    def test_elf_features_clickhouse_table(self, elf_binary_path, mock_logger):
        """Test that ELFFeaturesExtractor returns correct ClickHouse table name."""
        from redb.extractors.elf_extractors.elf_features import ELFFeaturesExtractor

        with patch('redb.settings.ELASTIC_BINARIES_COLLECTION', 'test'):
            extractor = ELFFeaturesExtractor(elf_binary_path, mock_logger)
            assert extractor.get_clickhouse_table() == "redb_elf_features"


class TestELFExtractorExtract:
    """Tests for extract method in ELF extractors."""

    def test_elf_features_extract(self, elf_binary_path, mock_logger):
        """Test ELFFeaturesExtractor.extract() returns valid data."""
        from redb.extractors.elf_extractors.elf_features import ELFFeaturesExtractor
        from redb.models.dataclasses import ELFFeatures

        with patch('redb.settings.ELASTIC_BINARIES_COLLECTION', 'test'):
            extractor = ELFFeaturesExtractor(elf_binary_path, mock_logger)

            result = extractor.extract()
            assert result is not None
            assert isinstance(result, ELFFeatures)

            # Check some expected fields
            assert isinstance(result.ei_class, int)
            assert isinstance(result.ei_data, int)
            assert isinstance(result.e_entry, int)
            assert isinstance(result.number_of_sections, int)
            assert isinstance(result.number_of_segments, int)

    def test_elf_features_extract_invalid_file(self, pe_binary_path, mock_logger):
        """Test ELFFeaturesExtractor.extract() handles invalid ELF."""
        from redb.extractors.elf_extractors.elf_features import ELFFeaturesExtractor

        with patch('redb.settings.ELASTIC_BINARIES_COLLECTION', 'test'):
            extractor = ELFFeaturesExtractor(pe_binary_path, mock_logger)

            result = extractor.extract()
            # Should return None for invalid ELF
            assert result is None


class TestELFExtractorPrepareExportData:
    """Tests for prepare_export_data method in ELF extractors."""

    def test_elf_features_prepare_export_elasticsearch(self, elf_binary_path, mock_logger):
        """Test prepare_export_data for Elasticsearch."""
        from redb.extractors.elf_extractors.elf_features import ELFFeaturesExtractor

        with patch('redb.settings.ELASTIC_BINARIES_COLLECTION', 'test'):
            extractor = ELFFeaturesExtractor(elf_binary_path, mock_logger)

            # First extract
            extractor.extract()
            result = extractor.prepare_export_data("ElasticsearchExporter")
            # Should return the elf_features dataclass
            assert result is extractor.elf_features

    def test_elf_features_prepare_export_clickhouse(self, elf_binary_path, mock_logger):
        """Test prepare_export_data for ClickHouse."""
        from redb.extractors.elf_extractors.elf_features import ELFFeaturesExtractor

        with patch('redb.settings.ELASTIC_BINARIES_COLLECTION', 'test'):
            extractor = ELFFeaturesExtractor(elf_binary_path, mock_logger)

            # First extract
            extractor.extract()
            result = extractor.prepare_export_data("ClickHouseExporter")

            # Should return tuple of (data, column_names, column_type_names)
            assert isinstance(result, tuple)
            assert len(result) == 3
            data, column_names, column_type_names = result
            assert isinstance(data, list)
            assert isinstance(column_names, list)
            assert isinstance(column_type_names, list)
            # Column names and types should match in length
            assert len(column_names) == len(column_type_names)


class TestELFExtractorAdvanced:
    """Advanced tests for ELF extraction using hello_advanced binary."""

    def test_elf_advanced_features(self, elf_advanced_binary_path, mock_logger):
        """Test ELFFeaturesExtractor with more complex ELF binary."""
        from redb.extractors.elf_extractors.elf_features import ELFFeaturesExtractor

        with patch('redb.settings.ELASTIC_BINARIES_COLLECTION', 'test'):
            extractor = ELFFeaturesExtractor(elf_advanced_binary_path, mock_logger)

            result = extractor.extract()
            assert result is not None

            # Check that we can extract meaningful data
            assert result.number_of_sections > 0
            assert result.number_of_segments > 0

    def test_elf_advanced_architecture(self, elf_advanced_binary_path, mock_logger):
        """Test architecture detection for advanced ELF binary."""
        from redb.extractors.elf_extractors.elf_features import ELFFeaturesExtractor

        with patch('redb.settings.ELASTIC_BINARIES_COLLECTION', 'test'):
            extractor = ELFFeaturesExtractor(elf_advanced_binary_path, mock_logger)

            arch = extractor._get_architecture()
            # Should detect a valid architecture
            assert arch != "unknown"
            assert arch != ""