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+/*
+ * Autopsy Forensic Browser
+ *
+ * Copyright 2014 Basis Technology Corp.
+ * Contact: carrier <at> sleuthkit <dot> org
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.sleuthkit.autopsy.modules.filetypeid;
+
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.List;
+import org.sleuthkit.datamodel.AbstractFile;
+import org.sleuthkit.datamodel.TskCoreException;
+
+/**
+ * RJCTODO
+ */
+class UserDefinedFileTypeDetector {
+
+    private final List<SignatureMatcher> matchers;
+    private String detectedType;
+
+    static UserDefinedFileTypeDetector createDetector(String sigFilePath) {
+        UserDefinedFileTypeDetector detector = new UserDefinedFileTypeDetector();
+        detector.loadSignatures(sigFilePath);
+        return detector;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * RJCTODO
+     *
+     * @param sigFilePath
+     */
+    UserDefinedFileTypeDetector() {
+        this.matchers = new ArrayList<>();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * RJCTODO
+     */
+    private void loadSignatures(String sigFilePath) {
+        // RJCTODO: Load signature file, creating 
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * 
+     * @param file
+     * @return 
+     */
+    boolean detect(AbstractFile file) {
+        for (SignatureMatcher matcher : this.matchers) {
+            if (matcher.matched(file)) {
+                this.detectedType = matcher.getMatchType();
+                return true;
+            }
+        }
+        this.detectedType = ""; // RJCTODO: Wrap this stuff in a class
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * RJCTODO
+     * @return 
+     */
+    String getDetectedType() {
+        // RJCTODO
+       return ""; 
+    }
+    
+    /**
+     *
+     */
+    private static class SignatureMatcher {
+
+        private final List<Matcher> matchers;
+        private final String matchType;
+
+        /**
+         * RJCTODO
+         *
+         * @param matchType
+         */
+        SignatureMatcher(String matchType) {
+            this.matchType = matchType;
+            this.matchers = new ArrayList<>();
+        }
+
+        /**
+         * RJCTODO
+         *
+         * @param file
+         * @return
+         */
+        boolean matched(AbstractFile file) {
+            for (Matcher matcher : this.matchers) {
+                if (!matcher.matched(file)) {
+                    return false;
+                }
+            }
+            return true;
+        }
+
+        /**
+         * RJCTODO
+         *
+         * @return
+         */
+        String getMatchType() {
+            return this.matchType;
+        }
+
+    }
+
+    private static interface Matcher {
+
+        /**
+         * RJCTODO
+         *
+         * @param file
+         * @return
+         */
+        boolean matched(AbstractFile file);
+
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * A signature matcher that looks for a sequence of bytes at a specified
+     * offset.
+     */
+    private static class ByteMatcher implements Matcher {
+
+        private final long offset;
+        private final byte[] signature;
+        private final byte[] buffer;
+
+        private ByteMatcher(long offset, byte[] signature) {
+            this.offset = offset;
+            this.signature = signature;
+            this.buffer = new byte[signature.length];
+        }
+
+        /**
+         * @inheritDoc
+         */
+        @Override
+        public boolean matched(AbstractFile file) {
+            try {
+                // RJCTODO: Confirm this logic
+                int bytesRead = file.read(this.buffer, offset, buffer.length);
+                return bytesRead == buffer.length ? Arrays.equals(this.buffer, this.signature) : false;
+            } catch (TskCoreException ex) {
+                // RJCTODO
+                return false;
+            }
+        }
+
+    }
+
+}