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+/*
+ * Autopsy Forensic Browser
+ *
+ * Copyright 2020 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.interestingitems;
+
+import java.io.File;
+import java.io.FilenameFilter;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.net.URISyntaxException;
+import java.net.URL;
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.logging.Level;
+import org.apache.commons.io.FileUtils;
+import org.openide.modules.OnStart;
+import org.sleuthkit.autopsy.coreutils.Logger;
+import org.sleuthkit.autopsy.coreutils.PlatformUtil;
+
+/**
+ * When the interesting items module loads, this runnable loads standard
+ * interesting file set rules.
+ */
+@OnStart
+public class StandardInterestingFileSetsLoader implements Runnable {
+
+    private static final Logger LOGGER = Logger.getLogger(StandardInterestingFileSetsLoader.class.getName());
+
+    private static final String CONFIG_DIR = "InterestingFileSetRules";
+    private static final FilenameFilter DEFAULT_XML_FILTER = new FilenameFilter() {
+        @Override
+        public boolean accept(File dir, String name) {
+            return name.endsWith(".xml");
+        }
+            
+    };
+    
+    @Override
+    public void run() {
+        File rulesConfigDir = new File(PlatformUtil.getUserConfigDirectory(), CONFIG_DIR);
+
+        copyRulesDirectory(rulesConfigDir);
+ 
+        Map<String, FilesSet> standardInterestingFileSets = readStandardFileXML(rulesConfigDir);
+        
+        Map<String, FilesSet> userConfiguredSettings = null;
+        try {
+            userConfiguredSettings = FilesSetsManager.getInstance().getInterestingFilesSets();
+        } catch (FilesSetsManager.FilesSetsManagerException ex) {
+            LOGGER.log(Level.SEVERE, "Unable to properly read user-configured interesting files sets.", ex);
+        }
+        
+        if (userConfiguredSettings == null) {
+            return;
+        }
+        
+        // TODO the rest of this
+            
+            // Call InterestingItemsFilesSetSettings.readDefinitionsXML for each file in the InterestingFileSetRules directory,
+            // setting the read only flag of each (actually one) FilesSet in the returned Map<String, FilesSet> objects and adding
+            // the Maps objects to a local Map<String, FilesSet> object.
+            
+            
+            
+            //Call FilesSetManager.getInterestingFilesSets and add the Map<String, FilesSet> to the local Map<String, FilesSet> from step “b.”
+//The ordering of “b” and “c” avoids overwriting any file set rules defined by the user that incidentally have the same rule set name as the standard rule set.
+//Call FilesSetManager.setInterestingFilesSets with the Map<String, FilesSet> from step “c.” 
+
+    }
+    
+    /**
+     * Reads xml definitions for each file found in the standard interesting file set config directory and marks the files set as readonly.
+     * @param rulesConfigDir The user configuration directory for standard interesting file set rules.  This is assumed to be non-null.
+     * @return The mapping of files set keys to the file sets.
+     */
+    private static Map<String, FilesSet> readStandardFileXML(File rulesConfigDir) {
+        Map<String, FilesSet> standardInterestingFileSets = new HashMap<>();
+        if (rulesConfigDir.exists()) {
+            for (File standardFileSetsFile : rulesConfigDir.listFiles(DEFAULT_XML_FILTER)) {
+                try {
+                    Map<String, FilesSet> thisFilesSet = InterestingItemsFilesSetSettings.readDefinitionsXML(standardFileSetsFile);
+                    thisFilesSet.values().stream().forEach(filesSet -> filesSet.setReadOnly(true));
+                    
+                    standardInterestingFileSets.putAll(thisFilesSet);
+                } catch (FilesSetsManager.FilesSetsManagerException ex) {
+                    LOGGER.log(Level.WARNING, String.format("There was a problem importing the standard interesting file set at: %s.", 
+                            standardFileSetsFile.getAbsoluteFile()), ex);
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        return standardInterestingFileSets;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Add the InterestingFileSetRules directory to the user’s app data config directory for Autopsy if not already present.
+     * @param rulesConfigDir The user configuration directory for standard interesting file set rules.  This is assumed to be non-null.
+     */
+    private static void copyRulesDirectory(File rulesConfigDir) {       
+        if (rulesConfigDir.exists()) {
+            LOGGER.info(String.format("%s settings directory already exists.  Not going to perform copy of class resource standard interesting files to directory.", 
+                    rulesConfigDir.getAbsolutePath()));
+        }
+
+        rulesConfigDir.mkdirs();
+
+        if (!rulesConfigDir.exists()) {
+            LOGGER.severe(
+                    String.format("Unable to create directory at %s.  Failed to copy standard interesting file set rules to this directory.",
+                            rulesConfigDir.getAbsolutePath()));
+            return;
+        }
+
+        // taken from https://stackoverflow.com/a/19459180
+        URL url = StandardInterestingFileSetsLoader.class.getClassLoader().getResource(CONFIG_DIR);
+        File resourceDirectory = null;
+        try {
+            resourceDirectory = new File(url.toURI());
+        } catch (URISyntaxException ignored) {
+            resourceDirectory = new File(url.getPath());
+        }
+
+        if (resourceDirectory == null || !resourceDirectory.exists()) {
+            LOGGER.severe(
+                    String.format("Unable to find resource directory for standard interesting file sets, %s.",
+                            (rulesConfigDir != null) ? rulesConfigDir.getAbsolutePath() : "<null>"));
+            return;
+        }
+
+        try {
+            FileUtils.copyDirectory(resourceDirectory, rulesConfigDir);
+        } catch (IOException ex) {
+            LOGGER.log(Level.SEVERE, String.format("There was an error copying %s to %s.", 
+                    resourceDirectory.getAbsolutePath(), rulesConfigDir.getAbsolutePath()), ex);
+        }
+    }
+
+}