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+/*
+ * Autopsy Forensic Browser
+ *
+ * Copyright 2013 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.scalpel;
+
+import java.io.BufferedReader;
+import java.io.File;
+import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
+import java.io.FileReader;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.List;
+import org.sleuthkit.datamodel.TskFileRange;
+
+/**
+ * 
+ */
+public class ScalpelOutputParser {
+    
+    private static final String OUTPUT_START = "The following files were carved:";
+    
+    public static class CarvedFileMeta {
+
+        private String fileName;
+        private TskFileRange byteRange;
+
+        public CarvedFileMeta(String fileName, long byteStart, long byteLength) {
+            this.fileName = fileName;
+            this.byteRange = new TskFileRange(byteStart, byteLength, 0);
+        }
+
+        public String getFileName() {
+            return fileName;
+        }
+
+        public TskFileRange getTskFileRange() {
+            return byteRange;
+        }
+        
+        public long getByteStart() {
+            return byteRange.getByteStart();
+        }
+        
+        public long getByteLength() {
+            return byteRange.getByteLen();
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public String toString() {
+            return "CarvedFileMeta{" + "fileName=" + fileName + ", start: " + byteRange.getByteStart() + ", size: " + byteRange.getByteLen() + '}';
+        }
+    }
+    
+    public static List<CarvedFileMeta> parse(File scalpelOutputFile) throws FileNotFoundException, IOException {
+        
+        // create and initialize the list to return
+        List<CarvedFileMeta> carvedFileMeta = new ArrayList<CarvedFileMeta>();
+        
+        // create a BufferedReader
+        BufferedReader in = new BufferedReader(new FileReader(scalpelOutputFile));
+        
+        // creat and initialize a line
+        String line = in.readLine();
+        
+        // read lines until we get to the start of the output section
+        while (!line.equals(OUTPUT_START)) {
+            line = in.readLine();
+        }
+        
+        // skip the next line which is a table header
+        in.readLine();
+        
+        // read the first line of the table
+        line = in.readLine();
+
+        // this begins the carved files section; loop until an empty line is read
+        while (!line.isEmpty()) {
+            
+            // split the line into tokens
+            String[] fields = line.split("\\s+");
+            
+            // get the fields of interest
+            String fileName = fields[0];
+            long byteStart = Long.parseLong(fields[1]);
+            long byteLength = Long.parseLong(fields[3]);
+            
+            // create and add a CarvedFileMeta object to the list
+            carvedFileMeta.add(new CarvedFileMeta(fileName, byteStart, byteLength));
+            
+            // read the next line
+            line = in.readLine();
+        }
+        
+        // close the BufferedReader
+        in.close();
+        
+        return carvedFileMeta;
+    }
+}