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#                 Bradley Baetz <bbaetz@student.usyd.edu.au>
#                 Christopher Aillon <christopher@aillon.com>

package Bugzilla::Util;

=head1 NAME

Bugzilla::Util - Generic utility functions for bugzilla

=head1 SYNOPSIS

  use Bugzilla::Util;

  # Functions for dealing with variable tainting
  $rv = is_tainted($var);
  trick_taint($var);
  detaint_natural($var);

  # Functions for quoting
  html_quote($var);
  value_quote($var);

  # Functions for searching
  $loc = lsearch(\@arr, $val);
  $val = max($a, $b, $c);
  $val = min($a, $b, $c);

  # Functions for trimming variables
  $val = trim(" abc ");

=head1 DESCRIPTION

This package contains various utility functions which do not belong anywhere
else.

B<It is not intended as a general dumping group for something which
people feel might be useful somewhere, someday>. Do not add methods to this
package unless it is intended to be used for a significant number of files,
and it does not belong anywhere else.

=cut

use base qw(Exporter);
@Bugzilla::Util::EXPORT = qw(is_tainted trick_taint detaint_natural
                             html_quote value_quote
                             lsearch max min
                             trim);

use strict;

=head1 FUNCTIONS

This package provides several types of routines:

=head2 Tainting

Several functions are available to deal with tainted variables. B<Use these
with care> to avoid security holes.

=over 4

=item C<is_tainted>

Determines whether a particular variable is tainted

=cut

# This is from the perlsec page, slightly modifed to remove a warning
# From that page:
#      This function makes use of the fact that the presence of
#      tainted data anywhere within an expression renders the
#      entire expression tainted.
# Don't ask me how it works...
sub is_tainted {
    return not eval { my $foo = join('',@_), kill 0; 1; };
}

=item C<trick_taint($val)>

Tricks perl into untainting a particular variable.

Use trick_taint() when you know that there is no way that the data
in a scalar can be tainted, but taint mode still bails on it.

B<WARNING!! Using this routine on data that really could be tainted defeats
the purpose of taint mode.  It should only be used on variables that have been
sanity checked in some way and have been determined to be OK.>

=cut

sub trick_taint {
    $_[0] =~ /^(.*)$/s;
    $_[0] = $1;
    return (defined($_[0]));
}

=item C<detaint_natural($num)>

This routine detaints a natural number. It returns a true value if the
value passed in was a valid natural number, else it returns false. You
B<MUST> check the result of this routine to avoid security holes.

=cut

sub detaint_natural {
    $_[0] =~ /^(\d+)$/;
    $_[0] = $1;
    return (defined($_[0]));
}

=back

=head2 Quoting

Some values may need to be quoted from perl. However, this should in general
be done in the template where possible.

=over 4

=item C<html_quote($val)>

Returns a value quoted for use in HTML, with &, E<lt>, E<gt>, and E<34> being
replaced with their appropriate HTML entities.

=cut

sub html_quote {
    my ($var) = (@_);
    $var =~ s/\&/\&amp;/g;
    $var =~ s/</\&lt;/g;
    $var =~ s/>/\&gt;/g;
    $var =~ s/\"/\&quot;/g;
    return $var;
}

=item C<value_quote($val)>

As well as escaping html like C<html_quote>, this routine converts newlines
into &#013;, suitable for use in html attributes.

=cut

sub value_quote {
    my ($var) = (@_);
    $var =~ s/\&/\&amp;/g;
    $var =~ s/</\&lt;/g;
    $var =~ s/>/\&gt;/g;
    $var =~ s/\"/\&quot;/g;
    # See bug http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=4928 for 
    # explanaion of why bugzilla does this linebreak substitution. 
    # This caused form submission problems in mozilla (bug 22983, 32000).
    $var =~ s/\r\n/\&#013;/g;
    $var =~ s/\n\r/\&#013;/g;
    $var =~ s/\r/\&#013;/g;
    $var =~ s/\n/\&#013;/g;
    return $var;
}

=back

=head2 Searching

Functions for searching within a set of values.

=over 4

=item C<lsearch($list, $item)>

Returns the position of C<$item> in C<$list>. C<$list> must be a list
reference.

If the item is not in the list, returns -1.

=cut

sub lsearch {
    my ($list,$item) = (@_);
    my $count = 0;
    foreach my $i (@$list) {
        if ($i eq $item) {
            return $count;
        }
        $count++;
    }
    return -1;
}

=item C<max($a, $b, ...)>

Returns the maximum from a set of values.

=cut

sub max {
    my $max = shift(@_);
    foreach my $val (@_) {
        $max = $val if $val > $max;
    }
    return $max;
}

=item C<min($a, $b, ...)>

Returns the minimum from a set of values.

=cut

sub min {
    my $min = shift(@_);
    foreach my $val (@_) {
        $min = $val if $val < $min;
    }
    return $min;
}

=back

=head2 Trimming

=over 4

=item C<trim($str)>

Removes any leading or trailing whitespace from a string. This routine does not
modify the existing string.

=cut

sub trim {
    my ($str) = @_;
    $str =~ s/^\s+//g;
    $str =~ s/\s+$//g;
    return $str;
}

=back

=cut

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