dao/accumulo.rya/src/main/java/org/apache/rya/accumulo/utils/VisibilitySimplifier.java

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package org.apache.rya.accumulo.utils;

import static java.util.Objects.requireNonNull;

import org.apache.accumulo.core.security.ColumnVisibility;

import com.google.common.base.Charsets;

import edu.umd.cs.findbugs.annotations.DefaultAnnotation;
import edu.umd.cs.findbugs.annotations.NonNull;

/**
 * Simplifies Accumulo visibility expressions.
 */
@DefaultAnnotation(NonNull.class)
public class VisibilitySimplifier {

    /**
     * Unions two visibility equations and then simplifies the result.
     *
     * @param vis1 - The first visibility equation that will be unioned. (not null)
     * @param vis2 - The other visibility equation that will be unioned. (not null)
     * @return A simplified form of the unioned visibility equations.
     */
    public static String unionAndSimplify(final String vis1, final String vis2) {
        requireNonNull(vis1);
        requireNonNull(vis2);

        if(vis1.isEmpty()) {
            return vis2;
        }

        if(vis2.isEmpty()) {
            return vis1;
        }

        return simplify("(" + vis1 + ")&(" + vis2 + ")");
    }

    /**
     * Simplifies an Accumulo visibility expression.
     *
     * @param visibility - The expression to simplify. (not null)
     * @return A simplified form of {@code visibility}.
     */
    public static String simplify(final String visibility) {
        requireNonNull(visibility);

        String last = visibility;
        String simplified = new String(new ColumnVisibility(visibility).flatten(), Charsets.UTF_8);

        while(!simplified.equals(last)) {
            last = simplified;
            simplified = new String(new ColumnVisibility(simplified).flatten(), Charsets.UTF_8);
        }

        return simplified;
    }
}