diff --git a/thirdparty/ClasspathSimplification/.gitignore b/thirdparty/ClasspathSimplification/.gitignore
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+/target/*
+!/target/ClasspathSimplification-1.0-jar-with-dependencies.jar
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diff --git a/thirdparty/ClasspathSimplification/pom.xml b/thirdparty/ClasspathSimplification/pom.xml
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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+ <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+ <groupId>org.sleuthkit.autopsy.classpathsimplication</groupId>
+ <artifactId>ClasspathSimplification</artifactId>
+ <version>1.0</version>
+ <packaging>jar</packaging>
+ <properties>
+ <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
+ <maven.compiler.source>17</maven.compiler.source>
+ <maven.compiler.target>17</maven.compiler.target>
+ <exec.mainClass>org.sleuthkit.autopsy.classpathsimplication.classpathsimplification.ClasspathSimplification</exec.mainClass>
+ </properties>
+ <dependencies>
+ <!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/org.apache.ant/ant -->
+ <dependency>
+ <groupId>org.apache.ant</groupId>
+ <artifactId>ant</artifactId>
+ <version>1.10.12</version>
+ </dependency>
+
+ </dependencies>
+
+ <build>
+ <plugins>
+ <plugin>
+ <artifactId>maven-assembly-plugin</artifactId>
+ <configuration>
+ <archive>
+ <manifest>
+ <mainClass>org.sleuthkit.autopsy.classpathsimplification.ClasspathSimplification</mainClass>
+ </manifest>
+ </archive>
+ <descriptorRefs>
+ <descriptorRef>jar-with-dependencies</descriptorRef>
+ </descriptorRefs>
+ </configuration>
+ <executions>
+ <execution>
+ <id>make-assembly</id> <!-- this is used for inheritance merges -->
+ <phase>package</phase> <!-- bind to the packaging phase -->
+ <goals>
+ <goal>single</goal>
+ </goals>
+ </execution>
+ </executions>
+ </plugin>
+ </plugins>
+ </build>
+</project>
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diff --git a/thirdparty/ClasspathSimplification/src/main/java/org/sleuthkit/autopsy/classpathsimplification/ClasspathSimplification.java b/thirdparty/ClasspathSimplification/src/main/java/org/sleuthkit/autopsy/classpathsimplification/ClasspathSimplification.java
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+/*
+ * Autopsy Forensic Browser
+ *
+ * Copyright 2022 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.classpathsimplification;
+
+import java.io.File;
+import java.lang.System.Logger.Level;
+import java.nio.file.Paths;
+import java.util.HashSet;
+import java.util.Set;
+import java.util.regex.Matcher;
+import java.util.regex.Pattern;
+import java.util.stream.Collectors;
+import org.apache.tools.ant.BuildException;
+import org.apache.tools.ant.Task;
+
+/**
+ * Simplifies a class path from a list of jar files separated by ':' to a list
+ * of directories ending of format '/dir/path/to/jars/*'
+ */
+public class ClasspathSimplification extends Task {
+
+ // split on ':' but not 'C:\'
+ private static Pattern CLASS_PATH_REGEX = Pattern.compile("((C:\\\\)?.+?)(:|$)");
+
+ /**
+ * @param args The command line arguments.
+ */
+ public static void main(String[] args) {
+ System.out.println(getSimplifiedClasspath(args.length < 1 ? null : args[0]));
+ }
+
+ String originalClassPath;
+ String outputprop;
+
+ public void setClasspath(String originalClassPath) {
+ this.originalClassPath = originalClassPath;
+ }
+
+ public void setOutputprop(String outputprop) {
+ this.outputprop = outputprop;
+ }
+
+ @Override
+ public void execute() throws BuildException {
+ if (outputprop != null && !outputprop.trim().isEmpty()) {
+ log("Simplifying path...");
+ String simplified = getSimplifiedClasspath(originalClassPath);
+ getProject().setProperty(outputprop, simplified);
+ } else {
+ log("No output property provided!", Level.WARNING.getSeverity());
+ }
+ }
+
+ /**
+ * Simplifies a class path from a list of jar files separated by ':' to a
+ * list of directories ending of format '/dir/path/to/jars/*'
+ *
+ * @param origPath The original path with jar file paths separated by ':'
+ * @return The parent folders ending with '*' separated by ':'.
+ */
+ public static String getSimplifiedClasspath(String origPath) {
+ Set<String> directories = new HashSet<>();
+ if (origPath == null) {
+ return "";
+ }
+
+ Matcher pathMatch = CLASS_PATH_REGEX.matcher(origPath);
+ while (pathMatch.find()) {
+ String thisPath = pathMatch.group(1).trim();
+ if (thisPath.toLowerCase().endsWith(".jar")) {
+ directories.add(Paths.get(thisPath).getParent().toAbsolutePath().toString());
+ }
+ }
+
+ return directories.stream()
+ .sorted((a, b) -> a.compareToIgnoreCase(b))
+ .map(path -> path.endsWith(File.separator) ? path + "*" : path + File.separator + "*")
+ .collect(Collectors.joining(":"));
+ }
+}
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