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+# Sample module in the public domain. Feel free to use this as a template
+# for your modules (and you can remove this header and take complete credit
+# and liability)
+#
+# Contact: Brian Carrier [carrier <at> sleuthkit [dot] org]
+#
+# This is free and unencumbered software released into the public domain.
+#
+# Anyone is free to copy, modify, publish, use, compile, sell, or
+# distribute this software, either in source code form or as a compiled
+# binary, for any purpose, commercial or non-commercial, and by any
+# means.
+#
+# In jurisdictions that recognize copyright laws, the author or authors
+# of this software dedicate any and all copyright interest in the
+# software to the public domain. We make this dedication for the benefit
+# of the public at large and to the detriment of our heirs and
+# successors. We intend this dedication to be an overt act of
+# relinquishment in perpetuity of all present and future rights to this
+# software under copyright law.
+#
+# THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND,
+# EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF
+# MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT.
+# IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR
+# OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE,
+# ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR
+# OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
+
+import jarray
+from java.io import File
+from java.lang import System
+from javax.swing import JCheckBox
+from javax.swing import JButton
+from javax.swing import BoxLayout
+from javax.xml.parsers import DocumentBuilderFactory
+from javax.xml.parsers import DocumentBuilder
+from javax.xml.parsers import ParserConfigurationException
+from org.sleuthkit.autopsy.casemodule import Case
+from org.sleuthkit.autopsy.casemodule.services import Services
+from org.sleuthkit.autopsy.ingest import DataSourceIngestModule
+from org.sleuthkit.autopsy.ingest import FileIngestModule
+from org.sleuthkit.autopsy.ingest import IngestMessage
+from org.sleuthkit.autopsy.ingest import IngestModule
+from org.sleuthkit.autopsy.ingest import IngestModuleFactoryAdapter
+from org.sleuthkit.autopsy.ingest import IngestModuleIngestJobSettings
+from org.sleuthkit.autopsy.ingest import IngestModuleIngestJobSettingsPanel
+from org.sleuthkit.autopsy.ingest import IngestServices
+from org.sleuthkit.autopsy.ingest import IngestModuleGlobalSettingsPanel
+from org.sleuthkit.datamodel import BlackboardArtifact
+from org.sleuthkit.datamodel import BlackboardAttribute
+from org.sleuthkit.datamodel import ReadContentInputStream
+from org.sleuthkit.autopsy.coreutils import Logger
+from java.lang import IllegalArgumentException
+from org.sleuthkit.autopsy.coreutils import PlatformUtil
+from org.sleuthkit.autopsy.coreutils import XMLUtil
+
+# Sample factory that defines basic functionality and features of the module
+# It implements IngestModuleFactoryAdapter which is a no-op implementation of
+# IngestModuleFactory.
+class SampleJythonIngestModuleFactory(IngestModuleFactoryAdapter):
+    def __init__(self):
+        self.settings = None
+
+    def getModuleDisplayName(self):
+        return "Sample Jython(GUI) ingest module"
+
+    def getModuleDescription(self):
+        return "Sample Jython Ingest Module with GUI example code"
+
+    def getModuleVersionNumber(self):
+        return "1.0"
+
+    def getDefaultIngestJobSettings(self):
+        return SampleIngestModuleSettings()
+
+    def hasIngestJobSettingsPanel(self):
+        return True
+
+    def getIngestJobSettingsPanel(self, settings):
+        if not isinstance(settings, SampleIngestModuleSettings):
+            raise IllegalArgumentException("Expected settings argument to be instanceof SampleIngestModuleSettings")
+        self.settings = settings
+        return SampleIngestModuleSettingsPanel(self.settings)
+
+    # Return true if module wants to get called for each file
+    def isFileIngestModuleFactory(self):
+        return True
+
+    # can return null if isFileIngestModuleFactory returns false
+    def createFileIngestModule(self, ingestOptions):
+        return SampleJythonFileIngestModule(self.settings)
+
+    def hasGlobalSettingsPanel(self):
+        return True
+
+    def getGlobalSettingsPanel(self):
+        globalSettingsPanel = SampleIngestModuleGlobalSettingsPanel();
+        return globalSettingsPanel
+
+
+class SampleIngestModuleGlobalSettingsPanel(IngestModuleGlobalSettingsPanel):
+    '''
+    This is a global settings panel. It demonstrates how a global settings panel is created and how settings are written
+     to an XML file saved in the config directory.
+    '''
+    logger = Logger.getLogger("SampleIngestModuleGlobalSettingsPanel")
+    global_config_file_name = "SampleIngestModuleGlobalSettingsPanelSettings.xml"
+    global_config_path = PlatformUtil.getUserConfigDirectory() + "\\" + global_config_file_name
+    ROOT_ELEMENT = "SampleIngestModuleGlobalSettingsPanel"
+    SET_ELEMENT = "Checkbox"
+    SET_ATTRIBUTE = "isSet"
+    ENCODING = "UTF-8"
+
+    def __init__(self):
+        self.setLayout(BoxLayout(self, BoxLayout.Y_AXIS))
+        self.checkbox = JCheckBox("Flag inside the Global Settings Panel", actionPerformed=self.checkBoxEvent)
+        self.add(self.checkbox)
+        self.customizeComponents()
+
+    def checkBoxEvent(self, event):
+        self.saveSettings()
+
+    def customizeComponents(self):
+        self.load()
+
+    def saveSettings(self):
+        if self.checkbox.isSelected():
+            self.is_global_checkbox_set = "True"
+            self.logger.info("The checkbox in global settings panel is set.")
+        else:
+            # empty string evaluates to False.
+            self.is_global_checkbox_set = ""
+            self.logger.info("The checkbox in global settings panel is not set.")
+        self.writeSettingsToDisk()
+
+    def load(self):
+        self.loadSettingsFromDisk()
+
+    # settings are written to the disk in XML format in the config directory.
+    def writeSettingsToDisk(self):
+        document_builder_factory_instance = DocumentBuilderFactory.newInstance()
+        try:
+            document_builder = document_builder_factory_instance.newDocumentBuilder()
+            doc = document_builder.newDocument()
+            root_element = doc.createElement(self.ROOT_ELEMENT)
+            set_element = doc.createElement(self.SET_ELEMENT)
+            set_element.setAttribute(self.SET_ATTRIBUTE, self.is_global_checkbox_set)
+            root_element.appendChild(set_element)
+            doc.appendChild(root_element)
+            XMLUtil.saveDoc(SampleIngestModuleGlobalSettingsPanel, self.global_config_path, self.ENCODING, doc)
+            self.logger.info("Saved global settings to the disk.")
+        except Exception as e:
+            self.logger.info("Unable to save global settings to the disk.\n" + str(e))
+            pass
+
+    # Load settings from XML file stored in the config directory.
+    def loadSettingsFromDisk(self):
+        doc = XMLUtil.loadDoc(SampleIngestModuleGlobalSettingsPanel, self.global_config_path)
+        if doc == None:
+            self.logger.info("Unable to load global settings from the disk.")
+            return
+        root = doc.getDocumentElement()
+        if root == None:
+            self.logger.info("Unable to read settings from global settings file.")
+            return
+        set_element_list = root.getElementsByTagName(self.SET_ELEMENT)
+        if set_element_list == None:
+            return
+        # since we expect only one element (<checkbox isSet=?>),
+        # we get the item at the 0th index of the set_element_list.
+        set_element = set_element_list.item(0)
+        if set_element == None:
+            return
+        self.is_global_checkbox_set = set_element.getAttribute(self.SET_ATTRIBUTE)
+        self.checkbox.setSelected(bool(self.is_global_checkbox_set))
+
+
+class SampleJythonFileIngestModule(FileIngestModule):
+    '''
+        File-level ingest module.  One gets created per thread. Looks at the
+        attributes of the passed in file. if you don't need a file-level module,
+        delete this class.
+    '''
+
+    def __init__(self, settings):
+        self.local_settings = settings
+
+    def startUp(self, context):
+        # Used to verify if the GUI checkbox event been recorded or not.
+        logger = Logger.getLogger("SampleJythonFileIngestModule")
+        if self.local_settings.getFlag():
+            logger.info("flag is set")
+        else:
+            logger.info("flag is not set")
+        pass
+
+    def process(self, file):
+        # If the file has a txt extension, post an artifact to the blackboard.
+        if file.getName().find("test") != -1:
+            art = file.newArtifact(BlackboardArtifact.ARTIFACT_TYPE.TSK_INTERESTING_FILE_HIT)
+            att = BlackboardAttribute(BlackboardAttribute.ATTRIBUTE_TYPE.TSK_SET_NAME.getTypeID(),
+                                      "Sample Jython File Ingest Module", "Text Files")
+            art.addAttribute(att)
+
+            # Read the contents of the file.
+            inputStream = ReadContentInputStream(file)
+            buffer = jarray.zeros(1024, "b")
+            totLen = 0
+            len = inputStream.read(buffer)
+            while (len != -1):
+                totLen = totLen + len
+                len = inputStream.read(buffer)
+
+            # Send the size of the file to the ingest messages in box.
+            msgText = "Size of %s is %d bytes" % ((file.getName(), totLen))
+            message = IngestMessage.createMessage(IngestMessage.MessageType.DATA, "Sample Jython File IngestModule",
+                                                  msgText)
+            ingestServices = IngestServices.getInstance().postMessage(message)
+
+        return IngestModule.ProcessResult.OK
+
+    def shutDown(self):
+        pass
+
+
+class SampleIngestModuleSettings(IngestModuleIngestJobSettings):
+    '''
+    This is a sample demonstrating ingest module settings which are serialized to the disk.
+    This sample setting store the state of the flag which can be set/unset using the ingest module settings panel.
+    '''
+    serialVersionUID = 1L
+
+    def __init__(self):
+        self.flag = False
+
+    def getVersionNumber(self):
+        return serialVersionUID
+
+    def getFlag(self):
+        return self.flag
+
+    def setFlag(self, flag):
+        self.flag = flag
+
+
+class SampleIngestModuleSettingsPanel(IngestModuleIngestJobSettingsPanel):
+    '''
+    This is a sample demonstrating ingest module settings panel. It has a checkbox which can be set/unset.
+    It used the deserialized ingest modules settings to set the initial state of the checkbox. The current state of the
+    flag is serialized to ingest module settings on the disk.
+    '''
+    # self.settings instance variable not used. Rather, self.local_settings is used.
+    # https://wiki.python.org/jython/UserGuide#javabean-properties
+    # Jython Introspector generates a property - 'settings' on the basis
+    # of getSettings() defined in this class. Since only getter function
+    # is present, it creates a read-only 'settings' property. This auto-
+    # generated read-only property overshadows the instance-variable -
+    # 'settings'
+
+    def checkBoxEvent(self, event):
+        if self.checkbox.isSelected():
+            self.local_settings.setFlag(True)
+        else:
+            self.local_settings.setFlag(False)
+
+    def initComponents(self):
+        self.setLayout(BoxLayout(self, BoxLayout.Y_AXIS))
+        self.checkbox = JCheckBox("Flag", actionPerformed=self.checkBoxEvent)
+        self.add(self.checkbox)
+
+    def customizeComponents(self):
+        self.checkbox.setSelected(self.local_settings.getFlag())
+
+    def __init__(self, settings):
+        self.local_settings = settings
+        self.initComponents()
+        self.customizeComponents()
+
+    def getSettings(self):
+        return self.local_settings
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