fix: handling of invalid comp3 buffers

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -14,6 +14,11 @@ Types of changes
 - `Fixed` for any bug fixes.
 - `Security` in case of vulnerabilities.
 
+## [0.3.2]
+
+- `Fixed` trailing separator when decoding integer with COMP-3 codec.
+- `Fixed` invalid COMP-3 buffers can be decoded as hex string.
+
 ## [0.3.1]
 
 - `Fixed` accept empty values and buffers in the COMP-3 codec.

pkg/posimap/core/codec/comp3.go

@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 package codec
 
 import (
+	"encoding/hex"
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
@@ -71,8 +72,6 @@ const (
 )
 
 func (c *Comp3) Decode(buffer api.Buffer, offset int) (any, error) {
-	result := &strings.Builder{}
-
 	bytes, err := buffer.Slice(offset, c.size)
 	if err != nil && !errors.Is(err, io.EOF) {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("%w", err) // return error if buffer is too short
@@ -82,33 +81,35 @@ func (c *Comp3) Decode(buffer api.Buffer, offset int) (any, error) {
 		return "", nil
 	}
 
+	return c.decode(bytes)
+}
+
+func (c *Comp3) decode(bytes []byte) (string, error) {
+	result := make([]rune, 0, c.length)
+
 	for byteIndex, byteVal := range bytes {
-		if byteIndex*2 == c.intDigits {
-			result.WriteRune(c.sep)
+		if byteIndex*2 == c.intDigits && c.decDigits > 0 {
+			result = append(result, c.sep)
 		}
 
 		if byteIndex == c.size-1 {
-			high := (byteVal & highNibbleMask) >> nibbleShift
-
 			if byteIndex*2 < c.intDigits+c.decDigits {
-				result.WriteRune(convertNibbleToRune(high))
+				result = append(result, convertHighNibbleToRune(byteVal))
 			}
 
-			sign := handleSign(byteVal)
-
-			return sign + result.String(), nil
+			return handleSign(string(result), byteVal, bytes), nil
 		}
 
-		result.WriteRune(convertNibbleToRune((byteVal & highNibbleMask) >> nibbleShift))
+		result = append(result, convertHighNibbleToRune(byteVal))
 
-		if byteIndex*2+1 == c.intDigits {
-			result.WriteRune(c.sep)
+		if byteIndex*2+1 == c.intDigits && c.decDigits > 0 {
+			result = append(result, c.sep)
 		}
 
-		result.WriteRune(convertNibbleToRune(byteVal & lowNibbleMask))
+		result = append(result, convertLowNibbleToRune(byteVal))
 	}
 
-	return result.String(), ErrBufferTooShort // should never happen because short buffer is handled by buffer interface
+	return string(result), ErrBufferTooShort // should never happen because short buffer is handled by buffer interface
 }
 
 func (c *Comp3) Encode(buffer api.Buffer, offset int, value any) error {
@@ -121,6 +122,14 @@ func (c *Comp3) Encode(buffer api.Buffer, offset int, value any) error {
 		return nil
 	}
 
+	if bytes := c.detectInvalidBuffer(value); bytes != nil {
+		if err := buffer.Write(offset, bytes); err != nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf("%w", err)
+		}
+
+		return nil
+	}
+
 	nibbleSign, str, err := c.detectSignAndAddLeadingZeroes(value)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
@@ -140,6 +149,28 @@ func (c *Comp3) Encode(buffer api.Buffer, offset int, value any) error {
 	return c.encode(buffer, offset, str, nibbleSign)
 }
 
+func (c *Comp3) detectInvalidBuffer(value any) []byte {
+	str, ok := value.(string)
+	if !ok {
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	if len(str) == 0 {
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	if str[0] == '!' {
+		bytes, err := hex.DecodeString(str[1:])
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil
+		}
+
+		return bytes
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
+
 func (c *Comp3) detectSignAndAddLeadingZeroes(value any) (byte, string, error) {
 	str, ok := value.(string)
 	if !ok {
@@ -236,6 +267,14 @@ const (
 	alphaNibbleOffset = 10
 )
 
+func convertHighNibbleToRune(byteVal byte) rune {
+	return convertNibbleToRune((byteVal & highNibbleMask) >> nibbleShift)
+}
+
+func convertLowNibbleToRune(byteVal byte) rune {
+	return convertNibbleToRune(byteVal & lowNibbleMask)
+}
+
 func convertNibbleToRune(nibble byte) rune {
 	if nibble <= maxDecimalNibble {
 		return rune('0' + nibble)
@@ -260,21 +299,20 @@ func convertRuneToNibble(runeVal rune) (byte, error) {
 	return 0, fmt.Errorf("%w: invalid rune %q", ErrInvalidComp3Nibble, runeVal)
 }
 
-func handleSign(byteVal byte) string {
+func handleSign(result string, byteVal byte, buffer []byte) string {
 	signNibble := byteVal & lowNibbleMask
 
-	if signNibble != signNibblePositive && signNibble != signNibbleNegative && signNibble != signNibbleZero {
-		return "#"
-	}
-
 	switch signNibble {
 	case signNibbleNegative:
-		return "-"
+		return "-" + result
 	case signNibblePositive:
-		return "+"
+		return "+" + result
+	case signNibbleZero:
+		return result
 	}
 
-	return ""
+	// return buffer value as hex string in case of invalid sign nibble
+	return "!" + hex.EncodeToString(buffer)
 }
 
 func isNull(bytes []byte) bool {

pkg/posimap/core/codec/comp3_test.go

@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ func TestComp3_Decode(t *testing.T) {
 			intDigits: 5,
 			decDigits: 2,
 			sep:       '.',
-			expected:  "#12345.67",
+			expected:  "!1234567a", // invalid sign nibble leads to byte sequence as hex string
 		},
 		{
 			name:      "invalid digit nibble",
@@ -137,6 +137,30 @@ func TestComp3_Decode(t *testing.T) {
 			sep:       ',',
 			expected:  "", // null value is decoded as empty string
 		},
+		{
+			name:      "only integer part",
+			data:      []byte{0x12, 0x34, 0x56, 0x0C},
+			intDigits: 6,
+			decDigits: 0,
+			sep:       '.',
+			expected:  "+123456", // no trailing separator
+		},
+		{
+			name:      "only integer part odd digits",
+			data:      []byte{0x12, 0x34, 0x5C},
+			intDigits: 5,
+			decDigits: 0,
+			sep:       '.',
+			expected:  "+12345", // no trailing separator
+		},
+		{
+			name:      "no sign",
+			data:      []byte{0x12, 0x34, 0x5F},
+			intDigits: 5,
+			decDigits: 0,
+			sep:       '.',
+			expected:  "12345", // no trailing separator
+		},
 	}
 
 	for _, testcase := range tests {
@@ -152,7 +176,7 @@ func TestComp3_Decode(t *testing.T) {
 			}
 
 			if value != testcase.expected {
-				t.Errorf("[%s] expected [% 02X], got [% 02X]", testcase.name, testcase.expected, buf.Bytes())
+				t.Errorf("[%s] expected [%s], got [%s]", testcase.name, testcase.expected, value)
 			}
 		})
 	}
@@ -299,6 +323,14 @@ func TestComp3_Encode(t *testing.T) {
 			sep:       '.', // even if the expected separator is '.', accept ',' in input
 			expected:  []byte{0x12, 0x34, 0x56, 0x7C},
 		},
+		{
+			name:      "invalid buffer",
+			value:     "!1234567a", // invalid sign nibble leads to byte sequence as hex string
+			intDigits: 5,
+			decDigits: 2,
+			sep:       '.',
+			expected:  []byte{0x12, 0x34, 0x56, 0x7A},
+		},
 	}
 
 	for _, testcase := range tests {