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Unified Parser Architecture with Production-Ready Improvements #8

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Summary

This PR introduces a comprehensive refactor of the metadata extraction library with a unified parser architecture and production-ready enhancements across all supported formats.

Key Highlights

  • ✅ Stateless parser design - All parsers converted to stateless, lock-free architecture
  • ✅ 97.66% test coverage - Comprehensive coverage with fuzzing and integration tests
  • ✅ Thread-safe - All parsers support concurrent access without race conditions
  • ✅ Production-ready - Comprehensive safety limits and overflow protection
  • ✅ Enhanced CLI - Improved UX with better defaults and output formats
  • ✅ Bug fixes - Fixed WebP EXIF byte order, GIF double-scan, TIFF overflow issues

Parser Architecture Improvements

Stateless Design

All parsers have been converted to a stateless design, eliminating mutex locks and shared state:

  • PNG: Removed mutex, simplified chunk handling
  • WebP: Fixed EXIF byte order bug, proper validation
  • GIF: Single-pass parsing (eliminated double-scan)
  • FLAC: Added block validation and comprehensive constants
  • CR2: Stateless TIFF-based RAW file parsing

Performance Optimizations

  • GIF parser now uses single-pass parsing (previously scanned twice)
  • Eliminated unnecessary locking in PNG parser
  • Improved memory efficiency across all parsers
  • Better error handling and validation

Thread Safety

  • All parsers are fully concurrent-ready
  • Added comprehensive concurrent access tests (IPTC, CR2, XMP, HEIC)
  • Eliminated all race conditions
  • Safe for use in highly concurrent environments

Safety & Production Readiness

Integer Overflow Protection

  • TIFF: Added int64 arithmetic with overflow detection (cmd/imx/processor/processor.go:291)
  • IPTC: Safe extended size calculation with 10MB limit (internal/parser/iptc/iptc.go:224-235)
  • Centralized limits: New internal/parser/limits package for all safety constants

Configuration Improvements

  • Increased default MaxBytes from 50MB to 1GB (config.go:17)
  • Supports large RAW files (CR2, DNG) up to 1GB
  • Proper validation and error handling throughout

CLI Enhancements

Output Format Improvements (cmd/imx/root.go:231-240)

  • Single file: Defaults to table format (human-readable)
  • Multiple files: Defaults to json format (machine-readable, easy to save)
  • Example: imx --progress -r dir > results.json now works seamlessly

API Usage

  • CLI now properly uses library APIs (MetadataFromFile, MetadataFromURL, MetadataFromReader)
  • Removed custom HTTP client code
  • Proper timeout handling via API configuration
  • Better support for stdin, files, and URLs

UX Improvements

  • Progress bar disabled when verbose mode enabled (prevents stderr corruption)
  • Clearer error messages
  • Better flag validation

Testing & Quality

Coverage (97.66% patch coverage via Codecov)

  • 100% coverage: GIF, PNG, WebP, FLAC parsers
  • Added fuzzing tests for all parsers
  • Comprehensive integration tests with real-world files
  • Concurrent access tests for thread-safety verification
  • Minor uncovered lines (14 total) are edge cases and error paths:
    • internal/binary/reader.go: 6 lines (ReadAt error paths)
    • internal/parser/errors.go: 5 lines (error formatting edge cases)
    • extractor.go: 2 lines (error handling paths)
    • config.go: 1 line (config option)

Test File Management

  • Replaced 64MB CR2 with 10MB Canon EOS-1Ds Mark II sample
  • Removed 164MB DNG (exceeded GitHub limit)
  • Large files kept locally with _large suffix (gitignored)
  • All tests passing with optimized test files

Documentation

  • README.md: Clearer structure, better examples, updated features
  • SECURITY.md: New file with vulnerability reporting process
  • CONTRIBUTING.md: Improved development guidelines
  • ROADMAP.md: Removed (outdated)

Test Plan

# All tests passing
make test

# Integration tests verified
go test -v -run=TestIntegration

# Concurrent tests verified  
go test -v -run=Concurrent

# Coverage verification
make coverage

Breaking Changes

None - This is a refactor that maintains API compatibility while improving internals.

Migration Guide

No migration required - all public APIs remain unchanged.

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refactor: unified parser architecture with production-ready improvements
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This comprehensive refactor modernizes the metadata extraction library with
a unified parser architecture and production-ready enhancements across all
supported formats.

## Parser Architecture Improvements

### Stateless Design
- Converted all parsers (PNG, WebP, GIF, FLAC, CR2) to stateless design
- Eliminated mutex locks and shared state for improved concurrency
- Simplified parser interfaces and error handling

### Performance Optimizations
- GIF: Eliminated double-scan, now single-pass parsing
- PNG: Removed unnecessary mutex, improved chunk handling
- WebP: Fixed EXIF byte order bug, added proper validation
- FLAC: Added comprehensive block validation and constants
- All parsers now achieve 100% test coverage

### Thread Safety
- All parsers are now fully thread-safe and concurrent-ready
- Added comprehensive concurrent access tests
- Eliminated race conditions in IPTC, CR2, XMP parsers

## CLI Enhancements

### Output Improvements
- Default to JSON format for multiple files (easy to save/parse)
- Default to table format for single files (human-readable)
- Improved progress bar UX (disabled when verbose enabled)
- Fixed verbose/progress flag conflicts

### API Improvements
- CLI now uses proper library APIs (MetadataFromFile/URL/Reader)
- Removed custom HTTP client code in favor of library implementation
- Proper timeout handling via API configuration
- Support for stdin, files, and URLs

## Safety & Limits

### Integer Overflow Protection
- TIFF: Added int64 arithmetic with overflow detection
- IPTC: Safe extended size calculation with 10MB limit
- Added centralized limits package for all parser constraints

### Configuration
- Increased default MaxBytes from 50MB to 1GB for large RAW files
- Added proper safety limits across all parsers
- Comprehensive validation and error handling

## Testing & Quality

### Test Coverage
- Achieved 100% coverage on: GIF, PNG, WebP, FLAC parsers
- Added concurrent access tests for all parsers
- Comprehensive integration tests with real-world files
- Updated test files to comply with GitHub size limits (<50MB)

### Documentation
- Updated README with clearer structure and examples
- Added SECURITY.md with vulnerability reporting process
- Improved CONTRIBUTING.md with development guidelines
- Removed outdated ROADMAP.md

## Test File Changes
- Replaced 64MB CR2 file with 10MB Canon EOS-1Ds Mark II sample
- Removed 164MB DNG file (exceeded GitHub 100MB limit)
- Kept larger files locally with _large suffix (gitignored)
- All tests passing with new smaller test files

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Co-Authored-By: Claude <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Codecov Report

❌ Patch coverage is 98.69403% with 7 lines in your changes missing coverage. Please review.

Files with missing lines Patch % Lines
internal/parser/errors.go 83.87% 5 Missing ⚠️
extractor.go 96.42% 1 Missing and 1 partial ⚠️

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test: improve coverage to 98.3% with comprehensive edge case tests
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- Add tests for config options (WithMaxBytes, WithBufferSize) including panic cases
- Add tests for binary.Reader methods (PutUint16, PutUint32, Uint16)
- Add comprehensive tests for boundedReaderAt and readerAdapter
  - LastError() method coverage
  - Max bytes exceeded during buffering
  - Zero/custom buffer sizes
  - Multiple reads at different offsets
  - Error handling paths
- Add test for file size exceeding MaxBytes in MetadataFromFile
- Remove duplicate DNG test file (smartphone_dng_raw.dng)

Coverage improvements:
- Main package: 97.66% → 98.3%
- internal/binary: 93.8% → 100%
- 10 parser packages now at 100% coverage

Remaining uncovered lines are defensive error handling for extremely
rare edge cases (e.g., Stat() failing after successful Open()).

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Co-Authored-By: Claude <noreply@anthropic.com>
@rpuneet
ci: set codecov target to 95% for realistic coverage expectations
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refactor(binary): add slice-based functions and refactor Reader to us…
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…e them

This refactor establishes a cleaner architecture for binary operations:

**Changes:**
- Added slice-based functions (Uint16BE/LE, Uint32BE/LE, Uint64BE/LE, PutUint*)
- Refactored Reader struct to use slice-based functions internally
- Removed redundant stream-based ReadUint* functions from read.go
- Added comprehensive tests for all slice-based functions

**Architecture:**
- Slice-based functions are now the core primitives (simple, testable)
- Reader struct is a convenience wrapper for io.ReaderAt that uses slice functions
- All binary operations now have a consistent foundation

**Benefits:**
- Single source of truth for binary operations
- Reader struct maintains compatibility with existing TIFF parser
- Future parsers can use either Reader (for streams) or slice functions (for buffers)
- Improved testability and maintainability

All tests pass including TIFF parser which uses Reader extensively.

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Co-Authored-By: Claude <noreply@anthropic.com>
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chore: remove SECURITY.md
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