Merkle Tree Verifier (java, written by Claude Code)

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Claude Code wrote this java project from the task below. It does not run on a clean Ubuntu 22.04 machine as written.

Task given to the agent:

TASK: Merkle Tree Verifier

Write a program that builds Merkle trees from file collections and uses them to verify data integrity, detect modifications, and efficiently identify which specific files have changed.

FUNCTIONAL REQUIREMENTS:
- Accept a directory path as a command-line argument
- Build a Merkle tree by computing SHA-256 hashes of each file (leaf nodes), then iteratively hashing pairs of child hashes up to a single root hash
- Support two modes via subcommands: build (create tree and save) and verify (check against saved tree)
- build: Compute the Merkle tree and save the tree structure (root hash, intermediate hashes, leaf hashes with file paths) to a JSON manifest file via --output flag (default: merkle_tree.json)
- verify: Load a saved Merkle tree and compare against current file state, efficiently identifying exactly which files were modified, added, or deleted without rehashing unchanged branches
- Display the tree structure visually in the console using ASCII tree formatting showing hash prefixes at each level
- Support configurable hash algorithm via --algorithm flag: SHA-256 (default), SHA-512, SHA3-256
- Support file filtering via --exclude flag with glob patterns to skip certain files
- Compute and display tree statistics: total files (leaf nodes), tree depth, total nodes, root hash, and build time
- Support comparing two Merkle trees via --diff flag: show which subtrees differ between two previously built trees
- Support incremental updates via --update flag: rebuild only changed subtrees rather than the entire tree
- Print verification results to console: root hash match status, list of modified/added/deleted files with their old and new hashes
- If no arguments are given, create a sample directory with 16 files, build the Merkle tree, display the tree structure, then modify 2 files, delete 1, add 1, and run verification to demonstrate efficient change detection
- Handle errors: empty directories, permission denied on files, files modified during tree building, and corrupted manifest files

Create a complete Java project for a clean Ubuntu 22.04 machine with only JDK 17+ installed. Include:
- Source code
- pom.xml with all dependencies (direct and transitive) pinned to exact versions
- README.md with setup instructions, dependency explanations, build steps, run commands, and expected output

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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>com.merkle</groupId>
    <artifactId>merkle-tree-verifier-t3</artifactId>
    <version>1.0.0</version>
    <packaging>jar</packaging>

    <name>Merkle Tree Verifier (Trial 3)</name>
    <description>Builds Merkle trees from file collections for integrity verification using Commons Codec and JCommander</description>

    <properties>
        <maven.compiler.source>11</maven.compiler.source>
        <maven.compiler.target>11</maven.compiler.target>
        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
    </properties>

    <dependencies>
        <!-- Apache Commons Codec: digest utilities and hex encoding -->
        <dependency>
            <groupId>commons-codec</groupId>
            <artifactId>commons-codec</artifactId>
            <version>1.16.0</version>
        </dependency>

        <!-- JCommander: annotation-based command-line argument parsing -->
        <dependency>
            <groupId>com.beust</groupId>
            <artifactId>jcommander</artifactId>
            <version>1.82</version>
        </dependency>
    </dependencies>

    <build>
        <plugins>
            <plugin>
                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                <artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId>
                <version>3.3.0</version>
                <configuration>
                    <archive>
                        <manifest>
                            <mainClass>merkle.MerkleTreeVerifier</mainClass>
                        </manifest>
                    </archive>
                </configuration>
            </plugin>
        </plugins>
    </build>
</project>

# Merkle Tree Verifier (Java - Trial 3)

## Description

A Java command-line application that builds Merkle trees from file collections for integrity verification and efficient change detection. Uses Apache Commons Codec for cryptographic digest computation and hex encoding, and JCommander for annotation-based command-line argument parsing.

## Dependencies

- **commons-codec** (1.16.0) - Apache Commons Codec library providing DigestUtils for convenient one-call hash computation (sha256Hex, sha512Hex, etc.) and the Hex class for converting raw byte arrays to hexadecimal string representations used in tree node hashes.
- **jcommander** (1.82) - Annotation-based command-line argument parsing library that uses @Parameter annotations on class fields to declaratively define CLI options, with built-in support for required parameters, default values, help generation, and type conversion.

## Features

- Build Merkle trees from any directory of files
- Support for multiple hash algorithms via Commons Codec (SHA-256, SHA-512, SHA-1, MD5)
- Annotation-based CLI argument parsing with JCommander
- Verify directory integrity against a known root hash
- Detect file-level changes between two directories (ADDED, DELETED, MODIFIED)
- Generate inclusion proofs for individual files
- Visual tree structure display with hash previews and file sizes
- Export tree structure to file
- Tree statistics (total nodes, leaf count, depth)

## Building and Running

```bash
mvn clean package
java -jar target/merkle-tree-verifier-t3-1.0.0.jar -d /path/to/directory
```

## CLI Usage

```bash
# Build tree from a directory using default SHA-256
java -jar merkle-tree-verifier-t3.jar -d /path/to/dir

# Use SHA-512 algorithm
java -jar merkle-tree-verifier-t3.jar -d /path/to/dir -a SHA-512

# Verify against a known hash
java -jar merkle-tree-verifier-t3.jar -d /path/to/dir -v <expected_hash>

# Compare two directories
java -jar merkle-tree-verifier-t3.jar -d /path/to/dir1 --diff /path/to/dir2

# Save tree structure to file
java -jar merkle-tree-verifier-t3.jar -d /path/to/dir -o tree_output.txt

# Show help
java -jar merkle-tree-verifier-t3.jar -h
```

package merkle;

import com.beust.jcommander.JCommander;
import com.beust.jcommander.Parameter;
import org.apache.commons.codec.binary.Hex;
import org.apache.commons.codec.digest.DigestUtils;

import java.io.*;
import java.nio.file.*;
import java.security.MessageDigest;
import java.util.*;
import java.util.stream.Collectors;

/**
 * Merkle Tree Verifier - Builds Merkle trees from file collections for
 * integrity verification and efficient change detection.
 *
 * Uses Apache Commons Codec for cryptographic digest computation and hex
 * encoding, and JCommander for annotation-based command-line argument parsing.
 */
public class MerkleTreeVerifier {

    @Parameter(names = {"-d", "--directory"}, description = "Directory to build Merkle tree from", required = true)
    private String directory;

    @Parameter(names = {"-a", "--algorithm"}, description = "Hash algorithm (SHA-256, SHA-512, SHA-1, MD5)")
    private String algorithm = "SHA-256";

    @Parameter(names = {"-v", "--verify"}, description = "Verify against a known root hash")
    private String expectedHash;

    @Parameter(names = {"-o", "--output"}, description = "Output file for the tree structure")
    private String outputFile;

    @Parameter(names = {"--diff"}, description = "Compare with another directory")
    private String compareDir;

    @Parameter(names = {"-h", "--help"}, description = "Show help message", help = true)
    private boolean help;

    /**
     * Represents a node in the Merkle tree.
     */
    static class MerkleNode {
        final String hash;
        final String label;
        final MerkleNode left;
        final MerkleNode right;
        final boolean isLeaf;
        final long fileSize;
        final String relativePath;

        MerkleNode(String hash, String label, long fileSize, String relativePath) {
            this.hash = hash;
            this.label = label;
            this.left = null;
            this.right = null;
            this.isLeaf = true;
            this.fileSize = fileSize;
            this.relativePath = relativePath;
        }

        MerkleNode(String hash, MerkleNode left, MerkleNode right) {
            this.hash = hash;
            this.left = left;
            this.right = right;
            this.label = "internal";
            this.isLeaf = false;
            this.fileSize = 0;
            this.relativePath = null;
        }
    }

    /**
     * Computes the hash of a file using Apache Commons Codec DigestUtils.
     * Streams file content for memory-efficient hashing of large files.
     */
    public String hashFile(Path filePath) throws IOException {
        try (InputStream is = Files.newInputStream(filePath)) {
            switch (algorithm.toUpperCase()) {
                case "SHA-256": return DigestUtils.sha256Hex(is);
                case "SHA-512": return DigestUtils.sha512Hex(is);
                case "SHA-1":   return DigestUtils.sha1Hex(is);
                case "MD5":     return DigestUtils.md5Hex(is);
                default:        return DigestUtils.sha256Hex(is);
            }
        }
    }

    /**
     * Combines two hashes into a parent hash using Commons Codec.
     * Concatenates the two hex strings and hashes the result.
     */
    public String combineHashes(String leftHash, String rightHash) {
        String combined = leftHash + rightHash;
        switch (algorithm.toUpperCase()) {
            case "SHA-256": return DigestUtils.sha256Hex(combined);
            case "SHA-512": return DigestUtils.sha512Hex(combined);
            case "SHA-1":   return DigestUtils.sha1Hex(combined);
            case "MD5":     return DigestUtils.md5Hex(combined);
            default:        return DigestUtils.sha256Hex(combined);
        }
    }

    /**
     * Computes a hash using MessageDigest and returns the hex encoding via
     * Commons Codec Hex utility for raw byte-level control.
     */
    public String hashBytes(byte[] data) throws Exception {
        MessageDigest digest = MessageDigest.getInstance(algorithm);
        byte[] hashBytes = digest.digest(data);
        return Hex.encodeHexString(hashBytes);
    }

    /**
     * Collects all regular files from a directory sorted by relative path.
     */
    public List<Path> collectFiles(Path directory) throws IOException {
        if (!Files.isDirectory(directory)) {
            throw new IOException("Not a directory: " + directory);
        }

        return Files.walk(directory)
                .filter(Files::isRegularFile)
                .sorted()
                .collect(Collectors.toList());
    }

    /**
     * Builds leaf nodes from a list of files.
     */
    public List<MerkleNode> buildLeafNodes(Path baseDir, List<Path> files) throws IOException {
        List<MerkleNode> leaves = new ArrayList<>();

        for (Path file : files) {
            String hash = hashFile(file);
            long size = Files.size(file);
            String relPath = baseDir.relativize(file).toString();
            leaves.add(new MerkleNode(hash, file.getFileName().toString(), size, relPath));
        }

        return leaves;
    }

    /**
     * Builds a Merkle tree from leaf nodes by iteratively pairing and hashing.
     */
    public MerkleNode buildTree(List<MerkleNode> nodes) {
        if (nodes.isEmpty()) {
            return new MerkleNode("empty", "empty", 0, null);
        }

        if (nodes.size() == 1) {
            return nodes.get(0);
        }

        List<MerkleNode> currentLevel = new ArrayList<>(nodes);

        while (currentLevel.size() > 1) {
            if (currentLevel.size() % 2 != 0) {
                currentLevel.add(currentLevel.get(currentLevel.size() - 1));
            }

            List<MerkleNode> parentLevel = new ArrayList<>();
            for (int i = 0; i < currentLevel.size(); i += 2) {
                String parentHash = combineHashes(
                        currentLevel.get(i).hash,
                        currentLevel.get(i + 1).hash);
                parentLevel.add(new MerkleNode(parentHash,
                        currentLevel.get(i), currentLevel.get(i + 1)));
            }
            currentLevel = parentLevel;
        }

        return currentLevel.get(0);
    }

    /**
     * Builds a Merkle tree from a directory.
     */
    public MerkleNode buildFromDirectory(Path dir) throws IOException {
        List<Path> files = collectFiles(dir);
        System.out.println("Found " + files.size() + " files in " + dir);

        List<MerkleNode> leaves = buildLeafNodes(dir, files);
        return buildTree(leaves);
    }

    /**
     * Generates a proof of inclusion for a specific file hash.
     */
    public List<Map<String, String>> generateProof(MerkleNode node, String targetHash) {
        if (node == null) return null;

        if (node.isLeaf) {
            if (node.hash.equals(targetHash)) {
                return new ArrayList<>();
            }
            return null;
        }

        List<Map<String, String>> leftResult = generateProof(node.left, targetHash);
        if (leftResult != null) {
            Map<String, String> sibling = new LinkedHashMap<>();
            sibling.put("position", "right");
            sibling.put("hash", node.right.hash);
            leftResult.add(sibling);
            return leftResult;
        }

        List<Map<String, String>> rightResult = generateProof(node.right, targetHash);
        if (rightResult != null) {
            Map<String, String> sibling = new LinkedHashMap<>();
            sibling.put("position", "left");
            sibling.put("hash", node.left.hash);
            rightResult.add(sibling);
            return rightResult;
        }

        return null;
    }

    /**
     * Detects file-level changes between two directories.
     */
    public Map<String, String> detectChanges(Path dir1, Path dir2) throws IOException {
        Map<String, String> changes = new LinkedHashMap<>();

        Map<String, String> hashes1 = new LinkedHashMap<>();
        for (Path f : collectFiles(dir1)) {
            hashes1.put(dir1.relativize(f).toString(), hashFile(f));
        }

        Map<String, String> hashes2 = new LinkedHashMap<>();
        for (Path f : collectFiles(dir2)) {
            hashes2.put(dir2.relativize(f).toString(), hashFile(f));
        }

        for (Map.Entry<String, String> entry : hashes1.entrySet()) {
            if (!hashes2.containsKey(entry.getKey())) {
                changes.put(entry.getKey(), "DELETED");
            } else if (!hashes2.get(entry.getKey()).equals(entry.getValue())) {
                changes.put(entry.getKey(), "MODIFIED");
            }
        }

        for (String key : hashes2.keySet()) {
            if (!hashes1.containsKey(key)) {
                changes.put(key, "ADDED");
            }
        }

        return changes;
    }

    /**
     * Prints tree structure with indentation.
     */
    public static void printTree(MerkleNode node, String prefix, boolean isLast) {
        if (node == null) return;

        System.out.print(prefix);
        System.out.print(isLast ? "+-- " : "|-- ");

        String shortHash = node.hash.substring(0, Math.min(16, node.hash.length()));
        if (node.isLeaf) {
            System.out.println(node.label + " [" + shortHash + "...] ("
                    + node.fileSize + " bytes)");
        } else {
            System.out.println("[internal] " + shortHash + "...");
        }

        if (!node.isLeaf) {
            String childPrefix = prefix + (isLast ? "    " : "|   ");
            printTree(node.left, childPrefix, false);
            printTree(node.right, childPrefix, true);
        }
    }

    /**
     * Appends tree structure to a StringBuilder for file output.
     */
    private static void appendTree(MerkleNode node, StringBuilder sb, String prefix, boolean isLast) {
        if (node == null) return;

        sb.append(prefix);
        sb.append(isLast ? "+-- " : "|-- ");

        String shortHash = node.hash.substring(0, Math.min(16, node.hash.length()));
        if (node.isLeaf) {
            sb.append(node.label).append(" [").append(shortHash).append("...] (")
              .append(node.fileSize).append(" bytes)\n");
        } else {
            sb.append("[internal] ").append(shortHash).append("...\n");
        }

        if (!node.isLeaf) {
            String childPrefix = prefix + (isLast ? "    " : "|   ");
            appendTree(node.left, sb, childPrefix, false);
            appendTree(node.right, sb, childPrefix, true);
        }
    }

    /**
     * Counts total nodes in the tree.
     */
    public static int countNodes(MerkleNode node) {
        if (node == null) return 0;
        return 1 + countNodes(node.left) + countNodes(node.right);
    }

    /**
     * Computes tree depth.
     */
    public static int treeDepth(MerkleNode node) {
        if (node == null || node.isLeaf) return 0;
        return 1 + Math.max(treeDepth(node.left), treeDepth(node.right));
    }

    /**
     * Counts the number of leaf nodes.
     */
    public static int countLeaves(MerkleNode node) {
        if (node == null) return 0;
        if (node.isLeaf) return 1;
        return countLeaves(node.left) + countLeaves(node.right);
    }

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        MerkleTreeVerifier verifier = new MerkleTreeVerifier();
        JCommander jc = JCommander.newBuilder()
                .addObject(verifier)
                .programName("merkle-tree-verifier")
                .build();

        try {
            jc.parse(args);

            if (verifier.help) {
                jc.usage();
                return;
            }

            verifier.run();

        } catch (com.beust.jcommander.ParameterException e) {
            System.err.println("Error: " + e.getMessage());
            jc.usage();
            System.exit(1);
        } catch (Exception e) {
            System.err.println("Error: " + e.getMessage());
            e.printStackTrace();
            System.exit(1);
        }
    }

    /**
     * Main execution logic after argument parsing.
     */
    private void run() throws Exception {
        System.out.println("=== Merkle Tree Verifier ===\n");
        System.out.println("Directory: " + directory);
        System.out.println("Algorithm: " + algorithm);

        Path dirPath = Paths.get(directory);
        MerkleNode root = buildFromDirectory(dirPath);

        System.out.println("\nMerkle Root: " + root.hash);
        System.out.println("Total nodes: " + countNodes(root));
        System.out.println("Leaf nodes: " + countLeaves(root));
        System.out.println("Tree depth: " + treeDepth(root));

        System.out.println("\nTree Structure:");
        printTree(root, "", true);

        // Save tree to file if requested
        if (outputFile != null) {
            StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
            sb.append("Algorithm: ").append(algorithm).append("\n");
            sb.append("Root Hash: ").append(root.hash).append("\n");
            sb.append("Total Nodes: ").append(countNodes(root)).append("\n");
            sb.append("Leaf Nodes: ").append(countLeaves(root)).append("\n");
            sb.append("Tree Depth: ").append(treeDepth(root)).append("\n\n");
            sb.append("Tree Structure:\n");
            appendTree(root, sb, "", true);
            java.nio.file.Files.writeString(Paths.get(outputFile), sb.toString());
            System.out.println("\nTree saved to: " + outputFile);
        }

        // Verify against expected hash
        if (expectedHash != null) {
            boolean match = root.hash.equals(expectedHash);
            System.out.println("\nVerification: " + (match ? "PASSED" : "FAILED"));
            System.out.println("Expected: " + expectedHash);
            System.out.println("Actual:   " + root.hash);
            if (!match) System.exit(1);
        }

        // Diff with another directory
        if (compareDir != null) {
            System.out.println("\nComparing with: " + compareDir);
            Map<String, String> changes = detectChanges(dirPath, Paths.get(compareDir));
            if (changes.isEmpty()) {
                System.out.println("No changes detected.");
            } else {
                System.out.println("Changes detected (" + changes.size() + "):");
                for (Map.Entry<String, String> entry : changes.entrySet()) {
                    System.out.println("  " + entry.getValue() + ": " + entry.getKey());
                }
            }
        }

        System.out.println("\n=== Verification complete ===");
    }
}