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Found and fixed 3 critical bugs causing validation failures, plus eliminated ~150 lines of duplicate validation code across 11 classes.
Critical Bugs Fixed
Hex field validator - Logic inverted, rejected all valid hex fields:
Hash key validation - Boolean logic error prevented custom hash types:
Code Duplication Eliminated
Created factory functions for common validators (
common_validators.py):create_first_last_seen_validator()- replaces 5 duplicate implementationscreate_modified_after_created_validator()- replaces 4 duplicate implementationscreate_at_least_one_property_validator()- template for 10+ more refactoringsBefore:
After:
Classes Refactored
StixDomain,StixRelationship,StixLanguage,StixExtensionCampaign,Infrastructure,IntrusionSet,Malware,ThreatActorWindowsPEOptionalHeader(template for remaining classes)Performance maintained at ~250k validations/sec.
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