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kingchenc 167f7b3ffe Add the Java binding over the C ABI hub (Panama/FFM) (#233)
Adds a Java binding (`bindings/java`) over the C ABI hub — the fourth language stecker after C#, Go and R, reaching the hub through the Java Foreign Function & Memory API (Panama, `java.lang.foreign`, final in Java 22) rather than JNI or jextract.

## What's here
- **`bindings/java`** — a Maven module (`org.wickra:wickra`) exposing all 514 indicators as idiomatic `AutoCloseable` classes. The downcall handles (`internal/NativeMethods.java`), the per-indicator wrappers and the output records are generated from `bindings/c/include/wickra.h` (same eight-archetype taxonomy as the C#/Go/R generators: scalar/batch, multi-output, bars, profile, values-profile, array-input). The opaque handle is a `MemorySegment` freed by a registered `java.lang.ref.Cleaner` action; multi-output returns a `record` (`null` at warmup), bars a `record[]`, profiles a record with a trailing `double[]`. The hand-written `WickraNative` resolves the native library (a bundled per-platform copy, or a `target/release` fallback for local development) and validates it against a sentinel symbol. repr(C) struct offsets are computed in the generator so the FFM reads land on the exact bytes.
- **`examples/java`** — the full example suite mirroring C/C#/Go/R: streaming, backtest, multi_timeframe, parallel_assets (parallel streams), three strategies, and `FetchBtcusdt`/`LiveBinance`.
- **CI** — a `java` job builds the C ABI library, sets up JDK 22 (Temurin, with a CDN-flake retry), runs the archetype test suite and the seven offline examples on Linux, macOS and Windows.
- **Release** — a gated `java-publish` job (skipped until the `JAVA_PUBLISH_ENABLED` repository variable is set) stages the native libraries from the `wickra-c-<triple>.tar.gz` assets into the binding's resources and deploys to Maven Central with GPG signing. Independent of the GitHub-release job, like the NuGet job.
- **Docs** — Java added to the README languages table, project layout, building/testing and comparison table, CONTRIBUTING, ARCHITECTURE, the examples index, the issue/PR templates, the About-description template, and the other binding READMEs.

## Requirements
Java 22+ (the FFM API is final since Java 22). The binding requires `--enable-native-access=ALL-UNNAMED` at runtime; the test and example runners pass it automatically.

No Rust crate or `Cargo.toml` change — the Java binding is standalone and additive. The generated `*.java` are committed (like the node `index.js`/`index.d.ts`); the generator stays private.
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Threat model

This document describes Wickra's attack surface and the threats considered, together with their mitigations. It complements the security assurance case in SECURITY.md. Wickra is a computational technical-analysis library (a Rust core with Python, Node.js and WebAssembly bindings plus a C ABI and the .NET, Go, Java and R bindings built on it), not a network service or trading system; the attack surface is correspondingly small.

Assets

  • Integrity of computed indicator values — consumers may use them in automated decisions, so silently wrong output is the primary concern.
  • Availability of the calling process — a library must not crash or hang its host on malformed input.
  • Integrity of published artifacts — the crates, wheels and npm packages users install.
  • The build and release pipeline and its secrets (publishing tokens).

Actors / trust boundaries

  • Library consumer (trusted) — calls the API with numeric data. Data may originate from untrusted sources (e.g. a market feed), so input values are treated as untrusted even though the caller is trusted.
  • Optional live feed — with the live-binance feature, data crosses a network boundary from an exchange over TLS.
  • Contributors (semi-trusted) — propose changes via pull requests.
  • Supply chain — upstream dependencies and the CI/CD platform.

Threats and mitigations

Threat Mitigation
Memory-safety exploit (buffer overflow, UAF) via crafted input Pure safe Rust; unsafe is forbidden/minimised, so the compiler precludes these classes.
Misuse of the C ABI FFI boundary (invalid/dangling handle, undersized batch buffer) The C ABI (bindings/c) is the sole unsafe surface. Its shim adds no logic, NULL-checks every handle (returning NaN/no-op), writes only into caller-sized buffers, and catches panics so none cross the boundary. A caller passing a non-NULL but dangling pointer is undefined behaviour by C's own contract — out of scope, the same as any C library.
Denial of service via malformed/degenerate input (NaN, infinities, extreme magnitudes) Indicators reject non-finite inputs and validate parameters at construction; update paths are exercised by coverage-guided fuzzing and unit tests for edge cases.
Silently incorrect results 100% line coverage on the core crate; reference-value tests against known-good sources; streaming/batch parity tests.
Integer overflow / panics clippy::pedantic with -D warnings; debug assertions and overflow checks enabled in test/fuzz builds.
Adversary-in-the-middle on the optional live feed Connection uses TLS via the platform library; transport security is delegated to that reviewed implementation.
Compromised dependency (supply chain) Dependencies pinned (Cargo.lock, hash-locked CI requirements), monitored by Dependabot, audited by cargo-deny (advisories + licenses) on every change.
Malicious or accidental change to main Branch protection requires signed commits and blocks force-push and deletion; all changes flow through pull requests with required CI; static analysis (CodeQL, Clippy) and fuzzing run on every change.
Compromised CI / leaked secrets Workflows use least-privilege permissions:; secrets live only as encrypted GitHub Actions secrets; secret scanning with push protection is enabled; workflows are linted by zizmor.
Tampered release artifact Releases are built in CI, tags are signed, and assets carry build provenance attestations (verifiable with gh attestation verify).

Out of scope

  • Wickra implements no authentication, authorization or cryptography of its own, stores no user data, and exposes no network listener; those threat classes do not apply.
  • Vulnerabilities in third-party dependencies that do not affect Wickra are tracked as exploitability (VEX) records (see SECURITY.md).

Maintenance

This threat model is reviewed when the architecture changes materially (for example, a new input family, a new network feature, or a new release channel).