Queries on RAR 5.3 static files upload?

Hi all,
We have some doubts in uploading static text files in RAR 5.3 version. Can anybody please clarify at the earliest?
1) Can we prepare the SoD rule set in the static text files (as provided by SAP during installation)
till Action (t- code) level conflicts and upload the same. After that cam we add/change the
authorization objects manually as per the business requirement? Whether this is possible?
Does a small SPACE in the text file will impact the rule set uploading?
2) If we are configuring the rule set manually i.e when we are assigning t-codes to the functions,
we believe the authorization objects will gets picked up automatically from the back end system for that particular t-code and the object values can be edited as per the SoDs of the business requirement? Is our understanding correct?
If this is true, refer to question 1 whether we will get the authorization objects in case of
uploading the text files (Business process, Funcitons, rule set,action level) only at action
level?
3) Once if we have used the text files for uploading the rule set can we edit them manually i..e disabling the t-codes from function, deleting the risk ids etc.,. ORELSE even the changes has to be made in the text files and upload again replacing the existing rule set whenever there are changes in the SoD rule set?
Thanks and Best Regards,
Srihari.K

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int index = line.lastIndexOf("boundary=");
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boundary = "--" + boundary;
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private String[] extractDispositionInfo(String line) throws IOException {
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int end = line.indexOf(";");
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String disposition = line.substring(start + 21, end);
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end = line.indexOf("\"", start + 7); // skip name=\"
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throw new IOException("Content disposition corrupt: " + origline);
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retval[1] = name;
retval[2] = filename;
return retval;
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// line was empty. Throws an IOException if the line is malformatted.
private String extractContentType(String line) throws IOException {
String contentType = null;
// Convert the line to a lowercase string
String origline = line;
line = origline.toLowerCase();
// Get the content type, if any
if (line.startsWith("content-type")) {
int start = line.indexOf(" ");
if (start == -1) {
throw new IOException("Content type corrupt: " + origline);
contentType = line.substring(start + 1);
else if (line.length() != 0) { // no content type, so should be empty
throw new IOException("Malformed line after disposition: " + origline);
return contentType;
// A class to hold information about an uploaded file.
class UploadedFile {
private String dir;
private String filename;
private String type;
UploadedFile(String dir, String filename, String type) {
this.dir = dir;
this.filename = filename;
this.type = type;
public String getContentType() {
return type;
public String getFilesystemName() {
return filename;
public File getFile() {
if (dir == null || filename == null) {
return null;
else {
return new File(dir + File.separator + filename);
// A class to aid in reading multipart/form-data from a ServletInputStream.
// It keeps track of how many bytes have been read and detects when the
// Content-Length limit has been reached.
class MultipartInputStreamHandler {
ServletInputStream in;
int totalExpected;
int totalRead = 0;
byte[] buf = new byte[8 * 1024];
public MultipartInputStreamHandler(ServletInputStream in,
int totalExpected) {
this.in = in;
this.totalExpected = totalExpected;
// Reads the next line of input. Returns null to indicate the end
// of stream.
public String readLine() throws IOException {
StringBuffer sbuf = new StringBuffer();
int result;
String line;
do {
result = this.readLine(buf, 0, buf.length); // this.readLine() does +=
if (result != -1) {
sbuf.append(new String(buf, 0, result, "ISO-8859-1"));
} while (result == buf.length); // loop only if the buffer was filled
if (sbuf.length() == 0) {
return null; // nothing read, must be at the end of stream
sbuf.setLength(sbuf.length() - 2); // cut off the trailing \r\n
return sbuf.toString();
// A pass-through to ServletInputStream.readLine() that keeps track
// of how many bytes have been read and stops reading when the
// Content-Length limit has been reached.
public int readLine(byte b[], int off, int len) throws IOException {
if (totalRead >= totalExpected) {
return -1;
else {
if (len > (totalExpected - totalRead)) {
len = totalExpected - totalRead; // keep from reading off end
int result = in.readLine(b, off, len);
if (result > 0) {
totalRead += result;
return result;
// Class to filters MacBinary files to normal files on the fly
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class MacBinaryDecoderOutputStream extends FilterOutputStream {
int bytesFiltered = 0;
int dataForkLength = 0;
public MacBinaryDecoderOutputStream(OutputStream out) {
super(out);
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// Bytes 83 through 86 are a long representing the data fork length
// Check <= 86 first to short circuit early in the common case
if (bytesFiltered <= 86 && bytesFiltered >= 83) {
int leftShift = (86 - bytesFiltered) * 8;
dataForkLength = dataForkLength | (b & 0xff) << leftShift;
// Bytes 128 up to (128 + dataForkLength - 1) are the data fork
else if (bytesFiltered < (128 + dataForkLength) && bytesFiltered >= 128) {
out.write(b);
bytesFiltered++;
public void write(byte b[]) throws IOException {
write(b, 0, b.length);
public void write(byte b[], int off, int len) throws IOException {
// If the write is for content past the end of the data fork, ignore
if (bytesFiltered >= (128 + dataForkLength)) {
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bytesFiltered += len;
// Otherwise, do the write a byte at a time to get the logic above
else {
for (int i = 0 ; i < len ; i++) {
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http://deneskubicek.blogspot.com/
http://www.opal-consulting.de/training
http://apex.oracle.com/pls/otn/f?p=31517:1
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