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+#!/usr/bin/python
+
+from __future__ import print_function
+
+import argparse
+import subprocess
+import os
+import xml.etree.ElementTree as ET
+import sys
+
+scapval_results_ns = "http://csrc.nist.gov/ns/decima/results/1.0"
+oval_unix_ns = "http://oval.mitre.org/XMLSchema/oval-definitions-5#unix"
+xccdf_ns = "http://checklists.nist.gov/xccdf/1.2"
+
+
+def parse_args():
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(
+        description="Runs SCAP Validation of our data streams using SCAP"
+        "Validation Tool (SCAPVal)")
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--scap-version",
+        help="SCAP Version (Only 1.2 and 1.3 supported)",
+        choices=["1.2", "1.3"], required=True)
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--scapval-path",
+        help="Full path to the SCAPVal JAR archive", required=True)
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--build-dir",
+        help="Full path to the ComplianceAsCode build directory",
+        required=True)
+    return parser.parse_args()
+
+
+def process_results(result_path):
+    ret_val = True
+    tree = ET.parse(result_path)
+    root = tree.getroot()
+    results = root.find("./{%s}results" % scapval_results_ns)
+    for base_req in results.findall(
+            "./{%s}base-requirement" % scapval_results_ns):
+        id_ = base_req.get("id")
+        status = base_req.find("./{%s}status" % scapval_results_ns).text
+        if status == "FAIL":
+            print("    %s: %s" % (id_, status))
+            ret_val = False
+    return ret_val
+
+
+def workaround_datastream(datastream_path):
+    tree = ET.parse(datastream_path)
+    root = tree.getroot()
+    # group_id and user_id cannot be zero
+    # tracked at https://github.com/OVAL-Community/OVAL/issues/23
+    for group_id_element in root.findall(".//{%s}group_id" % oval_unix_ns):
+        if group_id_element.text is not None:
+            group_id_element.text = "-1"
+    for user_id_element in root.findall(".//{%s}user_id" % oval_unix_ns):
+        if user_id_element.text is not None:
+            user_id_element.text = "-1"
+    # OCIL checks for security_patches_up_to_date is causing fail
+    # of SRC-377, when requirement is about OVAL checks.
+    rule_id = "xccdf_org.ssgproject.content_rule_security_patches_up_to_date"
+    for rule in root.findall(".//{%s}Rule[@id=\"%s\"]" % (xccdf_ns, rule_id)):
+        for check in rule.findall("{%s}check" % xccdf_ns):
+            system = check.get("system")
+            if system == "http://scap.nist.gov/schema/ocil/2":
+                rule.remove(check)
+    output_path = datastream_path + ".workaround.xml"
+    tree.write(output_path)
+    return output_path
+
+
+def test_datastream(datastream_path,  scapval_path, scap_version):
+    result_path = datastream_path + ".result.xml"
+    report_path = datastream_path + ".report.html"
+    if scap_version == "1.3":
+        datastream_path = workaround_datastream(datastream_path)
+    scapval_command = [
+            "java",
+            "-Xmx1024m",
+            "-jar", scapval_path,
+            "-scapversion", scap_version,
+            "-file", datastream_path,
+            "-valresultfile", result_path,
+            "-valreportfile", report_path
+            ]
+    try:
+        subprocess.check_output(scapval_command, stderr=subprocess.STDOUT)
+    except subprocess.CalledProcessError as e:
+        sys.stderr.write("Command '{0}' returned {1}:\n{2}\n".format(
+            " ".join(e.cmd), e.returncode, e.output.decode("utf-8")))
+        sys.exit(1)
+    return process_results(result_path)
+
+
+def main():
+    overall_result = True
+    args = parse_args()
+    if args.scap_version == "1.2":
+        ds_suffix = "-ds.xml"
+    elif args.scap_version == "1.3":
+        ds_suffix = "-ds-1.3.xml"
+    for filename in os.listdir(args.build_dir):
+        if filename.endswith(ds_suffix):
+            print("Testing %s ..." % filename)
+            datastream_path = os.path.join(args.build_dir, filename)
+            datastream_result = test_datastream(
+                    datastream_path, args.scapval_path, args.scap_version)
+            if datastream_result:
+                print("%s: PASS" % filename)
+            else:
+                print("%s: FAIL" % filename)
+                overall_result = False
+    if overall_result:
+        sys.exit(0)
+    else:
+        sys.exit(1)
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    main()