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DepsTreeToSbom can silently omit transitive components when multiple module trees contain the same artifact with different children, such as Maven modules with different dependency exclusions.

For example:
Module A → X (Y excluded)
Module B → X → Y

Previously, visiting X in module A marked its artifact ID as visited globally. The converter then skipped X’s subtree in module B, omitting Y from the SBOM. Component coverage could therefore depend on module order.

This change tracks visited graph nodes by pointer instead of artifact ID, allowing each distinct occurrence’s children to be traversed. Existing helpers continue to deduplicate components and merge dependency edges by reference. Revisiting the same node object still stops traversal, preserving cycle protection.

Regression tests cover:

• Different module orders and repeated artifacts with different children and grandchildren.
• Pointer cycles.
• Maven dependency-tree JSON with module-specific exclusions, verifying that SBOM components match the parser’s unique dependency inventory.

The converter regression failed before the fix, returning five of seven reachable components, and passes afterward.

• The pull request is targeting the dev branch.
• All static analysis checks passed.
• All tests have passed. If this feature is not already covered by the tests, new tests have been added.
• Updated the Contributing page / ReadMe page / CI Workflow files if needed.

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Summary by CodeRabbit

• Bug Fixes
  • SBOM generation now preserves distinct dependency occurrences even when they share the same component identifier.
  • Dependency relationships are retained across repeated edges, while revisiting the same node no longer causes unbounded traversal.
  • Maven module exclusions are covered across different module orders, helping ensure excluded modules are not included in generated SBOMs.

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Walkthrough

SBOM graph traversal now tracks visited nodes by pointer identity. Regression tests cover distinct dependency occurrences, pointer cycles, and Maven module ordering.

Changes: SBOM conversion

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Pointer-identity traversal utils/results/common.go	DepsTreeToSbom and getDataFromNode track visited graph nodes by pointer, rather than component ID.
SBOM conversion regression coverage utils/results/sbom_occurrences_test.go, sca/bom/buildinfo/technologies/java/sbom_regression_test.go	Tests cover repeated dependency edges and pointer cycles. The Maven regression test checks both module orders and verifies the expected component set and dependency edge.

Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~12 minutes

Change: Bug fix

Suggested reviewers: attiasas

Merge Risk: Minimal · up to 049f6

The traversal change has no established merge-blocking issue. Adding explicit cycle-edge assertions would strengthen regression coverage.

Pre-merge checks: 4 · 1

Failed checks: 1 warning

Check name	Status	Explanation	Resolution
Docstring Coverage		Docstring coverage is 25.00% which is insufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff with cyclomatic complexity of at least 2. Documenta…	Write docstrings for the functions missing them to satisfy the coverage threshold.

Passed checks: 4 passed

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Title check		The title "Fix: preserve dependencies across repeated SBOM node occurrences" matches the main change. DepsTreeToSbom and getDataFromNode now track visited node pointers instead of component IDs, so re…
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Explanation

The title "Fix: preserve dependencies across repeated SBOM node occurrences" matches the main change. DepsTreeToSbom and getDataFromNode now track visited node pointers instead of component IDs, so repeated artifact occurrences with different children keep their dependency edges. The added regression tests cover this behavior.

Full details: Docstring Coverage

Explanation

Docstring coverage is 25.00% which is insufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff with cyclomatic complexity of at least 2. Documentation-only edits and deletions within surviving functions are included; unchanged diff context and fully deleted functions are excluded. Analyzed 4 functions across 3 files.

Resolution

Write docstrings for the functions missing them to satisfy the coverage threshold.

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Follow-up Comments

Assert the dependency edges in the pointer-cycle test.

39-40: Trivial · Functional Correctness · Quick win

Assert the dependency edges in the pointer-cycle test.

TestDepsTreeToSbomPointerCycle checks only the component count and the dependency entry count. A regression that writes self-referencing edges (a -> a, b -> b) or incorrect refs would still pass these assertions. Asserting the a -> b and b -> a edges covers this path. TestDepsTreeToSbomDistinctOccurrences in the same file already uses this pattern.

🧪 Suggested fix

 	components, dependencies := DepsTreeToSbom(a, b)
 	require.Len(t, *components, 2)
 	require.Len(t, *dependencies, 2)
+	edges := map[string][]string{}
+	for _, dep := range *dependencies {
+		edges[dep.Ref] = *dep.Dependencies
+	}
+	refA := techutils.XrayComponentIdToCdxComponentRef(a.Id)
+	refB := techutils.XrayComponentIdToCdxComponentRef(b.Id)
+	require.ElementsMatch(t, []string{refB}, edges[refA])
+	require.ElementsMatch(t, []string{refA}, edges[refB])
 }

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Review comment at @utils/results/sbom_occurrences_test.go around lines 39 - 40:
Update TestDepsTreeToSbomPointerCycle to assert the dependency targets, not just
the component and dependency counts. Build the Ref-to-Dependencies mapping and
verify that component a points to b and b points to a, using the existing
component-ref conversion and assertion patterns in
TestDepsTreeToSbomDistinctOccurrences.

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