Condense binary cataloger config in JSON output

syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/cataloger.go

@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ Package binary provides a concrete Cataloger implementations for surfacing possi
 package binary
 
 import (
+	"encoding/json"
+
 	"github.com/anchore/syft/internal/log"
 	"github.com/anchore/syft/syft/artifact"
 	"github.com/anchore/syft/syft/file"
@@ -28,6 +30,15 @@ func NewCataloger(cfg CatalogerConfig) pkg.Cataloger {
 	}
 }
 
+func (cfg CatalogerConfig) MarshalJSON() ([]byte, error) {
+	// only keep the class names
+	var names []string
+	for _, cls := range cfg.Classifiers {
+		names = append(names, cls.Class)
+	}
+	return json.Marshal(names)
+}
+
 // Cataloger is the cataloger responsible for surfacing evidence of a very limited set of binary files,
 // which have been identified by the classifiers. The Cataloger is _NOT_ a place to catalog any and every
 // binary, but rather the specific set that has been curated to be important, predominantly related to toolchain-

syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/cataloger_test.go

@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ import (
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
 
+	"github.com/anchore/packageurl-go"
 	"github.com/anchore/stereoscope/pkg/imagetest"
+	"github.com/anchore/syft/syft/cpe"
 	"github.com/anchore/syft/syft/file"
 	"github.com/anchore/syft/syft/pkg"
 	"github.com/anchore/syft/syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/test-fixtures/manager/testutil"
@@ -1242,3 +1244,49 @@ func Test_Cataloger_ResilientToErrors(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.NoError(t, err)
 	assert.True(t, resolver.searchCalled)
 }
+
+func TestCatalogerConfig_MarshalJSON(t *testing.T) {
+
+	tests := []struct {
+		name    string
+		cfg     CatalogerConfig
+		want    string
+		wantErr assert.ErrorAssertionFunc
+	}{
+		{
+			name: "only show names of classes",
+			cfg: CatalogerConfig{
+				Classifiers: []Classifier{
+					{
+						Class:           "class",
+						FileGlob:        "glob",
+						EvidenceMatcher: FileContentsVersionMatcher(".thing"),
+						Package:         "pkg",
+						PURL: packageurl.PackageURL{
+							Type:       "type",
+							Namespace:  "namespace",
+							Name:       "name",
+							Version:    "version",
+							Qualifiers: nil,
+							Subpath:    "subpath",
+						},
+						CPEs: []cpe.CPE{cpe.Must("cpe:2.3:a:some:app:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*")},
+					},
+				},
+			},
+			want: `["class"]`,
+		},
+	}
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			if tt.wantErr == nil {
+				tt.wantErr = assert.NoError
+			}
+			got, err := tt.cfg.MarshalJSON()
+			if !tt.wantErr(t, err) {
+				return
+			}
+			assert.Equal(t, tt.want, string(got))
+		})
+	}
+}

syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/classifier.go

@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import (
 	"debug/elf"
 	"debug/macho"
 	"debug/pe"
+	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
 	"regexp"
@@ -44,6 +45,31 @@ type Classifier struct {
 	CPEs []cpe.CPE `json:"cpes"`
 }
 
+func (cfg Classifier) MarshalJSON() ([]byte, error) {
+	type marshalled struct {
+		Class    string   `json:"class"`
+		FileGlob string   `json:"fileGlob"`
+		Package  string   `json:"package"`
+		PURL     string   `json:"purl"`
+		CPEs     []string `json:"cpes"`
+	}
+
+	var marshalledCPEs []string
+	for _, c := range cfg.CPEs {
+		marshalledCPEs = append(marshalledCPEs, c.BindToFmtString())
+	}
+
+	m := marshalled{
+		Class:    cfg.Class,
+		FileGlob: cfg.FileGlob,
+		Package:  cfg.Package,
+		PURL:     cfg.PURL.String(),
+		CPEs:     marshalledCPEs,
+	}
+
+	return json.Marshal(m)
+}
+
 // EvidenceMatcher is a function called to catalog Packages that match some sort of evidence
 type EvidenceMatcher func(resolver file.Resolver, classifier Classifier, location file.Location) ([]pkg.Package, error)
 

syft/pkg/cataloger/binary/classifier_test.go

@@ -3,8 +3,10 @@ package binary
 import (
 	"testing"
 
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
 
+	"github.com/anchore/packageurl-go"
 	"github.com/anchore/syft/syft/cpe"
 	"github.com/anchore/syft/syft/file"
 )
@@ -83,3 +85,46 @@ func Test_ClassifierCPEs(t *testing.T) {
 		})
 	}
 }
+
+func TestClassifier_MarshalJSON(t *testing.T) {
+
+	tests := []struct {
+		name       string
+		classifier Classifier
+		want       string
+		wantErr    assert.ErrorAssertionFunc
+	}{
+		{
+			name: "go case",
+			classifier: Classifier{
+				Class:           "class",
+				FileGlob:        "glob",
+				EvidenceMatcher: FileContentsVersionMatcher(".thing"),
+				Package:         "pkg",
+				PURL: packageurl.PackageURL{
+					Type:       "type",
+					Namespace:  "namespace",
+					Name:       "name",
+					Version:    "version",
+					Qualifiers: nil,
+					Subpath:    "subpath",
+				},
+				CPEs: []cpe.CPE{cpe.Must("cpe:2.3:a:some:app:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*")},
+			},
+			want: `{"class":"class","fileGlob":"glob","package":"pkg","purl":"pkg:type/namespace/name@version#subpath","cpes":["cpe:2.3:a:some:app:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"]}`,
+		},
+	}
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			if tt.wantErr == nil {
+				tt.wantErr = assert.NoError
+			}
+			cfg := tt.classifier
+			got, err := cfg.MarshalJSON()
+			if !tt.wantErr(t, err) {
+				return
+			}
+			assert.Equal(t, tt.want, string(got))
+		})
+	}
+}