rego-cpp

This project is an effort to create a C++ interpreter for the OPA policy language, Rego. Our goal is to build both a standalone executable and a library such that programmers who are working in C++ can interpret Rego programs natively. To achieve this we are building our interpreter on top of the experimental term rewriter Trieste.

Warning While this project has progressed to the point that we support full Rego language (see Language Support below) we do not support all built-ins. That said, we have verified compliance with the OPA Rego test suite. Even so, it should still be considered experimental software and used with discretion.

Getting Started

Start by installing CMake in the way appropriate for your environment.

Linux

Create a build directory and initialize the cmake project:

mkdir build
cd build
cmake .. --preset release-clang

You can then build and run the tests using:

ninja install
ctest

Windows

Create a build directory and initialize the cmake project:

mkdir build
cd build
cmake .. --preset release

You can then build and run the tests using:

cmake --build . --config Release --target INSTALL
ctest -C Release

Using the rego CLI

The interpreter tool will be located at build/dist/bin/rego. Here are some example commands using the provided example files and run from the suggested dist install directory:

./bin/rego -d examples/scalars.rego -q data.scalars.greeting
"Hello"

./bin/rego -d examples/objects.rego -q data.objects.sites[1].name
"smoke1"

./bin/rego -d examples/data0.json examples/data1.json examples/objects.rego -i examples/input0.json  -q "[data.one, input.b, data.objects.sites[1]]"
[{"bar": "Foo", "baz": 5, "be": true, "bop": 23.4}, "20", {"name": "smoke1"}]

./bin/rego -q "5 + (2 - 4 * 0.25) * -3 + 7.4"
9.4

./bin/rego -d examples/bodies.rego -i examples/input1.json -q data.bodies.e
{"one": 15, "two": 15}

You can run the test driver from the same directory:

./bin/rego_test tests/regocpp.yaml

Using the rego Library

See the examples directory for examples of how to use the library from different langauages.

Language Support

At present we support v0.55.0 of Rego as defined by OPA, with the following grammar:

module          = package { import } policy
package         = "package" ref
import          = "import" ref [ "as" var ]
policy          = { rule }
rule            = [ "default" ] rule-head { rule-body }
rule-head       = ( ref | var ) ( rule-head-set | rule-head-obj | rule-head-func | rule-head-comp )
rule-head-comp  = [ assign-operator term ] [ "if" ]
rule-head-obj   = "[" term "]" [ assign-operator term ] [ "if" ]
rule-head-func  = "(" rule-args ")" [ assign-operator term ] [ "if" ]
rule-head-set   = "contains" term [ "if" ] | "[" term "]"
rule-args       = term { "," term }
rule-body       = [ "else" [ assign-operator term ] [ "if" ] ] ( "{" query "}" ) | literal
query           = literal { ( ";" | ( [CR] LF ) ) literal }
literal         = ( some-decl | expr | "not" expr ) { with-modifier }
with-modifier   = "with" term "as" term
some-decl       = "some" term { "," term } { "in" expr }
expr            = term | expr-call | expr-infix | expr-every | expr-parens | unary-expr
expr-call       = var [ "." var ] "(" [ expr { "," expr } ] ")"
expr-infix      = expr infix-operator expr
expr-every      = "every" var { "," var } "in" ( term | expr-call | expr-infix ) "{" query "}"
expr-parens     = "(" expr ")"
unary-expr      = "-" expr
membership      = term [ "," term ] "in" term
term            = ref | var | scalar | array | object | set | membership | array-compr | object-compr | set-compr
array-compr     = "[" term "|" query "]"
set-compr       = "{" term "|" query "}"
object-compr    = "{" object-item "|" query "}"
infix-operator  = assign-operator | bool-operator | arith-operator | bin-operator
bool-operator   = "==" | "!=" | "<" | ">" | ">=" | "<="
arith-operator  = "+" | "-" | "*" | "/"
bin-operator    = "&" | "|"
assign-operator = ":=" | "="
ref             = ( var | array | object | set | array-compr | object-compr | set-compr | expr-call ) { ref-arg }
ref-arg         = ref-arg-dot | ref-arg-brack
ref-arg-brack   = "[" ( scalar | var | array | object | set | "_" ) "]"
ref-arg-dot     = "." var
var             = ( ALPHA | "_" ) { ALPHA | DIGIT | "_" }
scalar          = string | NUMBER | TRUE | FALSE | NULL
string          = STRING | raw-string
raw-string      = "`" { CHAR-"`" } "`"
array           = "[" term { "," term } "]"
object          = "{" object-item { "," object-item } "}"
object-item     = ( scalar | ref | var ) ":" term
set             = empty-set | non-empty-set
non-empty-set   = "{" term { "," term } "}"
empty-set       = "set(" ")"

Definitions:

[]     optional (zero or one instances)
{}     repetition (zero or more instances)
|      alternation (one of the instances)
()     grouping (order of expansion)
STRING JSON string
NUMBER JSON number
TRUE   JSON true
FALSE  JSON false
NULL   JSON null
CHAR   Unicode character
ALPHA  ASCII characters A-Z and a-z
DIGIT  ASCII characters 0-9
CR     Carriage Return
LF     Line Feed

Builtins

At the moment only support a few builtins, but are actively working on adding all the standard builtins. The following builtins are currently supported:

• aggregates
• arrays
• bits
• casts
• numbers
• objects
• regex
• semver
• sets
• strings
• types
• units
• miscellaneous
  • base64_encode
  • base64_decode
  • json.marshal
  • opa.runtime
  • print
  • time.now_ns

Compatibility with the OPA Rego Go implementation

Our goal is to achieve and maintain full compatibility with the reference Go implementation. We have developed a test driver which runs the same tests and validates that we produce the same outputs. At this stage we pass all the non-builtin specific test suites, which we clone from the OPA repository. To build with the OPA tests available for testing, use one of the following presets:

• release-clang-opa
• release-opa

At present, we are NOT passing the following test suites in full:

• base64*
• crypto*
• glob*
• graphql
• invalidkeyerror
• json*
• jwt*
• net*
• planner-ir
• providers-aws
• reachable
• urlbuiltins
• walkbuiltin

Contributing

This project welcomes contributions and suggestions. Most contributions require you to agree to a Contributor License Agreement (CLA) declaring that you have the right to, and actually do, grant us the rights to use your contribution. For details, visit https://cla.opensource.microsoft.com.

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This project has adopted the Microsoft Open Source Code of Conduct. For more information see the Code of Conduct FAQ or contact opencode@microsoft.com with any additional questions or comments.

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