Method WritePredicate

internal/validate/vsa/vsa.go:342–383

WritePredicate writes the Predicate as a JSON file to a temp directory and returns the path.

(predicate *Predicate)

// WritePredicate writes the Predicate as a JSON file to a temp directory and returns the path.
func (w *Writer) WritePredicate(predicate *Predicate) (string, error) {
	log.Infof("Writing VSA for images: %v", predicate.ImageRefs)

	// Serialize with indent
	data, err := json.MarshalIndent(predicate, "", "  ")
	if err != nil {
		return "", fmt.Errorf("failed to marshal VSA predicate: %w", err)
	}

	// Create or use directory based on whether TempDirPrefix is an absolute path
	var tempDir string
	if filepath.IsAbs(w.TempDirPrefix) {
		// TempDirPrefix is an absolute path - use it directly
		tempDir = w.TempDirPrefix
		// Ensure the directory exists
		if err := w.FS.MkdirAll(tempDir, 0o755); err != nil {
			return "", fmt.Errorf("failed to create output directory: %w", err)
		}
	} else {
		// TempDirPrefix is a prefix - create temp directory
		var err error
		tempDir, err = afero.TempDir(w.FS, "", w.TempDirPrefix)
		if err != nil {
			return "", fmt.Errorf("failed to create temp directory: %w", err)
		}
	}

	// Write to file with same naming convention as old VSA
	componentName := "unknown"
	if predicate.Summary.Component.Name != "" {
		componentName = predicate.Summary.Component.Name
	}
	filename := fmt.Sprintf("vsa-%s.json", componentName)
	filepath := filepath.Join(tempDir, filename)
	err = afero.WriteFile(w.FS, filepath, data, w.FilePerm)
	if err != nil {
		return "", fmt.Errorf("failed to write VSA predicate to file: %w", err)
	}

	log.Infof("VSA predicate written to: %s", filepath)
	return filepath, nil
}

// VSALookupResult represents the result of looking up an existing VSA
type VSALookupResult struct {