Add barriers and barrier guards to MaD format explanations

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Owen Mansel-Chan
2026-03-26 11:40:11 +00:00
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* `package; type; subtypes; name; signature; ext; input; kind; provenance`
* - Summaries:
* `package; type; subtypes; name; signature; ext; input; output; kind; provenance`
* - Barriers:
* `package; type; subtypes; name; signature; ext; output; kind; provenance`
* - BarrierGuards:
* `package; type; subtypes; name; signature; ext; input; acceptingvalue; kind; provenance`
* - Neutrals:
* `package; type; name; signature; kind; provenance`
* A neutral is used to indicate that a callable is neutral with respect to flow (no summary), source (is not a source) or sink (is not a sink).
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* in the given range. The range is inclusive at both ends.
* - "ReturnValue": Selects the return value of a call to the selected element.
* - "Element": Selects the collection elements of the selected element.
* 8. The `kind` column is a tag that can be referenced from QL to determine to
* 8. The `acceptingvalue` column of barrier guard models specifies the condition
* under which the guard accepts or blocks flow. It can be one of "true" or
* "false", "no-exception", "not-zero", "null", "not-null".
* 9. The `kind` column is a tag that can be referenced from QL to determine to
* which classes the interpreted elements should be added. For example, for
* sources "remote" indicates a default remote flow source, and for summaries
* "taint" indicates a default additional taint step and "value" indicates a
* globally applicable value-preserving step. For neutrals the kind can be `summary`,
* `source` or `sink` to indicate that the neutral is neutral with respect to
* flow (no summary), source (is not a source) or sink (is not a sink).
* 9. The `provenance` column is a tag to indicate the origin and verification of a model.
* 10. The `provenance` column is a tag to indicate the origin and verification of a model.
* The format is {origin}-{verification} or just "manual" where the origin describes
* the origin of the model and verification describes how the model has been verified.
* Some examples are: