RUN-2569: Fix ClassCastException in HttpBuilder.setHeaders for non-String header values

src/main/java/edu/ohio/ais/rundeck/HttpBuilder.java

@@ -429,38 +429,46 @@ String getAuthHeader(PluginStepContext pluginStepContext,  Map<String, Object> o
 
 
     public void setHeaders(String headers, RequestBuilder request){
-        //checking json
-        Gson gson = new Gson();
-        Map<String,String> map = new HashMap<>();
+        Map<String, Object> map = parseHeaders(headers);
+        if (map == null) {
+            log.log(0, "Error parsing the headers");
+            return;
+        }
+        for (Map.Entry<String, Object> entry : map.entrySet()) {
+            request.setHeader(entry.getKey(), headerValueToString(entry.getValue()));
+        }
+    }
 
+    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
+    private static Map<String, Object> parseHeaders(String headers) {
         try {
-            map = (Map<String,String>) gson.fromJson(headers, map.getClass());
-        } catch (Exception e) {
-            map = null;
+            Object parsed = new Gson().fromJson(headers, HashMap.class);
+            if (parsed instanceof Map) {
+                return (Map<String, Object>) parsed;
+            }
+        } catch (Exception ignored) {
+            // fall through to YAML
         }
-
-        //checking yml
-        if(map == null) {
-            map = new HashMap<>();
-            Object object = null;
-            try {
-                Yaml yaml = new Yaml(new SafeConstructor(new LoaderOptions()));
-                map = yaml.load(headers);
-            } catch (Exception e) {
-                map = null;
+        try {
+            Object parsed = new Yaml(new SafeConstructor(new LoaderOptions())).load(headers);
+            if (parsed instanceof Map) {
+                return (Map<String, Object>) parsed;
             }
+        } catch (Exception ignored) {
+            // both parsers failed; caller logs and skips
         }
+        return null;
+    }
 
-        if(map == null){
-            log.log(0, "Error parsing the headers");
-        }else{
-            for (Map.Entry<String, String> entry : map.entrySet()) {
-                String key = entry.getKey();
-                String value = entry.getValue();
-
-                request.setHeader(key, value);
+    static String headerValueToString(Object value) {
+        if (value instanceof Double) {
+            double d = (Double) value;
+            if (!Double.isInfinite(d) && !Double.isNaN(d) && d == Math.floor(d)
+                    && d >= Long.MIN_VALUE && d <= Long.MAX_VALUE) {
+                return Long.toString((long) d);
             }
         }
+        return String.valueOf(value);
     }
 
     static void propertyResolver(String pluginType, String property, Map<String,Object> Configuration, PluginStepContext context, String SERVICE_PROVIDER_NAME) {

src/test/java/edu/ohio/ais/rundeck/HttpBuilderTest.java

@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 package edu.ohio.ais.rundeck;
 
+import com.dtolabs.rundeck.plugins.PluginLogger;
+import org.apache.http.client.methods.RequestBuilder;
+import org.junit.Before;
 import org.junit.Test;
 
 import java.util.HashMap;
@@ -8,9 +11,21 @@
 import static edu.ohio.ais.rundeck.HttpBuilder.*;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertNull;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.mock;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.verify;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.verifyZeroInteractions;
 
 public class HttpBuilderTest {
 
+    private HttpBuilder builder;
+    private RequestBuilder request;
+
+    @Before
+    public void setUp() {
+        builder = new HttpBuilder();
+        request = mock(RequestBuilder.class);
+    }
+
     @Test
     public void testGetStringOption() {
         Map<String, Object> options = new HashMap<>();
@@ -75,4 +90,84 @@ public void testGetBooleanOption() {
         assertEquals("Expected the value associated with the key", Boolean.FALSE, result);
     }
 
+    // RUN-2569 / upstream issue #32: HttpBuilder.setHeaders previously threw
+    // ClassCastException when YAML or JSON header values parsed as non-String
+    // scalars (e.g. `Content-Length: 0`). These tests pin the fixed behavior.
+
+    @Test
+    public void setHeaders_yamlIntegerValue_setsStringifiedValue() {
+        builder.setHeaders("Content-Length: 0", request);
+        verify(request).setHeader("Content-Length", "0");
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void setHeaders_jsonIntegerValue_setsStringifiedValue() {
+        builder.setHeaders("{\"Content-Length\":0}", request);
+        verify(request).setHeader("Content-Length", "0");
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void setHeaders_yamlStringValue_setsValueUnchanged() {
+        builder.setHeaders("Authorization: Bearer abc", request);
+        verify(request).setHeader("Authorization", "Bearer abc");
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void setHeaders_jsonStringValue_setsValueUnchanged() {
+        builder.setHeaders("{\"X-Custom\":\"foo\"}", request);
+        verify(request).setHeader("X-Custom", "foo");
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void setHeaders_yamlMixedStringAndNumeric_setsBothCorrectly() {
+        builder.setHeaders("Content-Length: 0\nX-Custom: foo", request);
+        verify(request).setHeader("Content-Length", "0");
+        verify(request).setHeader("X-Custom", "foo");
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void setHeaders_yamlBooleanValue_setsStringifiedValue() {
+        builder.setHeaders("X-Debug: true", request);
+        verify(request).setHeader("X-Debug", "true");
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void setHeaders_yamlListValue_setsStringifiedValueWithoutThrowing() {
+        // Non-scalar values no longer throw ClassCastException; they are
+        // coerced to their default toString() representation. This is a
+        // deliberate behavior change relative to the pre-fix code, which
+        // crashed on any non-String value.
+        builder.setHeaders("Accept: [a, b]", request);
+        verify(request).setHeader("Accept", "[a, b]");
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void setHeaders_unparseableInput_logsAndDoesNotThrow() {
+        PluginLogger log = mock(PluginLogger.class);
+        builder.setLog(log);
+        // A bareword is neither valid JSON nor a YAML map; both parsers
+        // either throw or return a non-Map value, so setHeaders must log
+        // the parse error and skip touching the request.
+        builder.setHeaders("not a map", request);
+        verify(log).log(0, "Error parsing the headers");
+        verifyZeroInteractions(request);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void headerValueToString_wholeNumberDouble_emitsIntegerString() {
+        // Gson parses all JSON numbers as Double by default; ensure that a
+        // whole-number Double like 0.0 is emitted as "0" rather than "0.0"
+        // so headers like Content-Length stay valid for strict HTTP servers.
+        assertEquals("0", headerValueToString(0.0));
+        assertEquals("1024", headerValueToString(1024.0));
+        assertEquals("-1", headerValueToString(-1.0));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void headerValueToString_fractionalDouble_emitsDecimalString() {
+        // Genuinely fractional Doubles must keep their decimal form rather
+        // than being silently truncated to a long.
+        assertEquals("1.5", headerValueToString(1.5));
+    }
+
 }