org.apache.cassandra.auth

Class AuthenticatedUser

java.lang.Object

org.apache.cassandra.auth.AuthenticatedUser

public class AuthenticatedUser
extends java.lang.Object

Returned from IAuthenticator#authenticate(), represents an authenticated user everywhere internally. Holds the name of the user and the roles that have been granted to the user. The roles will be cached for roles_validity_in_ms.

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field and Description
static AuthenticatedUser	ANONYMOUS_USER
static java.lang.String	ANONYMOUS_USERNAME
static AuthenticatedUser	SYSTEM_USER
static java.lang.String	SYSTEM_USERNAME

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
AuthenticatedUser(java.lang.String name)

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
boolean	equals(java.lang.Object o)
java.lang.String	getName()
java.util.Set<Permission>	getPermissions(IResource resource)
RoleResource	getPrimaryRole()
java.util.Set<RoleResource>	getRoles() Get the roles that have been granted to the user via the IRoleManager
int	hashCode()
boolean	isAnonymous() If IAuthenticator doesn't require authentication, this method may return true.
boolean	isSuper() Checks the user's superuser status.
boolean	isSystem() Some internal operations are performed on behalf of Cassandra itself, in those cases the system user should be used where an identity is required see CreateRoleStatement#execute() and overrides of SchemaAlteringStatement#grantPermissionsToCreator()
java.lang.String	toString()

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, finalize, getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

SYSTEM_USERNAME

public static final java.lang.String SYSTEM_USERNAME

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Constant Field Values

SYSTEM_USER

public static final AuthenticatedUser SYSTEM_USER

ANONYMOUS_USERNAME

public static final java.lang.String ANONYMOUS_USERNAME

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Constant Field Values

ANONYMOUS_USER

public static final AuthenticatedUser ANONYMOUS_USER

Constructor Detail

AuthenticatedUser

public AuthenticatedUser(java.lang.String name)

Method Detail

getName

public java.lang.String getName()

getPrimaryRole

public RoleResource getPrimaryRole()

isSuper

public boolean isSuper()

Checks the user's superuser status. Only a superuser is allowed to perform CREATE USER and DROP USER queries. Im most cased, though not necessarily, a superuser will have Permission.ALL on every resource (depends on IAuthorizer implementation).

isAnonymous

public boolean isAnonymous()

If IAuthenticator doesn't require authentication, this method may return true.

isSystem

public boolean isSystem()

Some internal operations are performed on behalf of Cassandra itself, in those cases the system user should be used where an identity is required see CreateRoleStatement#execute() and overrides of SchemaAlteringStatement#grantPermissionsToCreator()

getRoles

public java.util.Set<RoleResource> getRoles()

Get the roles that have been granted to the user via the IRoleManager

Returns:

a list of roles that have been granted to the user

getPermissions

public java.util.Set<Permission> getPermissions(IResource resource)

toString

public java.lang.String toString()

Overrides:

toString in class java.lang.Object

equals

public boolean equals(java.lang.Object o)

Overrides:

equals in class java.lang.Object

hashCode

public int hashCode()

Overrides:

hashCode in class java.lang.Object