alluxio.security

Class LoginUser

java.lang.Object

alluxio.security.LoginUser

@ThreadSafe
public final class LoginUser
extends Object

A Singleton of LoginUser, which is an instance of User. It represents the user of Alluxio client, when connecting to Alluxio service. The implementation of getting a login user supports Windows, Unix, and Kerberos login modules. This singleton uses lazy initialization.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static User	get() Gets current singleton login user.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Method Detail

get

public static User get()
                throws UnauthenticatedException

Gets current singleton login user. This method is called to identify the singleton user who runs Alluxio client. When Alluxio client gets a user by this method and connects to Alluxio service, this user represents the client and is maintained in service.

Returns:

the login user

Throws:

UnauthenticatedException