hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/security/alias/CredentialProvider.java

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package org.apache.hadoop.security.alias;

import java.io.IOException;
import java.util.List;

import org.apache.hadoop.classification.InterfaceAudience;
import org.apache.hadoop.classification.InterfaceStability;

/**
 * A provider of credentials or password for Hadoop applications. Provides an
 * abstraction to separate credential storage from users of them. It
 * is intended to support getting or storing passwords in a variety of ways,
 * including third party bindings.
 */
@InterfaceAudience.Public
@InterfaceStability.Unstable
public abstract class CredentialProvider {
  public static final String CLEAR_TEXT_FALLBACK 
    = "hadoop.security.credential.clear-text-fallback";

  /**
   * The combination of both the alias and the actual credential value.
   */
  public static class CredentialEntry {
    private final String alias;
    private final char[] credential;

    protected CredentialEntry(String alias,
                         char[] credential) {
      this.alias = alias;
      this.credential = credential;
    }

    public String getAlias() {
      return alias;
    }

    public char[] getCredential() {
      return credential;
    }

    public String toString() {
      StringBuilder buf = new StringBuilder();
      buf.append("alias(");
      buf.append(alias);
      buf.append(")=");
      if (credential == null) {
        buf.append("null");
      } else {
        for(char c: credential) {
          buf.append(c);
        }
      }
      return buf.toString();
    }
  }

  /**
   * Indicates whether this provider represents a store
   * that is intended for transient use - such as the UserProvider
   * is. These providers are generally used to provide job access to
   * passwords rather than for long term storage.
   * @return true if transient, false otherwise
   */
  public boolean isTransient() {
    return false;
  }

  /**
   * Ensures that any changes to the credentials are written to persistent store.
   * @throws IOException
   */
  public abstract void flush() throws IOException;

  /**
   * Get the credential entry for a specific alias.
   * @param alias the name of a specific credential
   * @return the credentialEntry
   * @throws IOException
   */
  public abstract CredentialEntry getCredentialEntry(String alias) 
      throws IOException;

  /**
   * Get the aliases for all credentials.
   * @return the list of alias names
   * @throws IOException
   */
  public abstract List<String> getAliases() throws IOException;

  /**
   * Create a new credential. The given alias must not already exist.
   * @param name the alias of the credential
   * @param credential the credential value for the alias.
   * @throws IOException
   */
  public abstract CredentialEntry createCredentialEntry(String name, 
      char[] credential) throws IOException;

  /**
   * Delete the given credential.
   * @param name the alias of the credential to delete
   * @throws IOException
   */
  public abstract void deleteCredentialEntry(String name) throws IOException;
}