Package org.apache.hadoop.security.token

Class TokenIdentifier

java.lang.Object

org.apache.hadoop.security.token.TokenIdentifier

All Implemented Interfaces:

Writable

Direct Known Subclasses:

AbstractDelegationTokenIdentifier

@Public
@Evolving
public abstract class TokenIdentifier
extends java.lang.Object
implements Writable

An identifier that identifies a token, may contain public information about a token, including its kind (or type).

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
TokenIdentifier()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
byte[]	getBytes()	Get the bytes for the token identifier
abstract Text	getKind()	Get the token kind
java.lang.String	getTrackingId()	Returns a tracking identifier that can be used to associate usages of a token across multiple client sessions.
abstract UserGroupInformation	getUser()	Get the Ugi with the username encoded in the token identifier

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Methods inherited from interface org.apache.hadoop.io.Writable

readFields, write

Constructor Detail

TokenIdentifier

public TokenIdentifier()

Method Detail

getKind

public abstract Text getKind()

Get the token kind

Returns:

the kind of the token

getUser

public abstract UserGroupInformation getUser()

Get the Ugi with the username encoded in the token identifier

Returns:

the username. null is returned if username in the identifier is empty or null.

getBytes

public byte[] getBytes()

Get the bytes for the token identifier

Returns:

the bytes of the identifier

getTrackingId

public java.lang.String getTrackingId()

Returns a tracking identifier that can be used to associate usages of a token across multiple client sessions. Currently, this function just returns an MD5 of {getBytes().

Returns:

tracking identifier