GroupsService.java

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package org.apache.falcon.service;

import org.apache.hadoop.conf.Configuration;
import org.apache.hadoop.security.Groups;

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

/**
 * The GroupsService class delegates to the Hadoop's <code>org.apache.hadoop.security.Groups</code>
 * to retrieve the groups a user belongs to.
 */
public class GroupsService implements FalconService {
    private org.apache.hadoop.security.Groups hGroups;

    public static final String SERVICE_NAME = GroupsService.class.getSimpleName();

    /**
     * Initializes the service.
     */
    @Override
    public void init() {
        hGroups = new Groups(new Configuration(true));
    }

    /**
     * Destroys the service.
     */
    @Override
    public void destroy() {
    }

    @Override
    public String getName() {
        return SERVICE_NAME;
    }

    /**
     * Returns the list of groups a user belongs to.
     *
     * @param user user name.
     * @return the groups the given user belongs to.
     * @throws java.io.IOException thrown if there was an error retrieving the groups of the user.
     */
    public List<String> getGroups(String user) throws IOException {
        return hGroups.getGroups(user);
    }

}