tachyon.security

Class LoginUser

java.lang.Object

tachyon.security.LoginUser

public final class LoginUser
extends Object

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

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static User	get(TachyonConf conf) 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(TachyonConf conf)
                throws IOException

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

Parameters:

conf - Tachyon configuration

Returns:

the login user

Throws:

IOException - if login fails