## org.apache.hadoop.security.authentication.client
Class PseudoAuthenticator

    java.lang.Object
      org.apache.hadoop.security.authentication.client.PseudoAuthenticator

All Implemented Interfaces:
  Authenticator

    public class PseudoAuthenticator

extends Object
implements Authenticator

The `PseudoAuthenticator` implementation provides an authentication equivalent to Hadoop's Simple authentication, it trusts the value of the 'user.name' Java System property.

The 'user.name' value is propagated using an additional query string parameter `USER_NAME` ('user.name').

Field Summary
`static String` `USER_NAME` Name of the additional parameter that carries the 'user.name' value.

Constructor Summary
`PseudoAuthenticator()`

Method Summary
`void` `authenticate(URL url, AuthenticatedURL.Token token)` Performs simple authentication against the specified URL.
`protected String` `getUserName()` Returns the current user name.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
`clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait`

Field Detail

### USER_NAME

    public static final String USER_NAME

  Name of the additional parameter that carries the 'user.name' value.

  See Also:
    Constant Field Values

Constructor Detail

### PseudoAuthenticator

    public PseudoAuthenticator()

Method Detail

### authenticate

    public void authenticate(URL url,
                             AuthenticatedURL.Token token)
                      throws IOException,
                             AuthenticationException

  Performs simple authentication against the specified URL.

  If a token is given it does a NOP and returns the given token.

  If no token is given, it will perform an HTTP `OPTIONS` request injecting an additional parameter `USER_NAME` in the query string with the value returned by the `getUserName()` method.

  If the response is successful it will update the authentication token.

  Specified by:
    `authenticate` in interface `Authenticator`
  Parameters:
    `url` - the URl to authenticate against.
    `token` - the authencation token being used for the user.
  Throws:
    `IOException` - if an IO error occurred.
    `AuthenticationException` - if an authentication error occurred.

### getUserName

    protected String getUserName()

  Returns the current user name.

  This implementation returns the value of the Java system property 'user.name'

  Returns:
    the current user name.

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