[HIVE-14796] MetastoreEventListener - OnGrant() and OnRevoke() Events required for capturing the event on grant and revoke operation on the table in hive.

• Type: New Feature
• Status: Open
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Unresolved
• Affects Version/s: 1.2.1
• Component/s: Authorization

Environment

RHEL6 and RHEL7

• Assignee: Sailaja Navvluru
• Reporter: Rahul Dhote
• Created: 20/Sep/16 08:32
• Updated: 02/May/17 16:52

Description

During granting and revoking privileges on the table, OnGrant and OnRevoke method is required inside the MetastoreEventListener for capturing the events.
It would be useful for doing certain operation on this basic authorization events.

Ex:

/**

• @param OnGrantEvent grant event
• @throws MetaException
  */
  public void onGrant(GrantEvent grantEvent) throws MetaException {
  }

/**

• @param OnRevoke revoke event
• @throws MetaException
  */
  public void onRevoke(RevokeEvent revokeEvent) throws MetaException {
  }