d8tltanc commented on a change in pull request #9485: URL: https://github.com/apache/kafka/pull/9485#discussion_r545577772
########## File path: clients/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/server/authorizer/Authorizer.java ########## @@ -139,4 +152,133 @@ * @return Iterator for ACL bindings, which may be populated lazily. */ Iterable<AclBinding> acls(AclBindingFilter filter); + + /** + * Check if the caller is authorized to perform the given ACL operation on at least one + * resource of the given type. + * + * It is important to override this interface default in implementations because + * 1. The interface default iterates all AclBindings multiple times, without any indexing, + * which is a CPU intense work. + * 2. The interface default rebuild several sets of strings, which is a memory intense work. + * 3. The interface default cannot perform the audit logging properly + * + * @param requestContext Request context including request resourceType, security protocol, and listener name + * @param op The ACL operation to check + * @param resourceType The resource type to check + * @return Return {@link AuthorizationResult#ALLOWED} if the caller is authorized to perform the + * given ACL operation on at least one resource of the given type. + * Return {@link AuthorizationResult#DENIED} otherwise. + */ + default AuthorizationResult authorizeByResourceType(AuthorizableRequestContext requestContext, AclOperation op, ResourceType resourceType) { + SecurityUtils.authorizeByResourceTypeCheckArgs(op, resourceType); + + if (authorize(requestContext, Collections.singletonList(new Action( Review comment: // Check a hard-coded name to ensure that super users are granted // access regardless of DENY ACLs. ---------------------------------------------------------------- This is an automated message from the Apache Git Service. To respond to the message, please log on to GitHub and use the URL above to go to the specific comment. For queries about this service, please contact Infrastructure at: us...@infra.apache.org