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Posted to commits@sentry.apache.org by sp...@apache.org on 2018/05/31 03:32:41 UTC

[63/86] sentry git commit: SENTRY-2208: Refactor out Sentry service into own module from sentry-provider-db (Anthony Young-Garner, reviewed by Sergio Pena, Steve Moist, Na Li)

http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/sentry/blob/7db84b2f/sentry-service/sentry-service-server/src/main/java/org/apache/sentry/api/service/thrift/SentryPolicyStoreProcessor.java
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+
+package org.apache.sentry.api.service.thrift;
+
+import java.lang.reflect.Constructor;
+import java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException;
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.HashSet;
+import java.util.LinkedList;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.Set;
+import java.util.concurrent.TimeoutException;
+import java.util.regex.Pattern;
+
+import org.apache.commons.lang.StringUtils;
+import org.apache.hadoop.conf.Configuration;
+import org.apache.sentry.api.common.ThriftConstants;
+import org.apache.sentry.core.common.exception.SentryUserException;
+import org.apache.sentry.core.common.exception.SentrySiteConfigurationException;
+import org.apache.sentry.core.model.db.AccessConstants;
+import org.apache.sentry.provider.common.GroupMappingService;
+import org.apache.sentry.core.common.utils.PolicyFileConstants;
+import org.apache.sentry.core.common.exception.SentryGroupNotFoundException;
+import org.apache.sentry.core.common.exception.SentryAccessDeniedException;
+import org.apache.sentry.core.common.exception.SentryAlreadyExistsException;
+import org.apache.sentry.core.common.exception.SentryInvalidInputException;
+import org.apache.sentry.core.common.exception.SentryNoSuchObjectException;
+import org.apache.sentry.provider.db.SentryPolicyStorePlugin;
+import org.apache.sentry.provider.db.SentryPolicyStorePlugin.SentryPluginException;
+import org.apache.sentry.core.common.exception.SentryThriftAPIMismatchException;
+import org.apache.sentry.provider.db.log.entity.JsonLogEntity;
+import org.apache.sentry.provider.db.log.entity.JsonLogEntityFactory;
+import org.apache.sentry.provider.db.log.util.Constants;
+import org.apache.sentry.provider.db.service.persistent.SentryStore;
+import org.apache.sentry.core.common.utils.PolicyStoreConstants.PolicyStoreServerConfig;
+import org.apache.sentry.api.service.thrift.validator.GrantPrivilegeRequestValidator;
+import org.apache.sentry.api.service.thrift.validator.RevokePrivilegeRequestValidator;
+import org.apache.sentry.api.common.SentryServiceUtil;
+import org.apache.sentry.service.common.ServiceConstants.ConfUtilties;
+import org.apache.sentry.service.common.ServiceConstants.SentryEntityType;
+import org.apache.sentry.service.common.ServiceConstants.ServerConfig;
+import org.apache.sentry.api.common.Status;
+import org.apache.sentry.service.thrift.TSentryResponseStatus;
+import org.apache.thrift.TException;
+import org.apache.log4j.Logger;
+
+import com.codahale.metrics.Timer;
+import static com.codahale.metrics.MetricRegistry.name;
+
+import com.google.common.annotations.VisibleForTesting;
+import com.google.common.base.Preconditions;
+import com.google.common.base.Splitter;
+import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableSet;
+import com.google.common.collect.Lists;
+import com.google.common.collect.Maps;
+import com.google.common.collect.Sets;
+
+import static org.apache.sentry.hdfs.Updateable.Update;
+
+@SuppressWarnings("unused")
+public class SentryPolicyStoreProcessor implements SentryPolicyService.Iface {
+  private static final Logger LOGGER = Logger.getLogger(SentryPolicyStoreProcessor.class);
+  private static final Logger AUDIT_LOGGER = Logger.getLogger(Constants.AUDIT_LOGGER_NAME);
+
+  private final String name;
+  private final Configuration conf;
+  private final SentryStore sentryStore;
+  private final NotificationHandlerInvoker notificationHandlerInvoker;
+  private final ImmutableSet<String> adminGroups;
+  private SentryMetrics sentryMetrics;
+  private final Timer hmsWaitTimer =
+          SentryMetrics.getInstance().
+                  getTimer(name(SentryPolicyStoreProcessor.class, "hms", "wait"));
+
+  private List<SentryPolicyStorePlugin> sentryPlugins = new LinkedList<SentryPolicyStorePlugin>();
+
+  SentryPolicyStoreProcessor(String name,
+        Configuration conf, SentryStore store) throws Exception {
+    super();
+    this.name = name;
+    this.conf = conf;
+    this.sentryStore = store;
+    this.notificationHandlerInvoker = new NotificationHandlerInvoker(conf,
+        createHandlers(conf));
+    adminGroups = ImmutableSet.copyOf(toTrimedLower(Sets.newHashSet(conf.getStrings(
+        ServerConfig.ADMIN_GROUPS, new String[]{}))));
+    Iterable<String> pluginClasses = ConfUtilties.CLASS_SPLITTER
+        .split(conf.get(ServerConfig.SENTRY_POLICY_STORE_PLUGINS,
+            ServerConfig.SENTRY_POLICY_STORE_PLUGINS_DEFAULT).trim());
+    for (String pluginClassStr : pluginClasses) {
+      Class<?> clazz = conf.getClassByName(pluginClassStr);
+      if (!SentryPolicyStorePlugin.class.isAssignableFrom(clazz)) {
+        throw new IllegalArgumentException("Sentry Plugin ["
+            + pluginClassStr + "] is not a "
+            + SentryPolicyStorePlugin.class.getName());
+      }
+      SentryPolicyStorePlugin plugin = (SentryPolicyStorePlugin)clazz.newInstance();
+      plugin.initialize(conf, sentryStore);
+      sentryPlugins.add(plugin);
+    }
+    initMetrics();
+  }
+
+  private void initMetrics() {
+    sentryMetrics = SentryMetrics.getInstance();
+    sentryMetrics.addSentryStoreGauges(sentryStore);
+    sentryMetrics.initReporting(conf);
+  }
+
+  public void stop() {
+    sentryStore.stop();
+  }
+
+  public void registerPlugin(SentryPolicyStorePlugin plugin) throws SentryPluginException {
+    plugin.initialize(conf, sentryStore);
+    sentryPlugins.add(plugin);
+  }
+
+  @VisibleForTesting
+  static List<NotificationHandler> createHandlers(Configuration conf)
+  throws SentrySiteConfigurationException {
+    List<NotificationHandler> handlers = Lists.newArrayList();
+    Iterable<String> notificationHandlers = Splitter.onPattern("[\\s,]").trimResults()
+                                            .omitEmptyStrings().split(conf.get(PolicyStoreServerConfig.NOTIFICATION_HANDLERS, ""));
+    for (String notificationHandler : notificationHandlers) {
+      Class<?> clazz = null;
+      try {
+        clazz = Class.forName(notificationHandler);
+        if (!NotificationHandler.class.isAssignableFrom(clazz)) {
+          throw new SentrySiteConfigurationException("Class " + notificationHandler + " is not a " +
+                                                 NotificationHandler.class.getName());
+        }
+      } catch (ClassNotFoundException e) {
+        throw new SentrySiteConfigurationException("Value " + notificationHandler +
+                                               " is not a class", e);
+      }
+      Preconditions.checkNotNull(clazz, "Error class cannot be null");
+      try {
+        Constructor<?> constructor = clazz.getConstructor(Configuration.class);
+        handlers.add((NotificationHandler)constructor.newInstance(conf));
+      } catch (Exception e) {
+        throw new SentrySiteConfigurationException("Error attempting to create " + notificationHandler, e);
+      }
+    }
+    return handlers;
+  }
+
+  @VisibleForTesting
+  public Configuration getSentryStoreConf() {
+    return conf;
+  }
+
+  private static Set<String> toTrimedLower(Set<String> s) {
+    Set<String> result = Sets.newHashSet();
+    for (String v : s) {
+      result.add(v.trim().toLowerCase());
+    }
+    return result;
+  }
+
+  private boolean inAdminGroups(Set<String> requestorGroups) {
+    Set<String> trimmedRequestorGroups = toTrimedLower(requestorGroups);
+    return !Sets.intersection(adminGroups, trimmedRequestorGroups).isEmpty();
+  }
+  
+  private void authorize(String requestorUser, Set<String> requestorGroups)
+  throws SentryAccessDeniedException {
+    if (!inAdminGroups(requestorGroups)) {
+      String msg = "User: " + requestorUser + " is part of " + requestorGroups +
+          " which does not, intersect admin groups " + adminGroups;
+      LOGGER.warn(msg);
+      throw new SentryAccessDeniedException("Access denied to " + requestorUser);
+    }
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public TCreateSentryRoleResponse create_sentry_role(
+    TCreateSentryRoleRequest request) throws TException {
+    final Timer.Context timerContext = sentryMetrics.createRoleTimer.time();
+    TCreateSentryRoleResponse response = new TCreateSentryRoleResponse();
+    try {
+      validateClientVersion(request.getProtocol_version());
+      authorize(request.getRequestorUserName(),
+          getRequestorGroups(request.getRequestorUserName()));
+      sentryStore.createSentryRole(request.getRoleName());
+      response.setStatus(Status.OK());
+      notificationHandlerInvoker.create_sentry_role(request, response);
+    } catch (SentryAlreadyExistsException e) {
+      String msg = "Role: " + request + " already exists.";
+      LOGGER.error(msg, e);
+      response.setStatus(Status.AlreadyExists(e.getMessage(), e));
+    } catch (SentryAccessDeniedException e) {
+      LOGGER.error(e.getMessage(), e);
+      response.setStatus(Status.AccessDenied(e.getMessage(), e));
+    } catch (SentryGroupNotFoundException e) {
+      LOGGER.error(e.getMessage(), e);
+      response.setStatus(Status.AccessDenied(e.getMessage(), e));
+    } catch (SentryThriftAPIMismatchException e) {
+      LOGGER.error(e.getMessage(), e);
+      response.setStatus(Status.THRIFT_VERSION_MISMATCH(e.getMessage(), e));
+    } catch (Exception e) {
+      String msg = "Unknown error for request: " + request + ", message: " + e.getMessage();
+      LOGGER.error(msg, e);
+      response.setStatus(Status.RuntimeError(msg, e));
+    } finally {
+      timerContext.stop();
+    }
+
+    try {
+      AUDIT_LOGGER.info(JsonLogEntityFactory.getInstance()
+          .createJsonLogEntity(request, response, conf).toJsonFormatLog());
+    } catch (Exception e) {
+      // if any exception, log the exception.
+      String msg = "Error creating audit log for create role: " + e.getMessage();
+      LOGGER.error(msg, e);
+    }
+    return response;
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public TAlterSentryRoleGrantPrivilegeResponse alter_sentry_role_grant_privilege
+  (TAlterSentryRoleGrantPrivilegeRequest request) throws TException {
+    final Timer.Context timerContext = sentryMetrics.grantTimer.time();
+    TAlterSentryRoleGrantPrivilegeResponse response = new TAlterSentryRoleGrantPrivilegeResponse();
+    try {
+      validateClientVersion(request.getProtocol_version());
+      // There should only one field be set
+      if ( !(request.isSetPrivileges()^request.isSetPrivilege()) ) {
+        throw new SentryUserException("SENTRY API version is not right!");
+      }
+      // Maintain compatibility for old API: Set privilege field to privileges field
+      if (request.isSetPrivilege()) {
+        request.setPrivileges(Sets.newHashSet(request.getPrivilege()));
+      }
+      // TODO: now only has SentryPlugin. Once add more SentryPolicyStorePlugins,
+      // TODO: need to differentiate the updates for different Plugins.
+      Preconditions.checkState(sentryPlugins.size() <= 1);
+      Map<TSentryPrivilege, Update> privilegesUpdateMap = new HashMap<>();
+      for (SentryPolicyStorePlugin plugin : sentryPlugins) {
+        plugin.onAlterSentryRoleGrantPrivilege(request, privilegesUpdateMap);
+      }
+
+      if (!privilegesUpdateMap.isEmpty()) {
+        sentryStore.alterSentryRoleGrantPrivileges(request.getRequestorUserName(),
+            request.getRoleName(), request.getPrivileges(), privilegesUpdateMap);
+      } else {
+        sentryStore.alterSentryRoleGrantPrivileges(request.getRequestorUserName(),
+            request.getRoleName(), request.getPrivileges());
+      }
+      GrantPrivilegeRequestValidator.validate(request);
+      response.setStatus(Status.OK());
+      response.setPrivileges(request.getPrivileges());
+      // Maintain compatibility for old API: Set privilege field to response
+      if (response.isSetPrivileges() && response.getPrivileges().size() == 1) {
+        response.setPrivilege(response.getPrivileges().iterator().next());
+      }
+      notificationHandlerInvoker.alter_sentry_role_grant_privilege(request,
+              response);
+    } catch (SentryNoSuchObjectException e) {
+      String msg = "Role: " + request.getRoleName() + " doesn't exist";
+      LOGGER.error(msg, e);
+      response.setStatus(Status.NoSuchObject(msg, e));
+    } catch (SentryInvalidInputException e) {
+      LOGGER.error(e.getMessage(), e);
+      response.setStatus(Status.InvalidInput(e.getMessage(), e));
+    } catch (SentryAccessDeniedException e) {
+      LOGGER.error(e.getMessage(), e);
+      response.setStatus(Status.AccessDenied(e.getMessage(), e));
+    } catch (SentryGroupNotFoundException e) {
+      LOGGER.error(e.getMessage(), e);
+      response.setStatus(Status.AccessDenied(e.getMessage(), e));
+    } catch (SentryThriftAPIMismatchException e) {
+      LOGGER.error(e.getMessage(), e);
+      response.setStatus(Status.THRIFT_VERSION_MISMATCH(e.getMessage(), e));
+    } catch (Exception e) {
+      String msg = "Unknown error for request: " + request + ", message: " + e.getMessage();
+      LOGGER.error(msg, e);
+      response.setStatus(Status.RuntimeError(msg, e));
+    } finally {
+      timerContext.stop();
+    }
+
+    try {
+      Set<JsonLogEntity> jsonLogEntitys = JsonLogEntityFactory.getInstance().createJsonLogEntitys(
+          request, response, conf);
+      for (JsonLogEntity jsonLogEntity : jsonLogEntitys) {
+        AUDIT_LOGGER.info(jsonLogEntity.toJsonFormatLog());
+      }
+    } catch (Exception e) {
+      // if any exception, log the exception.
+      String msg = "Error creating audit log for grant privilege to role: " + e.getMessage();
+      LOGGER.error(msg, e);
+    }
+    return response;
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public TAlterSentryRoleRevokePrivilegeResponse alter_sentry_role_revoke_privilege
+  (TAlterSentryRoleRevokePrivilegeRequest request) throws TException {
+    final Timer.Context timerContext = sentryMetrics.revokeTimer.time();
+    TAlterSentryRoleRevokePrivilegeResponse response = new TAlterSentryRoleRevokePrivilegeResponse();
+    try {
+      validateClientVersion(request.getProtocol_version());
+      // There should only one field be set
+      if ( !(request.isSetPrivileges()^request.isSetPrivilege()) ) {
+        throw new SentryUserException("SENTRY API version is not right!");
+      }
+      // Maintain compatibility for old API: Set privilege field to privileges field
+      if (request.isSetPrivilege()) {
+        request.setPrivileges(Sets.newHashSet(request.getPrivilege()));
+      }
+
+      // TODO: now only has SentryPlugin. Once add more SentryPolicyStorePlugins,
+      // TODO: need to differentiate the updates for different Plugins.
+      Preconditions.checkState(sentryPlugins.size() <= 1);
+      Map<TSentryPrivilege, Update> privilegesUpdateMap = new HashMap<>();
+      for (SentryPolicyStorePlugin plugin : sentryPlugins) {
+        plugin.onAlterSentryRoleRevokePrivilege(request, privilegesUpdateMap);
+      }
+
+      if (!privilegesUpdateMap.isEmpty()) {
+        sentryStore.alterSentryRoleRevokePrivileges(request.getRequestorUserName(),
+            request.getRoleName(), request.getPrivileges(), privilegesUpdateMap);
+      } else {
+        sentryStore.alterSentryRoleRevokePrivileges(request.getRequestorUserName(),
+            request.getRoleName(), request.getPrivileges());
+      }
+      RevokePrivilegeRequestValidator.validate(request);
+      response.setStatus(Status.OK());
+      notificationHandlerInvoker.alter_sentry_role_revoke_privilege(request,
+              response);
+    } catch (SentryNoSuchObjectException e) {
+      StringBuilder msg = new StringBuilder();
+      if (request.getPrivileges().size() > 0) {
+        for (TSentryPrivilege privilege : request.getPrivileges()) {
+          msg.append("Privilege: [server=");
+          msg.append(privilege.getServerName());
+          msg.append(",db=");
+          msg.append(privilege.getDbName());
+          msg.append(",table=");
+          msg.append(privilege.getTableName());
+          msg.append(",URI=");
+          msg.append(privilege.getURI());
+          msg.append(",action=");
+          msg.append(privilege.getAction());
+          msg.append("] ");
+        }
+        msg.append("doesn't exist.");
+      }
+      LOGGER.error(msg.toString(), e);
+      response.setStatus(Status.NoSuchObject(msg.toString(), e));
+    } catch (SentryInvalidInputException e) {
+      LOGGER.error(e.getMessage(), e);
+      response.setStatus(Status.InvalidInput(e.getMessage(), e));
+    } catch (SentryAccessDeniedException e) {
+      LOGGER.error(e.getMessage(), e);
+      response.setStatus(Status.AccessDenied(e.getMessage(), e));
+    } catch (SentryGroupNotFoundException e) {
+      LOGGER.error(e.getMessage(), e);
+      response.setStatus(Status.AccessDenied(e.getMessage(), e));
+    } catch (SentryThriftAPIMismatchException e) {
+      LOGGER.error(e.getMessage(), e);
+      response.setStatus(Status.THRIFT_VERSION_MISMATCH(e.getMessage(), e));
+    } catch (Exception e) {
+      String msg = "Unknown error for request: " + request + ", message: " + e.getMessage();
+      LOGGER.error(msg, e);
+      response.setStatus(Status.RuntimeError(msg, e));
+    } finally {
+      timerContext.stop();
+    }
+
+    try {
+      Set<JsonLogEntity> jsonLogEntitys = JsonLogEntityFactory.getInstance().createJsonLogEntitys(
+          request, response, conf);
+      for (JsonLogEntity jsonLogEntity : jsonLogEntitys) {
+        AUDIT_LOGGER.info(jsonLogEntity.toJsonFormatLog());
+      }
+    } catch (Exception e) {
+      // if any exception, log the exception.
+      String msg = "Error creating audit log for revoke privilege from role: " + e.getMessage();
+      LOGGER.error(msg, e);
+    }
+    return response;
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public TDropSentryRoleResponse drop_sentry_role(
+    TDropSentryRoleRequest request)  throws TException {
+    final Timer.Context timerContext = sentryMetrics.dropRoleTimer.time();
+    TDropSentryRoleResponse response = new TDropSentryRoleResponse();
+    TSentryResponseStatus status;
+    try {
+      validateClientVersion(request.getProtocol_version());
+      authorize(request.getRequestorUserName(),
+          getRequestorGroups(request.getRequestorUserName()));
+
+      // TODO: now only has SentryPlugin. Once add more SentryPolicyStorePlugins,
+      // TODO: need to differentiate the updates for different Plugins.
+      Preconditions.checkState(sentryPlugins.size() <= 1);
+      Update update = null;
+      for (SentryPolicyStorePlugin plugin : sentryPlugins) {
+        update = plugin.onDropSentryRole(request);
+      }
+
+      if (update != null) {
+        sentryStore.dropSentryRole(request.getRoleName(), update);
+      } else {
+        sentryStore.dropSentryRole(request.getRoleName());
+      }
+      response.setStatus(Status.OK());
+      notificationHandlerInvoker.drop_sentry_role(request, response);
+    } catch (SentryNoSuchObjectException e) {
+      String msg = "Role :" + request + " doesn't exist";
+      LOGGER.error(msg, e);
+      response.setStatus(Status.NoSuchObject(msg, e));
+    } catch (SentryAccessDeniedException e) {
+      LOGGER.error(e.getMessage(), e);
+      response.setStatus(Status.AccessDenied(e.getMessage(), e));
+    } catch (SentryGroupNotFoundException e) {
+      LOGGER.error(e.getMessage(), e);
+      response.setStatus(Status.AccessDenied(e.getMessage(), e));
+    } catch (SentryThriftAPIMismatchException e) {
+      LOGGER.error(e.getMessage(), e);
+      response.setStatus(Status.THRIFT_VERSION_MISMATCH(e.getMessage(), e));
+    } catch (Exception e) {
+      String msg = "Unknown error for request: " + request + ", message: " + e.getMessage();
+      LOGGER.error(msg, e);
+      response.setStatus(Status.RuntimeError(msg, e));
+    } finally {
+      timerContext.stop();
+    }
+
+    try {
+      AUDIT_LOGGER.info(JsonLogEntityFactory.getInstance()
+          .createJsonLogEntity(request, response, conf).toJsonFormatLog());
+    } catch (Exception e) {
+      // if any exception, log the exception.
+      String msg = "Error creating audit log for drop role: " + e.getMessage();
+      LOGGER.error(msg, e);
+    }
+    return response;
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public TAlterSentryRoleAddGroupsResponse alter_sentry_role_add_groups(
+    TAlterSentryRoleAddGroupsRequest request) throws TException {
+    final Timer.Context timerContext = sentryMetrics.grantRoleTimer.time();
+    TAlterSentryRoleAddGroupsResponse response = new TAlterSentryRoleAddGroupsResponse();
+    try {
+      validateClientVersion(request.getProtocol_version());
+      authorize(request.getRequestorUserName(),
+          getRequestorGroups(request.getRequestorUserName()));
+
+      // TODO: now only has SentryPlugin. Once add more SentryPolicyStorePlugins,
+      // TODO: need to differentiate the updates for different Plugins.
+      Preconditions.checkState(sentryPlugins.size() <= 1);
+      Update update = null;
+      for (SentryPolicyStorePlugin plugin : sentryPlugins) {
+        update = plugin.onAlterSentryRoleAddGroups(request);
+      }
+      if (update != null) {
+        sentryStore.alterSentryRoleAddGroups(request.getRequestorUserName(),
+            request.getRoleName(), request.getGroups(), update);
+      } else {
+        sentryStore.alterSentryRoleAddGroups(request.getRequestorUserName(),
+            request.getRoleName(), request.getGroups());
+      }
+      response.setStatus(Status.OK());
+      notificationHandlerInvoker.alter_sentry_role_add_groups(request,
+          response);
+    } catch (SentryNoSuchObjectException e) {
+      String msg = "Role: " + request + " doesn't exist";
+      LOGGER.error(msg, e);
+      response.setStatus(Status.NoSuchObject(msg, e));
+    } catch (SentryAccessDeniedException e) {
+      LOGGER.error(e.getMessage(), e);
+      response.setStatus(Status.AccessDenied(e.getMessage(), e));
+    } catch (SentryGroupNotFoundException e) {
+      LOGGER.error(e.getMessage(), e);
+      response.setStatus(Status.AccessDenied(e.getMessage(), e));
+    } catch (SentryThriftAPIMismatchException e) {
+      LOGGER.error(e.getMessage(), e);
+      response.setStatus(Status.THRIFT_VERSION_MISMATCH(e.getMessage(), e));
+    } catch (Exception e) {
+      String msg = "Unknown error for request: " + request + ", message: " + e.getMessage();
+      LOGGER.error(msg, e);
+      response.setStatus(Status.RuntimeError(msg, e));
+    } finally {
+      timerContext.stop();
+    }
+
+    try {
+      AUDIT_LOGGER.info(JsonLogEntityFactory.getInstance()
+          .createJsonLogEntity(request, response, conf).toJsonFormatLog());
+    } catch (Exception e) {
+      // if any exception, log the exception.
+      String msg = "Error creating audit log for add role to group: " + e.getMessage();
+      LOGGER.error(msg, e);
+    }
+    return response;
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public TAlterSentryRoleAddUsersResponse alter_sentry_role_add_users(
+      TAlterSentryRoleAddUsersRequest request) throws TException {
+    final Timer.Context timerContext = sentryMetrics.grantRoleTimer.time();
+    TAlterSentryRoleAddUsersResponse response = new TAlterSentryRoleAddUsersResponse();
+    try {
+      validateClientVersion(request.getProtocol_version());
+      authorize(request.getRequestorUserName(), getRequestorGroups(request.getRequestorUserName()));
+      sentryStore.alterSentryRoleAddUsers(request.getRoleName(), request.getUsers());
+      response.setStatus(Status.OK());
+      notificationHandlerInvoker.alter_sentry_role_add_users(request, response);
+    } catch (SentryNoSuchObjectException e) {
+      String msg = "Role: " + request + " does not exist.";
+      LOGGER.error(msg, e);
+      response.setStatus(Status.NoSuchObject(msg, e));
+    } catch (SentryAccessDeniedException e) {
+      LOGGER.error(e.getMessage(), e);
+      response.setStatus(Status.AccessDenied(e.getMessage(), e));
+    } catch (SentryGroupNotFoundException e) {
+      LOGGER.error(e.getMessage(), e);
+      response.setStatus(Status.AccessDenied(e.getMessage(), e));
+    } catch (SentryThriftAPIMismatchException e) {
+      LOGGER.error(e.getMessage(), e);
+      response.setStatus(Status.THRIFT_VERSION_MISMATCH(e.getMessage(), e));
+    } catch (Exception e) {
+      String msg = "Unknown error for request: " + request + ", message: " + e.getMessage();
+      LOGGER.error(msg, e);
+      response.setStatus(Status.RuntimeError(msg, e));
+    } finally {
+      timerContext.stop();
+    }
+
+    try {
+      AUDIT_LOGGER.info(JsonLogEntityFactory.getInstance()
+          .createJsonLogEntity(request, response, conf).toJsonFormatLog());
+    } catch (Exception e) {
+      // if any exception, log the exception.
+      String msg = "Error creating audit log for add role to user: " + e.getMessage();
+      LOGGER.error(msg, e);
+    }
+    return response;
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public TAlterSentryRoleDeleteUsersResponse alter_sentry_role_delete_users(
+      TAlterSentryRoleDeleteUsersRequest request) throws TException {
+    final Timer.Context timerContext = sentryMetrics.grantRoleTimer.time();
+    TAlterSentryRoleDeleteUsersResponse response = new TAlterSentryRoleDeleteUsersResponse();
+    try {
+      validateClientVersion(request.getProtocol_version());
+      authorize(request.getRequestorUserName(), getRequestorGroups(request.getRequestorUserName()));
+      sentryStore.alterSentryRoleDeleteUsers(request.getRoleName(),
+              request.getUsers());
+      response.setStatus(Status.OK());
+      notificationHandlerInvoker.alter_sentry_role_delete_users(request, response);
+    } catch (SentryNoSuchObjectException e) {
+      String msg = "Role: " + request + " does not exist.";
+      LOGGER.error(msg, e);
+      response.setStatus(Status.NoSuchObject(msg, e));
+    } catch (SentryAccessDeniedException e) {
+      LOGGER.error(e.getMessage(), e);
+      response.setStatus(Status.AccessDenied(e.getMessage(), e));
+    } catch (SentryGroupNotFoundException e) {
+      LOGGER.error(e.getMessage(), e);
+      response.setStatus(Status.AccessDenied(e.getMessage(), e));
+    } catch (SentryThriftAPIMismatchException e) {
+      LOGGER.error(e.getMessage(), e);
+      response.setStatus(Status.THRIFT_VERSION_MISMATCH(e.getMessage(), e));
+    } catch (Exception e) {
+      String msg = "Unknown error for request: " + request + ", message: " + e.getMessage();
+      LOGGER.error(msg, e);
+      response.setStatus(Status.RuntimeError(msg, e));
+    } finally {
+      timerContext.stop();
+    }
+
+    try {
+      AUDIT_LOGGER.info(JsonLogEntityFactory.getInstance()
+          .createJsonLogEntity(request, response, conf).toJsonFormatLog());
+   } catch (Exception e) {
+      // if any exception, log the exception.
+      String msg = "Error creating audit log for delete role from user: " + e.getMessage();
+      LOGGER.error(msg, e);
+    }
+    return response;
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public TAlterSentryRoleDeleteGroupsResponse alter_sentry_role_delete_groups(
+    TAlterSentryRoleDeleteGroupsRequest request) throws TException {
+    final Timer.Context timerContext = sentryMetrics.revokeRoleTimer.time();
+    TAlterSentryRoleDeleteGroupsResponse response = new TAlterSentryRoleDeleteGroupsResponse();
+    try {
+      validateClientVersion(request.getProtocol_version());
+      authorize(request.getRequestorUserName(),
+          getRequestorGroups(request.getRequestorUserName()));
+
+      // TODO: now only has SentryPlugin. Once add more SentryPolicyStorePlugins,
+      // TODO: need to differentiate the updates for different Plugins.
+      Preconditions.checkState(sentryPlugins.size() <= 1);
+      Update update = null;
+      for (SentryPolicyStorePlugin plugin : sentryPlugins) {
+        update = plugin.onAlterSentryRoleDeleteGroups(request);
+      }
+
+      if (update != null) {
+        sentryStore.alterSentryRoleDeleteGroups(request.getRoleName(),
+          request.getGroups(), update);
+      } else {
+        sentryStore.alterSentryRoleDeleteGroups(request.getRoleName(),
+          request.getGroups());
+      }
+      response.setStatus(Status.OK());
+      notificationHandlerInvoker.alter_sentry_role_delete_groups(request,
+          response);
+    } catch (SentryNoSuchObjectException e) {
+      String msg = "Role: " + request + " does not exist.";
+      LOGGER.error(msg, e);
+      response.setStatus(Status.NoSuchObject(msg, e));
+    } catch (SentryAccessDeniedException e) {
+      LOGGER.error(e.getMessage(), e);
+      response.setStatus(Status.AccessDenied(e.getMessage(), e));
+    } catch (SentryGroupNotFoundException e) {
+      LOGGER.error(e.getMessage(), e);
+      response.setStatus(Status.AccessDenied(e.getMessage(), e));
+    } catch (SentryThriftAPIMismatchException e) {
+      LOGGER.error(e.getMessage(), e);
+      response.setStatus(Status.THRIFT_VERSION_MISMATCH(e.getMessage(), e));
+    } catch (Exception e) {
+      String msg = "Unknown error adding groups to role: " + request;
+      LOGGER.error(msg, e);
+      response.setStatus(Status.RuntimeError(msg, e));
+    } finally {
+      timerContext.stop();
+    }
+
+    try {
+      AUDIT_LOGGER.info(JsonLogEntityFactory.getInstance()
+          .createJsonLogEntity(request, response, conf).toJsonFormatLog());
+    } catch (Exception e) {
+      // if any exception, log the exception.
+      String msg = "Error creating audit log for delete role from group: " + e.getMessage();
+      LOGGER.error(msg, e);
+    }
+    return response;
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public TListSentryRolesResponse list_sentry_roles_by_group(
+    TListSentryRolesRequest request) throws TException {
+    final Timer.Context timerContext = sentryMetrics.listRolesByGroupTimer.time();
+    TListSentryRolesResponse response = new TListSentryRolesResponse();
+    TSentryResponseStatus status;
+    Set<TSentryRole> roleSet = new HashSet<TSentryRole>();
+    String subject = request.getRequestorUserName();
+    boolean checkAllGroups = false;
+    try {
+      validateClientVersion(request.getProtocol_version());
+      Set<String> groups = getRequestorGroups(subject);
+      // Don't check admin permissions for listing requestor's own roles
+      if (AccessConstants.ALL.equalsIgnoreCase(request.getGroupName())) {
+        checkAllGroups = true;
+      } else {
+        boolean admin = inAdminGroups(groups);
+        //Only admin users can list all roles in the system ( groupname = null)
+        //Non admin users are only allowed to list only groups which they belong to
+        if(!admin && (request.getGroupName() == null || !groups.contains(request.getGroupName()))) {
+          throw new SentryAccessDeniedException("Access denied to " + subject);
+        } else {
+          groups.clear();
+          groups.add(request.getGroupName());
+        }
+      }
+      roleSet = sentryStore.getTSentryRolesByGroupName(groups, checkAllGroups);
+      response.setRoles(roleSet);
+      response.setStatus(Status.OK());
+    } catch (SentryNoSuchObjectException e) {
+      response.setRoles(roleSet);
+      String msg = "Request: " + request + " couldn't be completed, message: " + e.getMessage();
+      LOGGER.error(msg, e);
+      response.setStatus(Status.NoSuchObject(msg, e));
+    } catch (SentryAccessDeniedException e) {
+      LOGGER.error(e.getMessage(), e);
+      response.setStatus(Status.AccessDenied(e.getMessage(), e));
+    } catch (SentryGroupNotFoundException e) {
+      LOGGER.error(e.getMessage(), e);
+      response.setStatus(Status.AccessDenied(e.getMessage(), e));
+    } catch (SentryThriftAPIMismatchException e) {
+      LOGGER.error(e.getMessage(), e);
+      response.setStatus(Status.THRIFT_VERSION_MISMATCH(e.getMessage(), e));
+    } catch (Exception e) {
+      String msg = "Unknown error for request: " + request + ", message: " + e.getMessage();
+      LOGGER.error(msg, e);
+      response.setStatus(Status.RuntimeError(msg, e));
+    } finally {
+      timerContext.stop();
+    }
+    return response;
+  }
+
+  public TListSentryRolesResponse list_sentry_roles_by_user(TListSentryRolesForUserRequest request)
+      throws TException {
+    final Timer.Context timerContext = sentryMetrics.listRolesByGroupTimer.time();
+    TListSentryRolesResponse response = new TListSentryRolesResponse();
+    TSentryResponseStatus status;
+    Set<TSentryRole> roleSet = new HashSet<TSentryRole>();
+    String requestor = request.getRequestorUserName();
+    String userName = request.getUserName();
+    boolean checkAllGroups = false;
+    try {
+      validateClientVersion(request.getProtocol_version());
+      // userName can't be empty
+      if (StringUtils.isEmpty(userName)) {
+        throw new SentryAccessDeniedException("The user name can't be empty.");
+      }
+
+      Set<String> requestorGroups;
+      try {
+        requestorGroups = getRequestorGroups(requestor);
+      } catch (SentryGroupNotFoundException e) {
+        LOGGER.error(e.getMessage(), e);
+        response.setStatus(Status.AccessDenied(e.getMessage(), e));
+        return response;
+      }
+
+      Set<String> userGroups;
+      try {
+        userGroups = getRequestorGroups(userName);
+      } catch (SentryGroupNotFoundException e) {
+        LOGGER.error(e.getMessage(), e);
+        String msg = "Groups for user " + userName + " do not exist: " + e.getMessage();
+        response.setStatus(Status.AccessDenied(msg, e));
+        return response;
+      }
+      boolean isAdmin = inAdminGroups(requestorGroups);
+
+      // Only admin users can list other user's roles in the system
+      // Non admin users are only allowed to list only their own roles related user and group
+      if (!isAdmin && !userName.equals(requestor)) {
+        throw new SentryAccessDeniedException("Access denied to list the roles for " + userName);
+      }
+      roleSet = sentryStore.getTSentryRolesByUserNames(Sets.newHashSet(userName));
+      response.setRoles(roleSet);
+      response.setStatus(Status.OK());
+    } catch (SentryNoSuchObjectException e) {
+      response.setRoles(roleSet);
+      String msg = "Role: " + request + " couldn't be retrieved.";
+      LOGGER.error(msg, e);
+      response.setStatus(Status.NoSuchObject(msg, e));
+    } catch (SentryAccessDeniedException e) {
+      LOGGER.error(e.getMessage(), e);
+      response.setStatus(Status.AccessDenied(e.getMessage(), e));
+    } catch (SentryThriftAPIMismatchException e) {
+      LOGGER.error(e.getMessage(), e);
+      response.setStatus(Status.THRIFT_VERSION_MISMATCH(e.getMessage(), e));
+    } catch (Exception e) {
+      String msg = "Unknown error for request: " + request + ", message: " + e.getMessage();
+      LOGGER.error(msg, e);
+      response.setStatus(Status.RuntimeError(msg, e));
+    } finally {
+      timerContext.stop();
+    }
+    return response;
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public TListSentryPrivilegesResponse list_sentry_privileges_by_role(
+      TListSentryPrivilegesRequest request) throws TException {
+    final Timer.Context timerContext = sentryMetrics.listPrivilegesByRoleTimer.time();
+    TListSentryPrivilegesResponse response = new TListSentryPrivilegesResponse();
+    TSentryResponseStatus status;
+    Set<TSentryPrivilege> privilegeSet = new HashSet<TSentryPrivilege>();
+    String subject = request.getRequestorUserName();
+    try {
+      validateClientVersion(request.getProtocol_version());
+      Set<String> groups = getRequestorGroups(subject);
+      Boolean admin = inAdminGroups(groups);
+      if(!admin) {
+        Set<String> roleNamesForGroups = toTrimedLower(sentryStore.getRoleNamesForGroups(groups));
+        if(!roleNamesForGroups.contains(request.getRoleName().trim().toLowerCase())) {
+          throw new SentryAccessDeniedException("Access denied to " + subject);
+        }
+      }
+      if (request.isSetAuthorizableHierarchy()) {
+        TSentryAuthorizable authorizableHierarchy = request.getAuthorizableHierarchy();
+        privilegeSet = sentryStore.getTSentryPrivileges(SentryEntityType.ROLE, Sets.newHashSet(request.getRoleName()), authorizableHierarchy);
+      } else {
+        privilegeSet = sentryStore.getAllTSentryPrivilegesByRoleName(request.getRoleName());
+      }
+      response.setPrivileges(privilegeSet);
+      response.setStatus(Status.OK());
+    } catch (SentryNoSuchObjectException e) {
+      response.setPrivileges(privilegeSet);
+      String msg = "Privilege: " + request + " couldn't be retrieved.";
+      LOGGER.error(msg, e);
+      response.setStatus(Status.NoSuchObject(msg, e));
+    } catch (SentryAccessDeniedException e) {
+      LOGGER.error(e.getMessage(), e);
+      response.setStatus(Status.AccessDenied(e.getMessage(), e));
+    } catch (SentryGroupNotFoundException e) {
+      LOGGER.error(e.getMessage(), e);
+      response.setStatus(Status.AccessDenied(e.getMessage(), e));
+    } catch (SentryThriftAPIMismatchException e) {
+      LOGGER.error(e.getMessage(), e);
+      response.setStatus(Status.THRIFT_VERSION_MISMATCH(e.getMessage(), e));
+    } catch (Exception e) {
+      String msg = "Unknown error for request: " + request + ", message: " + e.getMessage();
+      LOGGER.error(msg, e);
+      response.setStatus(Status.RuntimeError(msg, e));
+    } finally {
+      timerContext.stop();
+    }
+    return response;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * This method was created specifically for ProviderBackend.getPrivileges() and is not meant
+   * to be used for general privilege retrieval. More details in the .thrift file.
+   */
+  @Override
+  public TListSentryPrivilegesForProviderResponse list_sentry_privileges_for_provider(
+      TListSentryPrivilegesForProviderRequest request) throws TException {
+    final Timer.Context timerContext = sentryMetrics.listPrivilegesForProviderTimer.time();
+    TListSentryPrivilegesForProviderResponse response = new TListSentryPrivilegesForProviderResponse();
+    response.setPrivileges(new HashSet<String>());
+    try {
+      validateClientVersion(request.getProtocol_version());
+      Set<String> privilegesForProvider =
+          sentryStore.listSentryPrivilegesForProvider(request.getGroups(), request.getUsers(),
+              request.getRoleSet(), request.getAuthorizableHierarchy());
+      response.setPrivileges(privilegesForProvider);
+      if (privilegesForProvider == null
+          || privilegesForProvider.size() == 0
+          && request.getAuthorizableHierarchy() != null
+          && sentryStore.hasAnyServerPrivileges(request.getGroups(), request.getUsers(),
+              request.getRoleSet(), request.getAuthorizableHierarchy().getServer())) {
+
+        // REQUIRED for ensuring 'default' Db is accessible by any user
+        // with privileges to atleast 1 object with the specific server as root
+
+        // Need some way to specify that even though user has no privilege
+        // For the specific AuthorizableHierarchy.. he has privilege on
+        // atleast 1 object in the server hierarchy
+        HashSet<String> serverPriv = Sets.newHashSet("server=+");
+        response.setPrivileges(serverPriv);
+      }
+      response.setStatus(Status.OK());
+    } catch (SentryThriftAPIMismatchException e) {
+      LOGGER.error(e.getMessage(), e);
+      response.setStatus(Status.THRIFT_VERSION_MISMATCH(e.getMessage(), e));
+    } catch (Exception e) {
+      String msg = "Unknown error for request: " + request + ", message: " + e.getMessage();
+      LOGGER.error(msg, e);
+      response.setStatus(Status.RuntimeError(msg, e));
+    } finally {
+      timerContext.stop();
+    }
+    return response;
+  }
+
+  // retrieve the group mapping for the given user name
+  private Set<String> getRequestorGroups(String userName)
+      throws SentryUserException {
+    return getGroupsFromUserName(this.conf, userName);
+  }
+
+  public static Set<String> getGroupsFromUserName(Configuration conf,
+      String userName) throws SentryUserException {
+    String groupMapping = conf.get(ServerConfig.SENTRY_STORE_GROUP_MAPPING,
+        ServerConfig.SENTRY_STORE_GROUP_MAPPING_DEFAULT);
+    String authResoruce = conf
+        .get(ServerConfig.SENTRY_STORE_GROUP_MAPPING_RESOURCE);
+
+    // load the group mapping provider class
+    GroupMappingService groupMappingService;
+    try {
+      Constructor<?> constrctor = Class.forName(groupMapping)
+          .getDeclaredConstructor(Configuration.class, String.class);
+      constrctor.setAccessible(true);
+      groupMappingService = (GroupMappingService) constrctor
+          .newInstance(new Object[] { conf, authResoruce });
+    } catch (NoSuchMethodException e) {
+      throw new SentryUserException("Unable to instantiate group mapping", e);
+    } catch (SecurityException e) {
+      throw new SentryUserException("Unable to instantiate group mapping", e);
+    } catch (ClassNotFoundException e) {
+      throw new SentryUserException("Unable to instantiate group mapping", e);
+    } catch (InstantiationException e) {
+      throw new SentryUserException("Unable to instantiate group mapping", e);
+    } catch (IllegalAccessException e) {
+      throw new SentryUserException("Unable to instantiate group mapping", e);
+    } catch (IllegalArgumentException e) {
+      throw new SentryUserException("Unable to instantiate group mapping", e);
+    } catch (InvocationTargetException e) {
+      throw new SentryUserException("Unable to instantiate group mapping", e);
+    }
+    return groupMappingService.getGroups(userName);
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public TDropPrivilegesResponse drop_sentry_privilege(
+      TDropPrivilegesRequest request) throws TException {
+    final Timer.Context timerContext = sentryMetrics.dropPrivilegeTimer.time();
+    TDropPrivilegesResponse response = new TDropPrivilegesResponse();
+    try {
+      validateClientVersion(request.getProtocol_version());
+      authorize(request.getRequestorUserName(), adminGroups);
+
+      // TODO: now only has SentryPlugin. Once add more SentryPolicyStorePlugins,
+      // TODO: need to differentiate the updates for different Plugins.
+      Preconditions.checkState(sentryPlugins.size() <= 1);
+      Update update = null;
+      for (SentryPolicyStorePlugin plugin : sentryPlugins) {
+        update = plugin.onDropSentryPrivilege(request);
+      }
+      if (update != null) {
+        sentryStore.dropPrivilege(request.getAuthorizable(), update);
+      } else {
+        sentryStore.dropPrivilege(request.getAuthorizable());
+      }
+      response.setStatus(Status.OK());
+    } catch (SentryAccessDeniedException e) {
+      LOGGER.error(e.getMessage(), e);
+      response.setStatus(Status.AccessDenied(e.getMessage(), e));
+    } catch (SentryGroupNotFoundException e) {
+      LOGGER.error(e.getMessage(), e);
+      response.setStatus(Status.AccessDenied(e.getMessage(), e));
+    } catch (SentryThriftAPIMismatchException e) {
+      LOGGER.error(e.getMessage(), e);
+      response.setStatus(Status.THRIFT_VERSION_MISMATCH(e.getMessage(), e));
+    } catch (Exception e) {
+      String msg = "Unknown error for request: " + request + ", message: "
+          + e.getMessage();
+      LOGGER.error(msg, e);
+      response.setStatus(Status.RuntimeError(msg, e));
+    } finally {
+      timerContext.stop();
+    }
+    return response;
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public TRenamePrivilegesResponse rename_sentry_privilege(
+      TRenamePrivilegesRequest request) throws TException {
+    final Timer.Context timerContext = sentryMetrics.renamePrivilegeTimer.time();
+    TRenamePrivilegesResponse response = new TRenamePrivilegesResponse();
+    try {
+      validateClientVersion(request.getProtocol_version());
+      authorize(request.getRequestorUserName(), adminGroups);
+
+      // TODO: now only has SentryPlugin. Once add more SentryPolicyStorePlugins,
+      // TODO: need to differentiate the updates for different Plugins.
+      Preconditions.checkState(sentryPlugins.size() <= 1);
+      Update update = null;
+      for (SentryPolicyStorePlugin plugin : sentryPlugins) {
+        update = plugin.onRenameSentryPrivilege(request);
+      }
+      if (update != null) {
+        sentryStore.renamePrivilege(request.getOldAuthorizable(),
+            request.getNewAuthorizable(), update);
+      } else {
+        sentryStore.renamePrivilege(request.getOldAuthorizable(),
+            request.getNewAuthorizable());
+      }
+      response.setStatus(Status.OK());
+    } catch (SentryAccessDeniedException e) {
+      LOGGER.error(e.getMessage(), e);
+      response.setStatus(Status.AccessDenied(e.getMessage(), e));
+    } catch (SentryGroupNotFoundException e) {
+      LOGGER.error(e.getMessage(), e);
+      response.setStatus(Status.AccessDenied(e.getMessage(), e));
+    } catch (SentryThriftAPIMismatchException e) {
+      LOGGER.error(e.getMessage(), e);
+      response.setStatus(Status.THRIFT_VERSION_MISMATCH(e.getMessage(), e));
+    } catch (SentryInvalidInputException e) {
+      response.setStatus(Status.InvalidInput(e.getMessage(), e));
+    }
+    catch (Exception e) {
+      String msg = "Unknown error for request: " + request + ", message: "
+          + e.getMessage();
+      LOGGER.error(msg, e);
+      response.setStatus(Status.RuntimeError(msg, e));
+    } finally {
+      timerContext.close();
+    }
+    return response;
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public TListSentryPrivilegesByAuthResponse list_sentry_privileges_by_authorizable(
+      TListSentryPrivilegesByAuthRequest request) throws TException {
+    final Timer.Context timerContext = sentryMetrics.listPrivilegesByAuthorizableTimer.time();
+    TListSentryPrivilegesByAuthResponse response = new TListSentryPrivilegesByAuthResponse();
+    Map<TSentryAuthorizable, TSentryPrivilegeMap> authRoleMap = Maps.newHashMap();
+    String subject = request.getRequestorUserName();
+    Set<String> requestedGroups = request.getGroups();
+    TSentryActiveRoleSet requestedRoleSet = request.getRoleSet();
+    try {
+      validateClientVersion(request.getProtocol_version());
+      Set<String> memberGroups = getRequestorGroups(subject);
+      if(!inAdminGroups(memberGroups)) {
+        // disallow non-admin to lookup groups that they are not part of
+        if (requestedGroups != null && !requestedGroups.isEmpty()) {
+          for (String requestedGroup : requestedGroups) {
+            if (!memberGroups.contains(requestedGroup)) {
+              // if user doesn't belong to one of the requested group then raise error
+              throw new SentryAccessDeniedException("Access denied to " + subject);
+            }
+          }
+        } else {
+          // non-admin's search is limited to it's own groups
+          requestedGroups = memberGroups;
+        }
+
+        // disallow non-admin to lookup roles that they are not part of
+        if (requestedRoleSet != null && !requestedRoleSet.isAll()) {
+          Set<String> roles = toTrimedLower(sentryStore
+              .getRoleNamesForGroups(memberGroups));
+          for (String role : toTrimedLower(requestedRoleSet.getRoles())) {
+            if (!roles.contains(role)) {
+              throw new SentryAccessDeniedException("Access denied to "
+                  + subject);
+            }
+          }
+        }
+      }
+
+      // If user is not part of any group.. return empty response
+      for (TSentryAuthorizable authorizable : request.getAuthorizableSet()) {
+        authRoleMap.put(authorizable, sentryStore
+            .listSentryPrivilegesByAuthorizable(requestedGroups,
+                request.getRoleSet(), authorizable, inAdminGroups(memberGroups)));
+
+        // TODO: add privileges associated with user by calling listSentryPrivilegesByAuthorizableForUser
+      }
+      response.setPrivilegesMapByAuth(authRoleMap);
+      response.setStatus(Status.OK());
+      // TODO : Sentry - HDFS : Have to handle this
+    } catch (SentryAccessDeniedException e) {
+      LOGGER.error(e.getMessage(), e);
+      response.setStatus(Status.AccessDenied(e.getMessage(), e));
+    } catch (SentryGroupNotFoundException e) {
+      LOGGER.error(e.getMessage(), e);
+      response.setStatus(Status.AccessDenied(e.getMessage(), e));
+    } catch (SentryThriftAPIMismatchException e) {
+      LOGGER.error(e.getMessage(), e);
+      response.setStatus(Status.THRIFT_VERSION_MISMATCH(e.getMessage(), e));
+    } catch (Exception e) {
+      String msg = "Unknown error for request: " + request + ", message: "
+          + e.getMessage();
+      LOGGER.error(msg, e);
+      response.setStatus(Status.RuntimeError(msg, e));
+    } finally {
+      timerContext.stop();
+    }
+    return response;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Respond to a request for a config value in the sentry server.  The client
+   * can request any config value that starts with "sentry." and doesn't contain
+   * "keytab".
+   * @param request Contains config parameter sought and default if not found
+   * @return The response, containing the value and status
+   * @throws TException
+   */
+  @Override
+  public TSentryConfigValueResponse get_sentry_config_value(
+          TSentryConfigValueRequest request) throws TException {
+
+    final String requirePattern = "^sentry\\..*";
+    final String excludePattern = ".*keytab.*|.*\\.jdbc\\..*|.*password.*";
+
+    TSentryConfigValueResponse response = new TSentryConfigValueResponse();
+    String attr = request.getPropertyName();
+
+    try {
+      validateClientVersion(request.getProtocol_version());
+    } catch (SentryThriftAPIMismatchException e) {
+      LOGGER.error(e.getMessage(), e);
+      response.setStatus(Status.THRIFT_VERSION_MISMATCH(e.getMessage(), e));
+    }
+    // Only allow config parameters like...
+    if (!Pattern.matches(requirePattern, attr) ||
+        Pattern.matches(excludePattern, attr)) {
+      String msg = "Attempted access of the configuration property " + attr +
+              " was denied";
+      LOGGER.error(msg);
+      response.setStatus(Status.AccessDenied(msg,
+              new SentryAccessDeniedException(msg)));
+      return response;
+    }
+
+    response.setValue(conf.get(attr,request.getDefaultValue()));
+    response.setStatus(Status.OK());
+    return response;
+  }
+
+  @VisibleForTesting
+  static void validateClientVersion(int protocolVersion) throws SentryThriftAPIMismatchException {
+    if (ThriftConstants.TSENTRY_SERVICE_VERSION_CURRENT != protocolVersion) {
+      String msg = "Sentry thrift API protocol version mismatch: Client thrift version " +
+          "is: " + protocolVersion + " , server thrift verion " +
+              "is " + ThriftConstants.TSENTRY_SERVICE_VERSION_CURRENT;
+      throw new SentryThriftAPIMismatchException(msg);
+    }
+  }
+
+  // get the sentry mapping data and return the data with map structure
+  @Override
+  public TSentryExportMappingDataResponse export_sentry_mapping_data(
+      TSentryExportMappingDataRequest request) throws TException {
+    TSentryExportMappingDataResponse response = new TSentryExportMappingDataResponse();
+    try {
+      String requestor = request.getRequestorUserName();
+      Set<String> memberGroups = getRequestorGroups(requestor);
+      String objectPath = request.getObjectPath();
+      String databaseName = null;
+      String tableName = null;
+
+      Map<String, String> objectMap =
+          SentryServiceUtil.parseObjectPath(objectPath);
+      databaseName = objectMap.get(PolicyFileConstants.PRIVILEGE_DATABASE_NAME);
+      tableName = objectMap.get(PolicyFileConstants.PRIVILEGE_TABLE_NAME);
+
+      if (!inAdminGroups(memberGroups)) {
+        // disallow non-admin to import the metadata of sentry
+        throw new SentryAccessDeniedException("Access denied to " + requestor
+            + " for export the metadata of sentry.");
+      }
+      TSentryMappingData tSentryMappingData = new TSentryMappingData();
+      Map<String, Set<TSentryPrivilege>> rolePrivileges =
+          sentryStore.getRoleNameTPrivilegesMap(databaseName, tableName);
+      tSentryMappingData.setRolePrivilegesMap(rolePrivileges);
+      Set<String> roleNames = rolePrivileges.keySet();
+      // roleNames should be null if databaseName == null and tableName == null
+      if (databaseName == null && tableName == null) {
+        roleNames = null;
+      }
+      List<Map<String, Set<String>>> mapList = sentryStore.getGroupUserRoleMapList(
+          roleNames);
+      tSentryMappingData.setGroupRolesMap(mapList.get(
+          SentryStore.INDEX_GROUP_ROLES_MAP));
+      tSentryMappingData.setUserRolesMap(mapList.get(SentryStore.INDEX_USER_ROLES_MAP));
+
+      response.setMappingData(tSentryMappingData);
+      response.setStatus(Status.OK());
+    } catch (SentryAccessDeniedException e) {
+      LOGGER.error(e.getMessage(), e);
+      response.setStatus(Status.AccessDenied(e.getMessage(), e));
+    } catch (SentryGroupNotFoundException e) {
+      LOGGER.error(e.getMessage(), e);
+      response.setStatus(Status.AccessDenied(e.getMessage(), e));
+    } catch (Exception e) {
+      String msg = "Unknown error for request: " + request + ", message: " + e.getMessage();
+      LOGGER.error(msg, e);
+      response.setMappingData(new TSentryMappingData());
+      response.setStatus(Status.RuntimeError(msg, e));
+    }
+    return response;
+  }
+
+  // import the sentry mapping data
+  @Override
+  public TSentryImportMappingDataResponse import_sentry_mapping_data(
+      TSentryImportMappingDataRequest request) throws TException {
+    TSentryImportMappingDataResponse response = new TSentryImportMappingDataResponse();
+    try {
+      String requestor = request.getRequestorUserName();
+      Set<String> memberGroups = getRequestorGroups(requestor);
+      if (!inAdminGroups(memberGroups)) {
+        // disallow non-admin to import the metadata of sentry
+        throw new SentryAccessDeniedException("Access denied to " + requestor
+            + " for import the metadata of sentry.");
+      }
+      sentryStore.importSentryMetaData(request.getMappingData(), request.isOverwriteRole());
+      response.setStatus(Status.OK());
+    } catch (SentryAccessDeniedException e) {
+      LOGGER.error(e.getMessage(), e);
+      response.setStatus(Status.AccessDenied(e.getMessage(), e));
+    } catch (SentryGroupNotFoundException e) {
+      LOGGER.error(e.getMessage(), e);
+      response.setStatus(Status.AccessDenied(e.getMessage(), e));
+    } catch (SentryInvalidInputException e) {
+      String msg = "Invalid input privilege object";
+      LOGGER.error(msg, e);
+      response.setStatus(Status.InvalidInput(msg, e));
+    } catch (Exception e) {
+      String msg = "Unknown error for request: " + request + ", message: " + e.getMessage();
+      LOGGER.error(msg, e);
+      response.setStatus(Status.RuntimeError(msg, e));
+    }
+    return response;
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public TSentrySyncIDResponse sentry_sync_notifications(TSentrySyncIDRequest request)
+          throws TException {
+    TSentrySyncIDResponse response = new TSentrySyncIDResponse();
+    try (Timer.Context timerContext = hmsWaitTimer.time()) {
+      // Wait until Sentry Server processes specified HMS Notification ID.
+      response.setId(sentryStore.getCounterWait().waitFor(request.getId()));
+      response.setStatus(Status.OK());
+    } catch (InterruptedException e) {
+      String msg = String.format("wait request for id %d is interrupted",
+              request.getId());
+      LOGGER.error(msg, e);
+      response.setId(0);
+      response.setStatus(Status.RuntimeError(msg, e));
+      Thread.currentThread().interrupt();
+    } catch (TimeoutException e) {
+      String msg = String.format("timed out wait request for id %d", request.getId());
+      LOGGER.warn(msg, e);
+      response.setId(0);
+      response.setStatus(Status.RuntimeError(msg, e));
+    }
+    return response;
+  }
+}

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+/**
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.apache.sentry.api.service.thrift;
+
+import org.apache.hadoop.conf.Configuration;
+import org.apache.sentry.api.common.ApiConstants.SentryPolicyServiceConstants;
+import org.apache.sentry.provider.db.service.persistent.SentryStore;
+import org.apache.sentry.service.thrift.ProcessorFactory;
+import org.apache.thrift.TMultiplexedProcessor;
+import org.apache.thrift.TProcessor;
+
+public class SentryPolicyStoreProcessorFactory extends ProcessorFactory {
+  public SentryPolicyStoreProcessorFactory(Configuration conf) {
+    super(conf);
+  }
+
+  public boolean register(TMultiplexedProcessor multiplexedProcessor,
+                          SentryStore sentryStore) throws Exception {
+    SentryPolicyStoreProcessor sentryServiceHandler =
+        new SentryPolicyStoreProcessor(SentryPolicyServiceConstants.SENTRY_POLICY_SERVICE_NAME,
+            conf, sentryStore);
+    TProcessor processor =
+      new SentryProcessorWrapper<SentryPolicyService.Iface>(sentryServiceHandler);
+    multiplexedProcessor.registerProcessor(
+      SentryPolicyServiceConstants.SENTRY_POLICY_SERVICE_NAME, processor);
+    return true;
+  }
+}

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+package org.apache.sentry.api.service.thrift;
+
+/**
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+import com.codahale.metrics.servlets.AdminServlet;
+import com.google.common.base.Preconditions;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.net.URL;
+import java.util.EnumSet;
+import java.util.EventListener;
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.Set;
+
+import com.google.common.base.Splitter;
+import com.google.common.base.Strings;
+import com.google.common.collect.Sets;
+import javax.servlet.DispatcherType;
+import org.apache.hadoop.conf.Configuration;
+import org.apache.hadoop.security.SecurityUtil;
+import org.apache.hadoop.security.UserGroupInformation;
+import org.apache.hadoop.security.authentication.server.AuthenticationFilter;
+import org.apache.sentry.service.common.ServiceConstants.ServerConfig;
+import org.eclipse.jetty.security.ConstraintMapping;
+import org.eclipse.jetty.security.ConstraintSecurityHandler;
+import org.eclipse.jetty.server.Connector;
+import org.eclipse.jetty.server.Handler;
+import org.eclipse.jetty.server.HttpConfiguration;
+import org.eclipse.jetty.server.HttpConnectionFactory;
+import org.eclipse.jetty.server.SecureRequestCustomizer;
+import org.eclipse.jetty.server.ServerConnector;
+import org.eclipse.jetty.server.SslConnectionFactory;
+import org.eclipse.jetty.server.handler.ContextHandler;
+import org.eclipse.jetty.server.handler.ContextHandlerCollection;
+import org.eclipse.jetty.server.handler.ResourceHandler;
+import org.eclipse.jetty.server.Server;
+import org.eclipse.jetty.servlet.FilterHolder;
+import org.eclipse.jetty.servlet.ServletContextHandler;
+import org.eclipse.jetty.servlet.ServletHolder;
+import org.eclipse.jetty.util.resource.Resource;
+import org.eclipse.jetty.util.security.Constraint;
+import org.eclipse.jetty.util.ssl.SslContextFactory;
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
+
+public class SentryWebServer {
+
+  private static final Logger LOGGER = LoggerFactory.getLogger(SentryWebServer.class);
+  private static final String RESOURCE_DIR = "/webapp";
+  private static final String WELCOME_PAGE = "SentryService.html";
+
+  private Server server;
+
+  public SentryWebServer(List<EventListener> listeners, int port, Configuration conf) {
+    server = new Server();
+
+    // Create a channel connector for "http/https" requests
+    ServerConnector connector;
+    if (conf.getBoolean(ServerConfig.SENTRY_WEB_USE_SSL, false)) {
+      SslContextFactory sslContextFactory = new SslContextFactory();
+      sslContextFactory.setKeyStorePath(conf.get(ServerConfig.SENTRY_WEB_SSL_KEYSTORE_PATH, ""));
+      sslContextFactory.setKeyStorePassword(
+          conf.get(ServerConfig.SENTRY_WEB_SSL_KEYSTORE_PASSWORD, ""));
+      // Exclude SSL blacklist protocols
+      sslContextFactory.setExcludeProtocols(ServerConfig.SENTRY_SSL_PROTOCOL_BLACKLIST_DEFAULT);
+      Set<String> moreExcludedSSLProtocols =
+          Sets.newHashSet(Splitter.on(",").trimResults().omitEmptyStrings()
+          .split(Strings.nullToEmpty(conf.get(ServerConfig.SENTRY_SSL_PROTOCOL_BLACKLIST))));
+      sslContextFactory.addExcludeProtocols(moreExcludedSSLProtocols.toArray(
+          new String[moreExcludedSSLProtocols.size()]));
+
+      HttpConfiguration httpConfiguration = new HttpConfiguration();
+      httpConfiguration.setSecurePort(port);
+      httpConfiguration.setSecureScheme("https");
+      httpConfiguration.addCustomizer(new SecureRequestCustomizer());
+
+      connector = new ServerConnector(
+          server,
+          new SslConnectionFactory(sslContextFactory, "http/1.1"),
+          new HttpConnectionFactory(httpConfiguration));
+
+      LOGGER.info("Now using SSL mode.");
+    } else {
+      connector = new ServerConnector(server, new HttpConnectionFactory());
+    }
+
+    connector.setPort(port);
+    server.setConnectors(new Connector[] { connector });
+
+    ServletContextHandler servletContextHandler = new ServletContextHandler();
+    ServletHolder servletHolder = new ServletHolder(AdminServlet.class);
+    servletContextHandler.addServlet(servletHolder, "/*");
+
+    for(EventListener listener:listeners) {
+      servletContextHandler.addEventListener(listener);
+    }
+
+    servletContextHandler.addServlet(new ServletHolder(ConfServlet.class), "/conf");
+
+    if (conf.getBoolean(ServerConfig.SENTRY_WEB_ADMIN_SERVLET_ENABLED,
+        ServerConfig.SENTRY_WEB_ADMIN_SERVLET_ENABLED_DEFAULT)) {
+      servletContextHandler.addServlet(
+          new ServletHolder(SentryAdminServlet.class), "/admin/*");
+    }
+    servletContextHandler.getServletContext()
+        .setAttribute(ConfServlet.CONF_CONTEXT_ATTRIBUTE, conf);
+
+    servletContextHandler.addServlet(new ServletHolder(LogLevelServlet.class), "/admin/logLevel");
+
+    if (conf.getBoolean(ServerConfig.SENTRY_WEB_PUBSUB_SERVLET_ENABLED,
+                        ServerConfig.SENTRY_WEB_PUBSUB_SERVLET_ENABLED_DEFAULT)) {
+      servletContextHandler.addServlet(new ServletHolder(PubSubServlet.class), "/admin/publishMessage");
+    }
+
+    ResourceHandler resourceHandler = new ResourceHandler();
+    resourceHandler.setDirectoriesListed(true);
+    URL url = this.getClass().getResource(RESOURCE_DIR);
+    try {
+      resourceHandler.setBaseResource(Resource.newResource(url.toString()));
+    } catch (IOException e) {
+      LOGGER.error("Got exception while setBaseResource for Sentry Service web UI", e);
+    }
+    resourceHandler.setWelcomeFiles(new String[]{WELCOME_PAGE});
+    ContextHandler contextHandler= new ContextHandler();
+    contextHandler.setHandler(resourceHandler);
+
+    ContextHandlerCollection contextHandlerCollection = new ContextHandlerCollection();
+    contextHandlerCollection.setHandlers(new Handler[]{contextHandler, servletContextHandler});
+
+    String authMethod = conf.get(ServerConfig.SENTRY_WEB_SECURITY_TYPE);
+    if (!ServerConfig.SENTRY_WEB_SECURITY_TYPE_NONE.equalsIgnoreCase(authMethod)) {
+      /**
+       * SentryAuthFilter is a subclass of AuthenticationFilter and
+       * AuthenticationFilter tagged as private and unstable interface:
+       * While there are not guarantees that this interface will not change,
+       * it is fairly stable and used by other projects (ie - Oozie)
+       */
+      FilterHolder filterHolder = servletContextHandler.addFilter(SentryAuthFilter.class, "/*", EnumSet.of(DispatcherType.REQUEST));
+      filterHolder.setInitParameters(loadWebAuthenticationConf(conf));
+    }
+
+    server.setHandler(disableTraceMethod(contextHandlerCollection));
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Disables the HTTP TRACE method request which leads to Cross-Site Tracking (XST) problems.
+   *
+   * To disable it, we need to wrap the Handler (which has the HTTP TRACE enabled) with
+   * a constraint that denies access to the HTTP TRACE method.
+   *
+   * @param handler The Handler which has the HTTP TRACE enabled.
+   * @return A new Handler wrapped with the HTTP TRACE constraint and the Handler passed as parameter.
+   */
+  private Handler disableTraceMethod(Handler handler) {
+    Constraint disableTraceConstraint = new Constraint();
+    disableTraceConstraint.setName("Disable TRACE");
+    disableTraceConstraint.setAuthenticate(true);
+
+    ConstraintMapping mapping = new ConstraintMapping();
+    mapping.setConstraint(disableTraceConstraint);
+    mapping.setMethod("TRACE");
+    mapping.setPathSpec("/");
+
+    ConstraintSecurityHandler constraintSecurityHandler = new ConstraintSecurityHandler();
+    constraintSecurityHandler.addConstraintMapping(mapping);
+    constraintSecurityHandler.setHandler(handler);
+
+    return constraintSecurityHandler;
+  }
+
+  public void start() throws Exception{
+    server.start();
+  }
+  public void stop() throws Exception{
+    server.stop();
+  }
+  public boolean isAlive() {
+    return server != null && server.isStarted();
+  }
+  private static Map<String, String> loadWebAuthenticationConf(Configuration conf) {
+    Map<String,String> prop = new HashMap<String, String>();
+    prop.put(AuthenticationFilter.CONFIG_PREFIX, ServerConfig.SENTRY_WEB_SECURITY_PREFIX);
+    String allowUsers = conf.get(ServerConfig.SENTRY_WEB_SECURITY_ALLOW_CONNECT_USERS);
+    if (allowUsers == null || allowUsers.equals("")) {
+      allowUsers = conf.get(ServerConfig.ALLOW_CONNECT);
+      conf.set(ServerConfig.SENTRY_WEB_SECURITY_ALLOW_CONNECT_USERS, allowUsers);
+    }
+    validateConf(conf);
+    for (Map.Entry<String, String> entry : conf) {
+      String name = entry.getKey();
+      if (name.startsWith(ServerConfig.SENTRY_WEB_SECURITY_PREFIX)) {
+        String value = conf.get(name);
+        prop.put(name, value);
+      }
+    }
+    return prop;
+  }
+
+  private static void validateConf(Configuration conf) {
+    String authHandlerName = conf.get(ServerConfig.SENTRY_WEB_SECURITY_TYPE);
+    Preconditions.checkNotNull(authHandlerName, "Web authHandler should not be null.");
+    String allowUsers = conf.get(ServerConfig.SENTRY_WEB_SECURITY_ALLOW_CONNECT_USERS);
+    Preconditions.checkNotNull(allowUsers, "Allow connect user(s) should not be null.");
+    if (ServerConfig.SENTRY_WEB_SECURITY_TYPE_KERBEROS.equalsIgnoreCase(authHandlerName)) {
+      String principal = conf.get(ServerConfig.SENTRY_WEB_SECURITY_PRINCIPAL);
+      Preconditions.checkNotNull(principal, "Kerberos principal should not be null.");
+      Preconditions.checkArgument(principal.length() != 0, "Kerberos principal is not right.");
+      String keytabFile = conf.get(ServerConfig.SENTRY_WEB_SECURITY_KEYTAB);
+      Preconditions.checkNotNull(keytabFile, "Keytab File should not be null.");
+      Preconditions.checkArgument(keytabFile.length() != 0, "Keytab File is not right.");
+      try {
+        UserGroupInformation.setConfiguration(conf);
+        String hostPrincipal = SecurityUtil.getServerPrincipal(principal, ServerConfig.RPC_ADDRESS_DEFAULT);
+        UserGroupInformation.loginUserFromKeytab(hostPrincipal, keytabFile);
+      } catch (IOException ex) {
+        throw new IllegalArgumentException("Can't use Kerberos authentication, principal ["
+          + principal + "] keytab [" + keytabFile + "]", ex);
+      }
+      LOGGER.info("Using Kerberos authentication, principal [{}] keytab [{}]", principal, keytabFile);
+    }
+  }
+}

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+/**
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package org.apache.sentry.provider.db;
+
+import org.apache.hadoop.conf.Configuration;
+import org.apache.sentry.core.common.exception.SentryInvalidInputException;
+import org.apache.sentry.core.common.exception.SentryUserException;
+import org.apache.sentry.provider.db.service.persistent.SentryStore;
+import org.apache.sentry.api.service.thrift.TAlterSentryRoleAddGroupsRequest;
+import org.apache.sentry.api.service.thrift.TAlterSentryRoleDeleteGroupsRequest;
+import org.apache.sentry.api.service.thrift.TAlterSentryRoleGrantPrivilegeRequest;
+import org.apache.sentry.api.service.thrift.TAlterSentryRoleRevokePrivilegeRequest;
+import org.apache.sentry.api.service.thrift.TDropPrivilegesRequest;
+import org.apache.sentry.api.service.thrift.TDropSentryRoleRequest;
+import org.apache.sentry.api.service.thrift.TRenamePrivilegesRequest;
+import org.apache.sentry.api.service.thrift.TSentryPrivilege;
+
+import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.Set;
+
+import static org.apache.sentry.hdfs.Updateable.Update;
+
+/**
+ * Interface for processing delta changes of Sentry permission and generate corresponding
+ * update. The updates will be persisted into Sentry store afterwards along with the actual
+ * operation.
+ *
+ * TODO: SENTRY-1588: add user level privilege change support. e.g. onAlterSentryRoleDeleteUsers,
+ * TODO: onAlterSentryRoleDeleteUsers.
+ */
+public interface SentryPolicyStorePlugin {
+
+  @SuppressWarnings("serial")
+  class SentryPluginException extends SentryUserException {
+    public SentryPluginException(String msg) {
+      super(msg);
+    }
+    public SentryPluginException(String msg, Throwable t) {
+      super(msg, t);
+    }
+  }
+
+  void initialize(Configuration conf, SentryStore sentryStore) throws SentryPluginException;
+
+  Update onAlterSentryRoleAddGroups(TAlterSentryRoleAddGroupsRequest tRequest) throws SentryPluginException;
+
+  Update onAlterSentryRoleDeleteGroups(TAlterSentryRoleDeleteGroupsRequest tRequest) throws SentryPluginException;
+
+  void onAlterSentryRoleGrantPrivilege(TAlterSentryRoleGrantPrivilegeRequest tRequest,
+        Map<TSentryPrivilege, Update> privilegesUpdateMap) throws SentryPluginException;
+
+  void onAlterSentryRoleRevokePrivilege(TAlterSentryRoleRevokePrivilegeRequest tRequest,
+        Map<TSentryPrivilege, Update> privilegesUpdateMap) throws SentryPluginException;
+
+  /**
+   * Used to create an update when privileges are granted to user.
+   * @param userName
+   * @param privileges
+   * @param privilegesUpdateMap
+   * @throws SentryPluginException
+   */
+  void onAlterSentryUserGrantPrivilege(String userName, Set<TSentryPrivilege> privileges,
+        Map<TSentryPrivilege, Update> privilegesUpdateMap) throws SentryPluginException;
+
+  /**
+   * Used to create an update when privileges are revoked from user.
+   * @param userName
+   * @param privileges
+   * @param privilegesUpdateMap
+   * @throws SentryPluginException
+   */
+  void onAlterSentryUserRevokePrivilege(String userName, Set<TSentryPrivilege> privileges,
+        Map<TSentryPrivilege, Update> privilegesUpdateMap) throws SentryPluginException;
+
+  Update onDropSentryRole(TDropSentryRoleRequest tRequest) throws SentryPluginException;
+
+  Update onRenameSentryPrivilege(TRenamePrivilegesRequest request)
+      throws SentryPluginException, SentryInvalidInputException;
+
+  Update onDropSentryPrivilege(TDropPrivilegesRequest request) throws SentryPluginException;
+}