zratkai commented on code in PR #5606:
URL: https://github.com/apache/hive/pull/5606#discussion_r1961317949


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standalone-metastore/metastore-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hive/metastore/ServletSecurity.java:
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@@ -33,26 +33,64 @@
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 
 import javax.servlet.ServletException;
+import javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet;
 import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;
 import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse;
 import java.io.IOException;
+import java.security.PrivilegedAction;
 import java.security.PrivilegedExceptionAction;
 import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.Enumeration;
 import java.util.Optional;
 
 /**
  * Secures servlet processing.
+ * <p>This is to be used by servlets that require impersonation through {@link 
UserGroupInformation#doAs(PrivilegedAction)}
+ * method when providing service. The servlet request header provides user 
identification
+ * that Hadoop{@literal '}s security uses to perform actions, the
+ * {@link ServletSecurity#execute(HttpServletRequest, HttpServletResponse, 
ServletSecurity.MethodExecutor)}
+ * method invokes the executor through a {@link PrivilegedAction} in the 
expected {@link UserGroupInformation} context.
+ * </p>
+ * A typical usage in a servlet is the following:
+ * <pre><code>
+ * SecureServletCaller security; // ...

Review Comment:
   Where is this class? SecureServletCaller



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