GitHub user ijuma opened a pull request:
https://github.com/apache/kafka/pull/551
KAFKA-2858; Introduce `SimplePrincipal` and use it in the authentication
layer
This makes it clear that we only support a principal name at the
authentication layer (principalType is only used at the authorization
layer).
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kafka-2858-clarify-usage-of-principal
Alternatively you can review and apply these changes as the patch at:
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This closes #551
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commit 8b2715441b444a435cf6cdf3aa641d1ddcbf36f1
Author: Ismael Juma <ism...@juma.me.uk>
Date: 2015-11-18T17:41:53Z
Introduce `SimplePrincipal` and use it in the authentication layer
This makes it clear that we only support a principal name at the
authentication layer (principalType is only used at the authorization
layer).
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