Remove synthetic principals hack in Resolver
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- Java
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Description
#5119 is introducing external principals, and is also introducing a temporary "hack" in the Resolver: synthetic principals and principal roles.
Synthetic principal and roles are a temporary workaround for external principals, until external authorizers change their implementation of `PolarisAuthorizer.resolveAuthorizationInputs()` to avoid calling `PolarisResolutionManifest.resolveAll()`, and instead only resolve the securables that are actually needed for authorization, cf. `PolarisResolutionManifest.resolveSelections()`.
Contributor guide
Research direction
Start by reading issue #5119 and the Resolver code, then trace PolarisAuthorizer.resolveAuthorizationInputs() and PolarisResolutionManifest.resolveAll() versus resolveSelections(). Confirm how synthetic principals and principal roles are used; done means the temporary workaround is removed without breaking authorization for external principals.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- java
- Domain
- authorization
- Issue type
- Refactor
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Active
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 48/100