java/com/google/gerrit/server/InternalUser.java

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package com.google.gerrit.server;

import com.google.gerrit.server.account.GroupMembership;

/**
 * User identity for plugin code that needs an identity.
 *
 * <p>An InternalUser has no real identity, it acts as the server and can access anything it wants,
 * anytime it wants, given the JVM's own direct access to data. Plugins may use this when they need
 * to have a CurrentUser with read permission on anything.
 *
 * @see PluginUser
 */
public class InternalUser extends CurrentUser {
  public interface Factory {
    InternalUser create();
  }

  @Override
  public GroupMembership getEffectiveGroups() {
    return GroupMembership.EMPTY;
  }

  @Override
  public String getCacheKey() {
    return "internal";
  }

  @Override
  public boolean isInternalUser() {
    return true;
  }

  @Override
  public String toString() {
    return "InternalUser";
  }
}