Hi, there is a getUserPrincipal() method in ExternalContext,
Regards Volker weber Jeffrey Porter wrote: > > > Hello again. > > > > My question is this. > > > > I want when a JSF page is displayed, to look up the current user and > display some information on them. > > For example… > > > > *<%* > > Principal principal = request.getUserPrincipal(); > > String userName = principal.getName(); > > User user = SomeUserManagementServerThing.loadUser(userName); > > *%>* > > * * > > *<%=*userName*%>* > > *<%=*user.isAdmin()*%>* > > > > The above code is fine for the old JSP/Struts way of doing thing. But > what is the approach I should take in MyFaces? > > > > If the action method that makes the call to display the page knew about > the Principle I could pass the User object in and all would be great. > > But I don’t see a way for an action method to find out the currently > logged in user. > > > > What do you guys think? Is a there a paper / tutorial already on this > that I’ve missed? > > > > Thanks > > Jeff > > > > Using: JBoss 4.02, JAAS, DatabaseAuthentication > -- Don't answer to From: address! Mail to this account are droped if not recieved via mailinglist. To contact me direct create the mail address by concatenating my forename to my senders domain.
