Current User info lookup

fhomasp — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 13:49:25 GMT

Hey,I need to lookup the firstname and lastname of the current user, using SDK. The user logs on normally, has some out-of-the-box functionality but he/she can also go to a custom JSF - Bean page to adjust info. However, I need to automatically lookup his first and last name so the Alfresco repo (

Re: Current User info lookup

fhomasp — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 07:59:43 GMT

Getting the current username from the current user proved to be no problem. Getting that persons properties like Firstname and lastname is.
I can get an ID just fine, a QName as well, but personproperties… I really can't find it. And I need it.

Re: Current User info lookup

fhomasp — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 13:23:21 GMT

And so I have found it, after a long period of searching. I wasted half a day figuring out what I was doing wrong. It seems that for fetching User Info from the current user I required a started Transaction.
Why this is required for such a simple operation is beyond me. That's why I suspect there is a simpler way to do this, and if so, by all means let me know.

Anyway, here is the code, which works.


public void setUp(){
   
      FacesContext context = FacesContext.getCurrentInstance(); 
      ServiceRegistry serviceRegistry = Repository.getServiceRegistry(context); 
      AuthenticationService authenticationService = serviceRegistry.getAuthenticationService(); 
        String username=authenticationService.getCurrentUserName();
        this.username=username;
        System.out.println(username+" \t—> from AuthCheck!!!!!!!!!");

        UserTransaction tx = null;
        try
        {
           //Start the transaction.  Why this is required for such a simple operation is beyond me.
           TransactionService txs = (TransactionService) FacesContextUtils.getRequiredWebApplicationContext(context).getBean("transactionComponent");
           tx = txs.getUserTransaction();
           tx.begin();
            
              PersonService personService = (PersonService)FacesContextUtils.getRequiredWebApplicationContext(context).getBean("personService");
              NodeService nodeService = (NodeService)FacesContextUtils.getRequiredWebApplicationContext(context).getBean("nodeService");
              PersonService ps = serviceRegistry.getPersonService();
                                                 
             System.out.println("\t"+ ps.getUserIdentifier(username));
             NodeRef nr = personService.getPerson(username);
          
        
             String firstName = (String)nodeService.getProperty(nr, ContentModel.PROP_FIRSTNAME);
             String lastName = (String)nodeService.getProperty(nr, ContentModel.PROP_LASTNAME);
       
             System.out.println(firstName +" " +lastName+ " From the Repo!!!!!!!!!!!");
             tx.commit();
             
        }catch (Exception err)
        {
            try { if (tx != null) {tx.rollback();}
            } 
            catch (Exception tex) {tex.printStackTrace();}
            err.printStackTrace();
         }
         finally {
            //Normally I'd end the transaction, but it doesn't seem to feature such a method.
         }
   }
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