topic TaskService.addComment(...) has no argument for the userId in Alfresco Archive https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/taskservice-addcomment-has-no-argument-for-the-userid/m-p/115127#M81149 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Hi there,</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>We're currently integrating Activiti with a spring-based application.</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>We don't use Activiti's IdentityService or the Activiti Explorer at all.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>We tried to add comments to a task but the method "TaskService.addComment(…)" has no argument for the userId.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>The userId is retrieved in "org.activiti.engine.impl.cmd.AddCommentCmd" by using</SPAN><BR /><PRE class="language-none line-numbers"><CODE>String userId = Authentication.getAuthenticatedUserId()<SPAN class="line-numbers-rows"><SPAN>‍</SPAN></SPAN></CODE></PRE><BR /><SPAN>As a workaround I could just set the authenticated userId using </SPAN><PRE class="language-none line-numbers"><CODE>identityService.setAuthenticatedUserId("johndoe");<SPAN class="line-numbers-rows"><SPAN>‍</SPAN></SPAN></CODE></PRE><SPAN> and remove it afterward but this seams not best way to do.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Beside "TaskService.addComment(…)" the userId is also needed in </SPAN><BR /><PRE class="language-none line-numbers"><CODE>org.activiti.engine.TaskService.createAttachment(String, String, String, String, String, InputStream)<BR />org.activiti.engine.TaskService.createAttachment(String, String, String, String, String, String)<SPAN class="line-numbers-rows"><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN></SPAN></CODE></PRE><BR /><SPAN>In both cases the current userId is needed in "org.activiti.engine.impl.cmd.CreateAttachmentCmd" for creating a comment if the history is enabled.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>I'm not sure if this is a bug so I started here instead of creating a Jira, but I think the dependency to the IdentityService should be removed.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Thanks for your feedback on this.</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>Michael</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Fri, 18 May 2012 13:06:11 GMT mowl 2012-05-18T13:06:11Z TaskService.addComment(...) has no argument for the userId https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/taskservice-addcomment-has-no-argument-for-the-userid/m-p/115127#M81149 Hi there,We're currently integrating Activiti with a spring-based application.We don't use Activiti's IdentityService or the Activiti Explorer at all.We tried to add comments to a task but the method "TaskService.addComment(…)" has no argument for the userId.The userId is retrieved in "org.activiti. Fri, 18 May 2012 13:06:11 GMT https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/taskservice-addcomment-has-no-argument-for-the-userid/m-p/115127#M81149 mowl 2012-05-18T13:06:11Z Re: TaskService.addComment(...) has no argument for the userId https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/taskservice-addcomment-has-no-argument-for-the-userid/m-p/115128#M81150 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Hi, </SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp; Is there a solution yet for this problem ?&nbsp; Even I have a requirement which is similar.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Thanks</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Mon, 03 Jun 2013 16:58:32 GMT https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/taskservice-addcomment-has-no-argument-for-the-userid/m-p/115128#M81150 lvenkat 2013-06-03T16:58:32Z Re: TaskService.addComment(...) has no argument for the userId https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/taskservice-addcomment-has-no-argument-for-the-userid/m-p/115129#M81151 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Yes, you should use Authentication.setAuthenticatedUserId() . This method has no dependency on the identity service, so that should work just fine.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Best regards,</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Tue, 04 Jun 2013 08:31:14 GMT https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/taskservice-addcomment-has-no-argument-for-the-userid/m-p/115129#M81151 trademak 2013-06-04T08:31:14Z