TaskService.addComment(...) has no argument for the userId

[mowl]

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.engine.impl.cmd.AddCommentCmd" by using

String userId = Authentication.getAuthenticatedUserId()‍

As a workaround I could just set the authenticated userId using

identityService.setAuthenticatedUserId("johndoe");‍

and remove it afterward but this seams not best way to do.

Beside "TaskService.addComment(…)" the userId is also needed in

org.activiti.engine.TaskService.createAttachment(String, String, String, String, String, InputStream)
org.activiti.engine.TaskService.createAttachment(String, String, String, String, String, String)‍‍

In both cases the current userId is needed in "org.activiti.engine.impl.cmd.CreateAttachmentCmd" for creating a comment if the history is enabled.

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.

Thanks for your feedback on this.
Michael

[lvenkat]

Hi,
   Is there a solution yet for this problem ?  Even I have a requirement which is similar.

Thanks

[trademak]

Yes, you should use Authentication.setAuthenticatedUserId() . This method has no dependency on the identity service, so that should work just fine.

Best regards,