getCallerPrincipal in Managed Bean

[Pasquale Imbemba]

Hi,

in EJB I can use getCallerPrincipal() from javax.ejb.SessionContext; I wonder how to get this information when I just use JSF, i.e. from within a Managed Bean only?

I appreciate any help.

Thanks,
~pi4630

[Pasquale Imbemba]

This will do the trick:

Principal principal = FacesContext.getCurrentInstance().getExternalContext().getUserPrincipal();

[Tim Holloway]

I usually put this kind of code in a special "JSFUtils" class in order to keep the bulk of the code framework-independent. But yes, that's the function you need.