How do I find the current user and its properties?
Use a combination of PortletContextUtil and Properties to extract the current user and its properties.
Published: 2022-07-22 | Updated: 2024-09-26
In order to get the current user (as a JCR Node) the method getCurrentUser of PortletContextUtil is used.
To extract properties from a node in Sitevision either Properties or PropertyUtil can be used. This example will use Properties.
Step 1 - Get instances of utilities
For WebApp/RESTApp - use import:
For Script module - use require:
Step 2 - Make use of the utilities
Regarding properties
What properties there is to extract from each node type is documented on the node types page.
Note regarding user types
In Sitevision there are 3 types of users:
Note that available properties vary between the user types. If a property which is not available for the user type is being requested, null will be returned.