How do you get a username?

[former_member273222]

We have a Java app running on Web AS Java 7. Right now Authentication is handled by a login stack so by the time a user gets to the app they have already been authenticated. So how can our application see their username?

Right now we use sapsecu.dll to extract their username from their SAP Logon Ticket. Is there a way to get their username with pure java (no external dlls)?

[former_member182294 · Accepted solution]

If you are trying to get the user from a Servlet you can use

IUser user = UMFactory.getAuthenticator().getLoggedInUser(httprequest,httpresponse);

other wise

IUser user = UMFactory.getAuthenticator().getLoggedInUser();

String userName = user.getFirstName() + " " + user.getLastName();

You can use various methods available to get other user details.

Regards

Abhilash

[former_member182372]

Java app is what? servlet, ejb?

In case of servlet you can use

https://help.sap.com/javadocs/NW04/current/um/com/sap/security/api/IAuthentication.html#forceLoggedI...