JSF display username when the user login

Question

How can I display the username from the userindex page once the user successfully login. Should I be pass it to the constructor and use it? or is there any better solution for this?

Answer 1

Create a session-scoped bean that stores either the user's ID (so you can lookup the user per request) or the actual user object itself.

@Named // or @ManagedBean
@SessionScoped
public class SessionGlobals {
    private Integer userId;

    public boolean isLoggedIn() {
        return userId != null;
    }

    public Integer getUserId() {
        return userId;
    }

    public void login(int userId) {
        this.userId = userId;
    }

    public void logout() {
        this.userId = null;
    }

Inject this bean wherever it is required. When you login and logout, call the appropriate methods above.

For example:

    @Named // or @ManagedBean
    @RequestScoped
    public class RequestGlobals {

        public User getUser() {
            return sessionGlobals.isLoggedIn()
                    ? userDao.findById(sessionGlobals.getUserId())
                    : null;
        }

        @Inject
        private UserDao userDao;

        @Inject
        private SessionGlobals sessionGlobals;
    }

and in your page or template:

    <h:outputText value="Welcome, #{requestGlobals.user.firstName}"
                  rendered="#{sessionGlobals.loggedIn}"/>