sitemesh + spring security: show logged in user in main decorator page!

Question

I want to show logged in user in main decorator page. i use :

<decorator:usePage id="myPage"/>
Logged in as:<%= myPage.getRequest().getUserPrincipal().getName()%>
<decorator:body/>

but not work!

Answer 1

You need to place the SiteMesh filter-mapping below the Spring Security filter mapping.

See: Spring security tags in sitemesh decorator