getting the current logged in user in JHipster

Question

I am building a jhipster application. and I am trying to get a list of objects based on the current logged in user. there are a few simple examples online such as jhipster b

Answer 1

Currently the best answer is to use built-in UserService - the one provided by JHipster. You don't have to repeat calling SecurityUtils.getCurrentUserLogin() twice (once yourself and once in UserService - check implementation). Usage would look like this:

final Optional isUser = userService.getUserWithAuthorities();
if(!isUser.isPresent()) {
   log.error("User is not logged in");
   return new Shinything()
}

final User user = isUser.get();
// continue with the user