EntityLog in name of specific user

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#1

Is there way how to commit changes to entity programatically in the name of specific user so that EntityLog contains name of that user instead of admin for example?

I tried to use this:

private void commitAsUser(User user, CommitContext commitContext){
        if(user != null) {
            Locale locale = user.getLanguage() != null ? Locale.forLanguageTag(user.getLanguage()):Locale.ENGLISH;
            UserSession substitutedUserSession = userSessionManager.createSession(user, locale, true);
            SecurityContext securityContext = new SecurityContext(substitutedUserSession);
            SecurityContext previousSecurityContext = AppContext.getSecurityContext();
            AppContext.setSecurityContext(securityContext);
            try {
                dataManager.commit(commitContext);
            } finally {
                AppContext.setSecurityContext(previousSecurityContext);
            }
        }
    }

but i was getting NoUserSessionException on some EntityChangeListener methods.

#2

Hi,

You can try System Authentication. The Authentication#withUser method allow to execute code on behalf of another user

@Inject
private DataManager dataManager;
@Inject
private Authentication authentication;

@Override
public void createProduct(String name, BigDecimal price, String username) {
    authentication.withUser(username, () -> {
        Product product = dataManager.create(Product.class);
        product.setName(name);
        product.setPrice(price);
        return dataManager.commit(product);
    });
}

Regards,
Gleb