How to correct get principal name in Vaadin 7?

Vaadin 6 / 7 / 8
1

Hi all!

After authentication(BASIC, DIGEST, FORM, CLIENT-CERT) in application i try get principal name calling
request.getUserPrincipal().getName()
. Very many times getUserPrincipal() return
null
. However if i call
VaadinServletService.getCurrentServletRequest().getUserPrincipal().getName()
 i always receive correct loggin name.
Very strange behavior VaadinRequest.getUserPrincipal method.

2

Strange; using request.getUserPrincipal() works fine for me. We are using JSP-based form authentication with JBoss 7.

3

I also use Form based authentication in most of my applications , this way the request has a principal configured by the time it gets to the Servlet (and your application).

If you are doing Form based (or basic) authentication make sure your security-constraint(s) maches all the url patterns where you are using request.getUserPrincipal() , Im not sure if a Login Module has to configure a Principal for requests that dont require an auth-constraint.