How to retrieve the calling User in a custom function without passing it as a parameter ?

Question

Hello, 
 Could you please tell me how can i retrieve the caller of a custom function inside this function (in java) ? I would like to check at least if he has the sysadmin rights. 
 Thanks in advance 
 David

davidl0016 · Answer

@Function public TypedValue sysInfo(ServiceContext sc,UserProfileService ups_) throws AppianException { HashMap ret = new HashMap(); try { UserProfile profile = ups_.getUser(sc.getName()); if (!profile.getUserTypeId().equals(UserProfile.USER_TYPE_SYS_ADMIN)) { String errorText = "User " + profile.getUsername() + " is not a System Administrator. You must run sysInfo as an administrator."; LOG.error(errorText); throw new Exception(errorText); } .....