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userExists(identity)

Available in Controllers, Domains, Taglibs and Services

This method returns true if the specified user identity is recognized as a valid user by the current security provider.

The implementation of this method is provided by the security provider you have installed.

If a provide does not implement ACLs this will return true.

Usage

{docx} class MessagesService { void findUserMessages(String user) { if (userExists(user)) { … } } … } {docx}

Arguments

NameDescription
identityThe user id of the user. What this is depends on the provider you are using