--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/gwt-client/src/main/java/org/dive4elements/river/client/server/RemoteServiceServlet.java	Thu Apr 25 15:23:37 2013 +0200
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+package org.dive4elements.river.client.server;
+
+import org.dive4elements.river.client.server.auth.User;
+
+import javax.servlet.http.HttpSession;
+
+public class RemoteServiceServlet
+extends      com.google.gwt.user.server.rpc.RemoteServiceServlet
+{
+    /**
+     * Return the current logged in user from the HTTP Session
+     */
+    public User getUser() {
+        HttpSession session = this.getThreadLocalRequest().getSession();
+        return (User)session.getAttribute("user");
+    }
+}
+// vim:set ts=4 sw=4 si et sta sts=4 fenc=utf8 :