--- a/flys-client/src/main/java/de/intevation/flys/client/client/ui/MainMenu.java	Wed Feb 09 09:59:27 2011 +0000
+++ b/flys-client/src/main/java/de/intevation/flys/client/client/ui/MainMenu.java	Thu Feb 10 08:57:34 2011 +0000
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@
 import com.smartgwt.client.widgets.Label;
 import com.smartgwt.client.widgets.layout.HLayout;
 
+import de.intevation.artifacts.common.model.User;
+
 import de.intevation.flys.client.client.FLYSMessages;
 
 
@@ -16,23 +18,68 @@
     /** The interface that provides i18n messages. */
     private FLYSMessages messages = GWT.create(FLYSMessages.class);
 
+    /** The user that is currently logged in. */
+    protected User currentUser;
+
+    /** The label that displays the current logged in user. */
+    protected Label userText;
+
+    /** The label that displays the title of the application. */
+    protected Label titleText;
+
     /**
      * The default constructor for creating a new MainMenu.
      */
     public MainMenu() {
+        userText  = new Label(messages.user(messages.guest()));
+        titleText = new Label(messages.title());
+
         init();
     }
 
 
+    /**
+     * This method is called by the constructor after creating the necessary
+     * components. It initializes layout specific stuff like width, height,
+     * colors and so on and appends the components.
+     */
     protected void init() {
         setWidth("100%");
         setHeight("50");
-
         setBorder("1px solid #808080");
         setBackgroundColor("#C3D9FF");
 
-        addMember(new Label(messages.title()));
-        addMember(new Label(messages.greeting("GAST")));
+        titleText.setWidth("60%");
+
+        addMember(titleText);
+        addMember(userText);
+    }
+
+
+    /**
+     * Set the current {@link User} and call {@link updateCurrentUser()}
+     * afterwards.
+     *
+     * @param user the new user.
+     */
+    public void setCurrentUser(User currentUser) {
+        this.currentUser = currentUser;
+
+        updateCurrentUser();
+    }
+
+
+    /**
+     * Update the text field that shows the current user. If no user is
+     * currently logged in, the text will display {@link FLYSMessages.guest()}.
+     */
+    public void updateCurrentUser() {
+        String name = currentUser != null
+            ? currentUser.getLastName() + ", " + currentUser.getFirstName()
+            : messages.guest();
+
+        GWT.log("Update the current user: " + name);
+        userText.setContents(messages.user(name));
     }
 }
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