protected JetspeedPrincipal getLocalPrincipal(String localUserName) {
    JetspeedPrincipal localPrincipal = null;

    try {
      localPrincipal = userManager.getUser(localUserName);
    } catch (SecurityException secex) {

    }

    return localPrincipal;
  }
  /**
   * @see
   *     org.apache.portals.bridges.velocity.GenericVelocityPortlet#doView(javax.portlet.RenderRequest,
   *     javax.portlet.RenderResponse)
   */
  public void doView(RenderRequest request, RenderResponse response)
      throws PortletException, IOException {
    Context context = getContext(request);
    IngridResourceBundle messages =
        new IngridResourceBundle(
            getPortletConfig().getResourceBundle(request.getLocale()), request.getLocale());
    context.put("MESSAGES", messages);

    // check for just logged in users
    HttpSession session =
        ((RequestContext) request.getAttribute(RequestContext.REQUEST_PORTALENV))
            .getRequest()
            .getSession(true);
    String loginStarted = (String) session.getAttribute(Settings.SESSION_LOGIN_STARTED);
    if (loginStarted != null && loginStarted.equals("1")) {
      session.removeAttribute(Settings.SESSION_LOGIN_STARTED);
      // do something "after login" stuff

      // initialize the session preference with persistent data from
      // personalization
      IngridSessionPreferences sessionPrefs =
          Utils.getSessionPreferences(
              request, IngridSessionPreferences.SESSION_KEY, IngridSessionPreferences.class);
      if (sessionPrefs != null) {
        Principal principal = request.getUserPrincipal();
        if (principal != null) {
          HashMap persistentSearchSettings =
              (HashMap)
                  IngridPersistencePrefs.getPref(
                      principal.getName(), IngridPersistencePrefs.SEARCH_SETTINGS);
          if (persistentSearchSettings != null) {
            sessionPrefs.putAll(persistentSearchSettings);
          }
        }
      }
    }

    String userName = request.getUserPrincipal().getName();
    User user = null;
    try {
      user = userManager.getUser(userName);
    } catch (SecurityException e) {
      e.printStackTrace();
    }

    if (user != null) {
      context.put("userAttributes", user.getInfoMap());
    }

    super.doView(request, response);
  }