User Principal in EntityListener

[moshe1]

is there any way of getting the current user principal in an EntityListener?

[fhh]

If you have access to FacesContext you can get the ExternalContext and the request.

Regards

Felix

[moshe1]

I do not always have access to FacesContext, the call might come from a webservice.

Is there anything inherently wrong with creating a Stateless Session Bean that just returns the prinicipal and calling that from the EntityListener?