/**
  *
  * @param Users $user 
  * @deprecated
  */
 protected function setBasicUserAttributesToSession(SystemUser $user)
 {
     $_SESSION['user'] = $user->getId();
     $_SESSION['userGroup'] = $user->getUsergId();
     $_SESSION['isAdmin'] = $user->getIsAdmin();
     /* In the base product, this session variable is assigned with the value
        employee number (emp_number field), left padded with zeros. The session
        variable does not contain the value of actual employee id (employee_id
        field) */
     $padLength = 4;
     // This should be taken from sysConf of the base product
     $_SESSION['empID'] = str_pad($user->getEmployee()->getEmpNumber(), $padLength, '0', STR_PAD_LEFT);
     $_SESSION['empNumber'] = $user->getEmpNumber();
     $_SESSION['fname'] = $user->getName();
 }