/**
*/
protected function initUserInstance()
{
if ($this->authorEntity instanceof ilObjUser && $this->authorEntity->getId()) {
$this->author = $this->authorEntity;
} else {
if (is_numeric($this->authorEntity) && $this->authorEntity) {
// Try to read user instance from preloaded cache array
$this->author = ilForumAuthorInformationCache::getUserObjectById($this->authorEntity);
if (!$this->author) {
// Get a user instance from forum module's cache method
$this->author = ilObjForumAccess::getCachedUserInstance($this->authorEntity);
}
}
}
if (!$this->author) {
$this->author = new ilObjUser();
$this->author->setId(0);
$this->author->setPref('public_profile', 'n');
$this->author->setGender('');
}
}
