/**
* Gets an user based on it's user id.
*
* - `viewVar` it sets the entity to the view. It's set by default to `user`. To
* disable setting the view var just set it to false.
*
* @param int|string $userId UUID or integer type user id.
* @param array $options Configuration options.
* @return mixed
*/
public function getUser($userId = null, $options = [])
{
$options = Hash::merge($this->_config['getUser'], $options);
if (is_null($userId)) {
if (isset($this->request->params['pass'][0])) {
$userId = $this->request->params['pass'][0];
}
}
$entity = $this->UserTable->getUser($userId);
if ($options['viewVar'] !== false) {
$this->_controller->set($options['viewVar'], $entity);
$this->_controller->set('_serialize', [$options['viewVar']]);
}
return $entity;
}