Changing a user's full name with a plugin in Confluence 3.5

[Andrew Ardill]

In com.atlassian.user.User there was once a method setFullName(String) that allowed a plugin to change a User's full name. This was deprecated and then removed, what is the best way to set the full name now?

An example use case could be a custom form that allows mass editing of User's names.

[David at David Simpson Apps]

Isn't there a DefaultUser class instead that can help this this?

[Andrew Ardill]

If you are suggesting that I cast the User to a DefaultUser, and then use the setFullName method on it, this doesn't seem to work - though perhaps it should.