at the bottom of the page there is a reference from Mike S that leads me to 
believe that I can do this:

Person localPerson = ((Person) 
ERXThreadStorage.valueForKey("currentUser")).localInstanceIn(theBrief.editingContext());
PersonHelper.displayName(localPerson);

we shall see!!!

--- On Wed, 6/12/13, Theodore Petrosky <[email protected]> wrote:

> From: Theodore Petrosky <[email protected]>
> Subject: WOOgnl help ???
> To: "WebObjects Development" <[email protected]>
> Date: Wednesday, June 12, 2013, 10:50 AM
> I am reading 
> http://wiki.wocommunity.org/display/documentation/WOOGNL+Helper+Functions
> 
> and I thought I would spend some time learning this. I
> created my helper class:
> 
> package com.as.Helpers;
> 
> import com.as.Model.Person;
> 
> public class PersonHelper {
> 
>     public static String displayName(Person
> person) { 
>         return person.firstName() + " "
> + person.lastName(); 
>     }
>     
>     public static String
> displayShortName(Person person) { 
>         return
> person.firstName().substring(0,1) + ". " +
> person.lastName(); 
>     }
> }
> 
> and I finally got it. At least how to access these helper
> methods in my inline bindings and in the WOD.
> 
> But I was thinking that some of the other methods that I
> would normally put in my EO belong in this helper class.
> 
> Can I access the helper methods in my java? Or maybe Can I
> access these methods in my java. For instance I pass the
> current user to my Jasper report and I want to pass the
> helper  displayName.
> 
> Ted
> 
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