public Object doInHibernate(Session session) throws HibernateException, SQLException { BasicEventContext c = cd.current(); boolean wasAdmin = c.isCurrentUserAdmin(); final Set<AdminPrivilege> oldAdminPrivileges = c.getAdminPrivileges(); ExperimenterGroup oldGroup = c.getGroup(); try { c.setAdmin(true); c.setAdminPrivileges(LightAdminPrivileges.getAllPrivileges()); if (group != null) { c.setGroup(group, group.getDetails().getPermissions()); } disable(MergeEventListener.MERGE_EVENT); enableReadFilter(session); action.runAsAdmin(); } finally { c.setAdmin(wasAdmin); c.setAdminPrivileges(oldAdminPrivileges); if (group != null) { c.setGroup(oldGroup, oldGroup.getDetails().getPermissions()); } enable(MergeEventListener.MERGE_EVENT); enableReadFilter(session); // Now as non-admin } return null; } });