private void populateListForProjectSummary(final HttpServletRequest request) {
// get the service
ToDoService toDoService = ToDoObjectFactory.getToDoService();
User user = (User) request.getSession().getAttribute("user");
// list the todos
List<ToDo> todos = toDoService.findByProjectPersistanceIdAndUserPersistanceId(
((Integer) request.getSession().getAttribute("basicProject.persistanceId")).intValue(), user.getPersistanceId());
// number of toDo
request.setAttribute("numberOfToDo", todos.size());