org.esigate.api

Interface Session

All Known Implementing Classes:

MockSession

public interface Session

The session can be used to store objects available successibe several http interactions.

Author:

Francois-Xavier Bonnet

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
Serializable	getAttribute(String key) Retrieves an Object previously stored with method @see #setSessionAttribute(String, Serializable) or null.
void	setAttribute(String key, Serializable value) Stores an object that can be reused across successive http requests from the same user.

Method Detail

setAttribute

void setAttribute(String key,
                  Serializable value)

Stores an object that can be reused across successive http requests from the same user. Implementations can decide to store the objects serialized in a cookie on the client side or server side with some session tracking mechanism.

Parameters:

key - the key

value - obejct to store

getAttribute

Serializable getAttribute(String key)

Retrieves an Object previously stored with method @see #setSessionAttribute(String, Serializable) or null.

Parameters:

key - the key

Returns:

the previously stored object or null