Sorry to jump in late on this, I'm not really watching the list at the moment while we try to lock down.
In Beta 2 we introduced flex.messaging.FlexSession which apparently didn't make it too much into the docs. The FlexSession is tied to either the HttpSession or the RTMP connection, but unfortunately cannot be associated with both. There isn't a 100% reliable way to associate the two different types of connections, so we don't. However the FlexSession does provide access to the user who is logged in (if they've authenticated) so you could do your own management that uses the Principal's name as a key into a lookup table. In Beta 3 FlexSession will also support attribute storage, but like I said it will not cross the HTTP/RTMP channel barrier. HTH, Matt -----Original Message----- From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dave Wolf Sent: Tuesday, April 11, 2006 8:38 PM To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com Subject: [flexcoders] Re: um, where is my session? I think its too simplistic to think you can always store all state in the RIA. The problem is it makes an assumption that the application is very homogenous. I think you will find that over time these more complex applications are a mixture of Flex, Flash and HTML. The ability to maintain session state across these elements using a servant session is going to definately have value. It is absolutely true that one of the biggest advantages of the RIA is that you can get away from the primitive page-centric request response architecture where you have no choice but to maintain state in the server. I just want to say I think that the session has real-world value and we cant just write it off. -- Dave Wolf Cynergy Systems, Inc. Macromedia Flex Alliance Partner http://www.cynergysystems.com Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Office: 866-CYNERGY --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, "Dimitrios Gianninas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi, > > Well it depends on what you are doing. I don't know if this is your > first try at building Flex applications or not and if it is, then > perhaps this explains why you are asking this question. With building > RIAs you no longer need to maintain the state of the application in > various session objects as we have all done in the past when using JSPs > and such. You can now concentrate everything in a global model object > (see ModelLocator in Cairngorm) to do this for you. > > Perhaps you can give us a quick use-case of what you are doing, and then > maybe we can provide any explanations you might need. > > Dimitrios Gianninas > RIA Developer > Optimal Payments Inc. > > > ________________________________ > > From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of box110a > Sent: Monday, April 10, 2006 10:33 AM > To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com > Subject: [flexcoders] um, where is my session? > > > I have been soaking up the Flex 2, FDS and Cairngorm stuff and feel > pretty good. I've got Jrun4 with Service pack 6 so I can use java5. I > also have hibernate 3.1.3 with annotations working in the same > container (hint: in your jrun-web.xml file, set > load-system-classes-first = true)... It all seems to work well. > > I am using the Flex Java DAO adapter. There is only one thing I can't > seem to get an answer on. Where is my session with the server and how > do I access it with Flex? It seems like Cairngorm wants to take over > the entire state of the application. This only works if you entire > application is inside one Flex application. Any thoughts from the > community on this? I've got ideas on how to hack it all together, but > I want to hear what you've got to say. > > thanks, > JB > > > > > > -- > Flexcoders Mailing List > FAQ: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/files/flexcodersFAQ.txt > Search Archives: > http://www.mail-archive.com/flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com > > > > ________________________________ > > YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS > > > > * Visit your group "flexcoders > <http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders> " on the web. > > * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of > Service <http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/> . > > > ________________________________ > -- Flexcoders Mailing List FAQ: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/files/flexcodersFAQ.txt Search Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com Yahoo! Groups Links -- Flexcoders Mailing List FAQ: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/files/flexcodersFAQ.txt Search Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
