Hi Hez, As Tony said, setting the session time out in the server would be the better way.
I guess that you are trying to set this timeout in client side because you let individual users configure their session time out period. If that is the case, then you will have to follow the way that have mentioned. HTH, Kamal --------------------------------------- Kamal Mettananda http://lkamal.blogspot.com On Wed, Jun 3, 2009 at 1:32 AM, Tony Strauss < tony.stra...@designingpatterns.com> wrote: > > What about timing out the session on the server? > > Assuming that you're using a Java application container on the server, > you can add the following to web.xml: > <session-config> > <session-timeout>5</session-timeout> > </session-config> > > This will cause the server to time out connections after five minutes > of inactivity. With this technique, it's actually possible to > intercept requests made after a time out in the onFailure() handler > and to take some kind of action (i.e., redirect to a login screen). > > Tony > -- > Tony Strauss > Designing Patterns, LLC > http://www.designingpatterns.com > http://blogs.designingpatterns.com > > On Jun 2, 11:05 am, hezjing <hezj...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi > > > > I want the session to be expired if the it is idle for 5 minutes. > > > > I have the following client code after a successful login: > > > > String sessionID = /* (Get sessionID from server's response to login > > request.) */ ; > > long DURATION = 1000 * 60 * 5; > > Date expires = new Date(System.currentTimeMillis() + DURATION); > > // the sid cookie will be expired after 5 min > > Cookies.setCookie("sid", sessionID, expires, null, "/", false); > > > > The problem with the above code is that the session cookie will be > expired 5 > > minutes from the time the session is created and not from the time the > last > > request to the server. > > For example, if a session is created at 00:00, followed by a request at > > 00:04, the cookie will still expire at 00:05 instead of 00:09. > > > > To do this, I have to reset the expiry time of the cookie in every RPC > call > > like the following: > > > > public void onFailure(Throwable caught) { > > ... > > // re-calculate the expiry time > > Date expires = new Date(System.currentTimeMillis() + DURATION) > > Cookies.setCookie("sid", sessionID, expires, null, "/", false); > > > > } > > > > public void onSuccess(...) { > > ... > > // re-calculate the expiry time > > Date expires = new Date(System.currentTimeMillis() + DURATION) > > Cookies.setCookie("sid", sessionID, expires, null, "/", false); > > > > } > > > > May I know if there a more elegant way of doing this? > > > > -- > > > > Hez > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google Web Toolkit" group. To post to this group, send email to Google-Web-Toolkit@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to google-web-toolkit+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Google-Web-Toolkit?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
