On Wed, Apr 02, 2003 at 03:14:41PM +0200, julien viet wrote: > Hi, > > I am facing this problem : > > when an anonymous user connect to the web site and get its session. > This one is persisted through a Cookie (JSESSIONID) with a maxage > of -1. > > on subsequent calls if I want to change this maxage to another > value let's say 1000 for instance, it does not work and > the JSESSIONID cookie stays the same. > > the goal is to implement the "remember me" feature > on the web site. > > I've noticed that when maxage not -1, the cookie is shared > by mutliple instance of Internet Explorer. That's why > I want to use that. > > I know I can set the default value used by jetty by setting > org.mortbay.jetty.servlet.MaxAge in context param but > in that case I will have only the other effect. >
JSESSIONID (HttpSession) is a "session only" cookie. It will go away when the user closes the browser. If you need persistent cookies (for a "remember me" feature ) you should use the javax.servlet.http.Cookie class (see the JavaDoc for further info). //Anders -- |===================================| | Anders Engström | | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | http://www.gnejs.net | |===================================| |Your mind is like an umbrella. | |It doesn't work unless you open it.| | /Frank Zappa | |===================================|
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