My first thought is that a cache should not be stored in a session, since
that would only be available in that session and "cannot" be shared...
Better to store a searchresult in the application object ( if the result is
static and is the same for all users). If the searchresult is specific to a
certain user, then you could store it in a session.
For multibrowser usage, there will be separate sessions for those. There is
probably a way to get them to use the same session, but I haven't tried
this. In this case I suggest a hashtable in the application object and an id
string ( key in hashtable ) in the session.
Hope this at least gives you a couple of ideas on how to get started.
regards
Johan
----- Original Message -----
From: "Holden Glova" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Orion-Interest" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, March 28, 2001 6:19 AM
Subject: Paged search results
> Hi all,
>
> Perhaps this is slightly off topic and
> if so, I apologize and feel free to
> ignore this. My knowledge of j2ee is not
> high but I would like to know the best
> way to handle this with of course,
> minimal complexity. I am not sure where
> else I can find information on this
> subject from knowledgeable people
> though, so here goes.
>
> We are wondering what the best approach
> would be move through a collection of
> page results that come back from a
> search. We have thought about using
> sessions to cache the results and help
> keep track of what the current result
> view consists of, but we are not sure if
> this is the best way to handle something
> like this. Some things that come to mind
> are what would happen if we have
> multiple browsers open trying to perform
> different searches at the same time,
> would we need a separate SessionBean to
> cache these results in?
>
> What could be some of the advantages and
> disadvantages of using sessions for this
> problem? Can anyone point me to some
> other ways of approaching this problem
> aside from using sessions?
>
> Thanks in advance for any help and
> pointers that are given.
>
> Regards,
>
> --
> Holden Glova, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Software Engineer
> Alchemy Group Limited
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