Re: Utter Newbie Question

2003-11-12 Thread Arne Brutschy
Wednesday, November 12, 2003, 11:03:15 AM, you wrote: JH> Why stop a storing a Boolean in the session to determine "logged-inness"? JH> Why not just store the (validated) "User" object in the session and check for JH> it's presence? That way, if it's there, one can utilize the data in the User JH>

Utter Newbie Question

2003-11-12 Thread Joe Hertz
I'm making using struts for more or less than first time. I read the FAQ on how to handle logins to an application and I'm left with one question: Why stop a storing a Boolean in the session to determine "logged-inness"? Why not just store the (validated) "User" object in the session and chec