To be completely correct, you'd have to say that existing browser "don't
save session cookies to persistent storage". Which means that when the
browser is shut down, the session cookies are lost (since they were only in
memory). But they will be kept for the lifetime of the browser.
(*Chris*)
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jean Bresse" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, December 27, 1999 9:34 AM
Subject: Re: session tracking basics...?
> Hi Craig:
>
> Thanks for replying to Dan. One question comes to mind: you mention that
> exiting the browser wipes out any session cookies. ARE YOU SURE???
>
> Thanks!
>
> Jean
>
> "Craig R. McClanahan" wrote:
>
> > dan wrote:
> >
> > > Hi,Neither in the JWS1.1.3 doc nor in Hunter's Servlet Programming
> > > norin The Developer's Guide to the Java Web Server
> > > (Woods/Pekowsky/Snee)is it explicitly stated that a site consisting of
> > > *several* servlets needs ordoesn't need e.g.HttpSession session =
> > > req.getSession(true);for every single servlet. If I client hit
> > > ServletOne (with aHttpSession session = req.getSession(true);) and
> > > then navigates toServletTwo (also with aHttpSession session =
> > > req.getSession(true);)is the first ID persistent through ServletTwo
> > > and so on...or is a new ID created for ServletTwo, ServletThree
> > > respectively?-dan
> >
> > As long as the following conditions are met, the session ID will be the
> > same:
> >
> > * Both servlets are part of the same web application (i.e.
> > part of the same ServletContext).
> >
> > * The client has not exited their browser in between
> > the two calls (which wipes out any session cookies).
> >
> > * The client has cookies enabled, or you have used
> > URL rewriting to make sure that the session ID is
> > passed correctly on the next request.
> >
> > Craig McClanahan
> >
> >
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