try forums.java.sun.com there's a jsp/servlet forum > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, August 01, 2002 11:14 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: OT: howto avoid overuse of session object? > > > This is sort of off-topic, but I don't know of a better forum > targeting Java > web/servlet programming. If anyone does know of one, could > you let me know? > > I'm basically wondering if others have found effective ways > to avoid the > tempting but bad practice of loading up the session with all sorts of > attributes. I often find myself needing some Bean or other > object for maybe 2 > or 3 requests, and, rack my brains as I may for an elegant > way of passing the > object along without putting it in the session, I usually end > up with nothing > more than a headache and 1 more attribute in my session. :( > I'm developing > with an MVC approach, with Struts for more recently developed > apps and a > similar custom framework for our older apps, but I just can't > seem to see a > way to get around this problem. I would love it if there > were an object like > a thisRequestAndTheNextOne object, where attributes would > stick around for the > current request and subsequent request, and then the > controller could get > objects from the previous request and determine if it should > put them in the > new thisRequestAndTheNextOne object for the current request. > I don't know if > that makes sense to anyone else, but, nevertheless, does > anyone have any ideas > to do what I'm trying to do? > > Does anyone else feel my pain? ;) > > Thanks, > -Jeff > > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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