I use a RequestFilter instead of a dispatcher to achieve same thing... but it should work just the same for you (before:PageRender is fine). In your dispatcher you need to check your state object for null and redirect to your login page.
For example: if(applicationStateManager.get(SiteSessionAccess.class) == null){ response.sendRedirect(loginPage); return true; } Short-circuits the page load. -- If you are not an intended recipient of this e-mail, please notify the sender, delete it and do not read, act upon, print, disclose, copy, retain or redistribute it. Please visit http://www.albourne.com/email.html for important additional terms relating to this e-mail. ----- Original Message ----- From: "tapestryphoto" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: users@tapestry.apache.org Sent: Wednesday, 3 December, 2008 1:42:53 PM GMT +02:00 Athens, Beirut, Bucharest, Istanbul Subject: T5: how to detect session timeout? Hi, I am trying to deal with session timeouts in T5. Rather than extend a base class I was hoping I might be able to use an Annotation. However, I find that when the user activates a link or presses a button on a timed-out session that the dispatcher is not being called early enough to detect anything and I end up with a null pointer exception. I have the following in my AppModule: configuration.add("TimeoutDetector", timeoutDetector, "before:PageRender"); Two questions: a) is it possible to detect Session timeouts in this way? b) As PageRender isn't early enough can I hook this in earlier? I'd also appreciate knowing what values can be placed in that parameter. Nowhere can I find this documented (apart from a reference to "before:" and "after:"). I've even looked in the T5 code but I'm afraid there is just too much of it to look through. Surely the specification of part of a page lifecycle would be better as something other than a String?! thanks, p. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]