org.forgerock.http.session

Interface SessionManager

public interface SessionManager

A SessionFactory is responsible to create a new type of Session.

This allows users to extends the default OpenIG behaviour quite easily.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
Session	load(Request request) Loads a new Session for the given Request.
void	save(Session session, Response response) Saves the session into the provided response.

Method Detail

load

Session load(Request request)

Loads a new Session for the given Request. The implementations are free to keep a reference to the Request.

The session object is scoped by the Request's own lifecycle.

Parameters:

request - Request to create a session for.

Returns:

a new Session instance.

save

void save(Session session,
          Response response)
   throws IOException

Saves the session into the provided response.

Parameters:

session - The session to save.

response - The response to save the session to.

Throws:

IOException - If the session could not be saved to the response.