> From: Sylvain Wallez [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Conal Tuohy wrote: > > >I haven't yet used the flowmap stuff myself, so I have a possibly naive > >question: what would be the flowmap (flowscript?) syntax to return a > >continuation to the client as an http cookie? Is this relatively easy > >compared to url-rewriting? > > > > > > You can't do that, as the cookie has only one value, which makes it > perfect for session management but unusable for continuations : each new
I'd like to oppose, can I? :) > page leads to a new continuation. This is how the infamous "back button" > problem is elegantly solved, and also how you can use what-if browsing I could imagine application which has one and only continuation per client. In this scenario, when client hits "Back" button, application shows to the user *same*, *current* page but not *previous* page. If you add continuation persistence on server side... In *this* scenario, cookies *do* make sense. Don't you agree? > by trying different possibilities in different windows, thus leading to > a tree of continuations. Just suppose for a moment that your app requires one and only continuation. Mmm... I already see where it can be used... :) Vadim > Sylvain > > -- > Sylvain Wallez > Anyware Technologies Apache Cocoon > http://www.anyware-tech.com mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
