Vadim Gritsenko wrote: >>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? :) > >
Of course you can ! >>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? > > Yes, cookies do make sense for this. But in that case, do you really need continuations ? IIRC, Ovidiu already talked about this, but I don't remember exactly what he said. Ovidiu, what's your opinion on the above ? >>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. > > Don't you call it a "session", then ? >Mmm... I already see where it can be used... :) > Teasing, teasing ;) Please tell us more ! 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]
