Thank you for this solution! Can you explain to my poor pea brain the difference between a global variable and a global constant in this context? IOW, if I want to use global "contants" how do I create and access them in such a way as to avoid a session?
Geoff
If you assign a global variable outside of a function but never assign it inside a function then no session will be created, as in your earlier example, reproduced here:
So (can't test this now) does that mean that even currently, if instead of:
var role = Packages.org.apache.cocoon.caching.Cache.ROLE; function cacheEvent() { ...
I do:
function cacheEvent() { var role = Packages.org.apache.cocoon.caching.Cache.ROLE; ...
I skip the session?
As long as you don't assign to "role" inside a function, the session will be skipped in both cases..
This solution isn't perfect though. If you create a global object and modify its properties, those changes will not be preserved unless you create a session:
1 var myObj = new MyObject();
2 myObj.prop = 3;
3
4 function page1() {
5 myObj.prop = 1;
6 sendPage("page1.html");
7 }
8
9 function page2() {
10 print(myObj.prop); // prints 3 if no session, but 1 if you have a session
11 sendPage("page2.html");
12 }
With no session, the assignments on lines 1-2 will be executed each time the script is called. If you have a session, they will only be executed the first time the script is called.
Chris
