Yogesh More wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I've got Multiple Servlets on my site .... each doing a specific job,
> like the first does a user login and authentication, and then REDIRECTS the
> user to other servlets depending on
> 1. the user and
> 2. his choice ( mostly a link on the page) ....
> so each page rendered by the servlet is user specific.
Good one.
>
>
> Now I would like to know,
> 1. How do I let the servlets pass the
> ------ "user information + additional information of the option selected
> by the user(a number)" ------
> to other servlets,
> This additional information is a number needed to be passed from a table
> shown on the page, which will determine the data on the next page.
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Use the HttpSession for session for session Tracking .
You can use the
HttpSession.putvalue() & HttpSession.getValue()
to get the identification parameters and Track as you like
This is a conventional one ..Nothing great
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>
>
> 2. How do I ensure that he's not faking the -- user name/ number -- as he
> could save it and send it in a recreated page ....
> that is track the user / page ...
> some session id which I give to him on the "login page" after
> authentication and he carries it through to other servlets... and
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I am not getting you properly ...Are you speaking about persistant storage and
checking everytime he logs in ?
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>
>
> 3. How do I time-out the user for all the pages/servlets if he's inactive
> for a period of time...
> say an hour ... because the info he's looking at has become stale and
> the
> links might not hold true, so he needs to start all over again
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You can do it HTML file also this ..You can also do it thru servlet ( involves
session )
>
>
> Constraints
> 1. I don't want to use cookies,
Great ..Use sessions
>
> 2. the server might not support urlencoding !!
Go for Session Tracking ..API s are there
>
>
> Hope I made myself understood ... and didn't bore you either ?
> SOS,
>
> Yogesh More
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