The session is in the memory of the JVM running on the server. The session
object is identified uniquely by your browser. Therefore, in your example,
"examples.test" is not a file but the name of the object "Black Sabbath" in the
session object identified by your browser in the memory of the JVM running on
the server.

--- Milt Epstein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Wed, 16 May 2001, Nevarez, Benjamin wrote:
>
> > Hello,
> >
> > I am doing tests with session info in servlets and have the following
> >
> >    - one servlet
> >    HttpSession session = request.getSession(true);
> >    ...
> >    session.setAttribute("examples.test", "Black Sabbath");
> >
> >    - other servlet
> >    out.println(session.getAttribute("examples.test"));
> >
> > Everything is working perfect. But I am curious and want to know
> > where the information is saved on my local computer. I tried using
> > 'find' in several directories but found nothing.
> >
> > I am using Windows NT but I think any information on other Windows
> > versions will be helpful,
>
> It's in memory (that's true on all OS's/platforms).  The JVM's, that
> is.
>
> Milt Epstein
> Research Programmer
> Software/Systems Development Group
> Computing and Communications Services Office (CCSO)
> University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC)
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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