Just from the top of my head, you could have the page in question refresh itself on a period interval using the HTTP-Refresh option and have the info resubmitted. That way you can keep the information on the session, or better yet persisit it to a database since the session wuld also timeout in the server.
Hope it helps. Jose ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dean, Michael D." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, August 09, 2004 6:13 PM Subject: server-side caching to avoid losing client work-in-progress > We have a web application where users often take an extended period of time, > due to research needs and info gathering, to populate a target document > before saving to the server side. Often, the system timeout expires or local > gremlins occur, etc.. We've discussed using notification pop-ups and a > JavaScript timer to "advise" the users to save their work but what if the > user has walked away from the desktop when the pop-up emerges? I'm > wondering if there are viable strategies for auto-magically flushing > in-process work to the server-side for caching within the ServletContext? > What would be a viable key for storing the in-process work object in the SC? > > Anybody got any primers on this topic? > > > TIA, > > Michael Dean > Sun Certified Programmer for the Java 2 Platform > Washington State Department of Corrections > ph: 360-570-6928 > fx: 360-586-1333 > mailto://[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > "Iron sharpeneth iron; > so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend" > - Proverbs 27:17 > > ___________________________________________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and include in the body > of the message "signoff SERVLET-INTEREST". > > Archives: http://archives.java.sun.com/archives/servlet-interest.html > Resources: http://java.sun.com/products/servlet/external-resources.html > LISTSERV Help: http://www.lsoft.com/manuals/user/user.html > ___________________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and include in the body of the message "signoff SERVLET-INTEREST". Archives: http://archives.java.sun.com/archives/servlet-interest.html Resources: http://java.sun.com/products/servlet/external-resources.html LISTSERV Help: http://www.lsoft.com/manuals/user/user.html
