session-properties Element (Sun Java System Web Server 7.0 Update 8 Developer's Guide to Java Web Applications)

Sun Java System Web Server 7.0 Update 8 Developer's Guide to Java Web Applications

This element specifies session properties.

The following table describes the property subelement for the session-properties element.

Table A–16 session-properties Subelements


Element	Required	Description
`property` Element	zero or more	Specifies a property, which has a name and a value.

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The following table describes properties for the session-properties element.

Table A–17 session-properties Properties


Property Name	Default Value	Description
`timeoutSeconds`	`600`	Specifies the default maximum inactive interval (in seconds) for all sessions created in this web application. If set to `0` session expires immediately. If a session-timeout element is specified in the `web.xml` file, the `session-timeout` value overrides any `timeoutSeconds` value. If neither `session-timeout` nor `timeoutSeconds` is specified, the `timeoutSeconds` default is used. Note that the `session-timeout` element in `web.xml` is specified in minutes, not seconds.
`enableCookies`	`true`	Uses cookies for session tracking if set to `true`.
`enableURLRewriting`	`true`	Enables URL rewriting. This provides session tracking via URL rewriting when the browser does not accept cookies. You must also use an `encodeURL` or `encodeRedirectURL` call in the servlet or JSP.