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

Sun Java System Web Server 7.0 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–15 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–16 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` or less, sessions in this web application never expire. 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.