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Sun Java System Web Server 6.1 SP12 Programmer's Guide to Web Applications

session-properties

Specifies session properties.

Subelements

The following table describes subelements for the session-properties element. The left column lists the subelement name, the middle column indicates the requirement rule, and the right column describes what the element does.

Table 6–18 session-properties Subelements

Element  

Required  

Description  

property

zero or more 

Specifies a property, which contains a name and a value. 

Attributes

none

Properties

The following table describes properties for the session-properties element. The left column lists the property name, the middle column indicates the default value, and the right column describes what the property does.

Table 6–19 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 do not 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.