Chapter 7. Session support

This chapter discusses session support in the WebSphere Application Server V3.5. Session support allows a Web application developer to maintain state information regarding a user’s visit.

Web applications require more information than their static, “brochure-ware” predecessors. In a true Web application, a user dynamically builds a course through the site based on a series of selections at each page. Where the user goes next, and what the application displays as the user’s next page (or next choice, or next advertisement) may depend on what the user has chosen previously from the site. (For example, if the user clicks the Checkout button on our site, the next page must contain the user’s shopping selections from this ...

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