Re: Overwhelming a Web Application Server

[James Perkins <jrperkinsjr@xxxxxxxxx>]

In Java to expire a session you can use the HttpSession.invalidate() method.
This is normally used when a user logs out.

But, yes, setting the <session timeout> will expire sessions after X amount
of time.

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James R. Perkins


On Wed, Jun 24, 2009 at 09:52, Nathan Andelin <nandelin@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> > From: Pete Helgren
> > I keep the session timeout value relatively low so that sessions expire
> > and are GC'ed on a regular basis ...
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> Thorbjoern just explained the <session timeout> tag in the web.xml file.
>  Is that the way you expire sessions?
>
> Nathan.
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