thanks. it indeed helps me, in fact the points are critical - i need to think my use cases twice, and you have also pointed out a couple of choices. i will try to come out a cleaner implementation in my system. thanks again !
--- Erik Weber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > There was no common solution discussed that I > recall. But, the idea is, > put a class to work in a place where it can monitor > every request. For > example, in a Servlet Filter, or in a Struts > RequestProcessor subclass, > or an Action base class. As far as I know, there is > no existing > framework or common utility for doing this sort of > thing. I have found > that using a common naming convention (or even a > common key) for these > types of session attributes makes programming the > cleanup easier. > Tracking page flow and deciding what's going with > the flow and what's > going against the flow is up to you. > > A real simple first implementation might be to clean > out all session > attributes (such as forms) that are considered > "working" attributes (not > those, such as "user" objects, that are needed for > the lifetime of the > session) whenever the user returns to the "home" > page (in your "home" > Action). > > It is worth noting that good navigation design > inherently makes this > sort of thing easier. Applications should have > "home" views, and > sections of the application should have their own > "home" views. When the > user finishes a task, he returns to the home view > for the section he's > using, or to the main home view. This is where you > can do cleanup (while > you are preparing the home view). > > Or not. The particular design isn't really relevant. > The point is to > design *something*, to think it through ahead of > time, instead of just > drawing pages and making them "work". > > Sorry I didn't help much. > > Erik > > > > lixin chu wrote: > > >Hi, > >I saw an ealier thread discussing this but still > can > >not fully understand the solution. > > > >appreciate if any one can provide some more > detailed > >info on this. basically if the current page flow is > >terminated for some reason, how the Struts > application > >can clear the objects stored in the session ? > > > >thanks > >li xin > > > >__________________________________________________ > >Do You Yahoo!? > >Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam > protection around > >http://mail.yahoo.com > > > >--------------------------------------------------------------------- > >To unsubscribe, e-mail: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >For additional commands, e-mail: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
