Items that need to be stored for session management
Key | Description | Type |
|---|---|---|
| necessary to identify a specific user and allow that user access to X-Server services | long, alpha-numeric String |
| identifies a result set created by submitting a query with the /wiki/spaces/SLIB/pages/2921168923 command. This number is necessary for asynchronous searches, retrieving results and pagination | short, numeric String |
| the number of records found (can be very large) | int |
| the number of records fetched | int |
| the AssetIterator (and contained Assets) associated with this search |
Issues
- How do we know when a user's session is done? This is up to the consumer. In our case (using Servlets), we can choose when to invalidate a session: a timeout & when the search dialog is closed.
- Will the metasearch engine support multiple users logged on at once? Yes.