Items that need to be stored in an org.osid.OsidContext object
There is a unique OsidContext object for each user. The OsidContext object gets loaded into the RepositoryManager when a user starts a new "search session" (selecting sources, conducting a search, paging through results, selecting certain results, etc.). The RepositoryManager will then "know" the user throughout the user's session in the system.
Key |
Description |
Type |
|---|---|---|
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identifies which repository belongs to the user of this OsidContext |
long alpha-numeric string |
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necessary to identify a specific user and allow that user access to X-Server services |
long alpha-numeric string |
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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 |
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a flag indicating whether the user has logged in or not |
short string ("true"/"false") |
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.