[Opensource] Forward to another jsp if session timeout

[Innovest Ken]

hi Larry,

Thanks for replying. We are using Expresso 4.0
version. So how do I have the timeout feature to bring
back to my login page?

Anyway, how do I access the global forward in my
controller? Thanks again

Innovest

--- larry hamel <expresso at codeguild.com> wrote:
> perhaps I don't understand your end goal, but be
> advised that expresso  (since about 4 months ago)
> automatically redirects a person who has (just)
> timed out right back to the login page, as commented
> in the that's-config.XML file:
> 
>         <global-forwards>
>                 <!-- logon is the redirection target
> when a user who isn't logged tries
>              to access a secured page -->
>                 <forward name="logon"
> path="/Login.do"/>
> 
> if the user authenticates successfully, the user is
> redirected automatically to the original
> destination.
> 
> larry
> 
> At 04:36 PM 9/25/2002, you wrote:
> 
> >Hi Ken 
> >
> >This may help 
> >
> >We co-ordinate the session timeout on the server
> (using tomcat) with the jsp page timeout 
> >
> >for tomcat - set the connectionTimeout value in the
> server.xml file 
> >
> >    <Connector
>
className="org.apache.catalina.connector.http.HttpConnector"
> 
> >               port="80" minProcessors="5"
> maxProcessors="75" 
> >               enableLookups="true"
> redirectPort="8443" 
> >               acceptCount="10" debug="0"
> connectionTimeout="60000"/> 
> >    <!-- Note : To disable connection timeouts, set
> connectionTimeout value 
> >     to -1 --> 
> >
> >we created an include file with one line 
> ><meta http-equiv="refresh"
>
content="1800;URL=/expresso/cal/SessionTimeout.do?state=timeout">
> 
> >
> >content is the time (i.e. 30 minutes above) 
> >Include this file in your jsp 
> >
> >When the 30 minute inactive time is reached, then
> the session object on the server will also have
> invalidated. 
> >
> >Simply make the above servlet accessible to anybody
> (ass the session details will be invalid) and call a
> generic timeout script on the server
> >
> >SessionTimeout.java 
> >
> >public class SessionTimeoutCont extends
> DBControllerExt 
> >
> >{ 
> >  public SessionTimeoutCont() 
> >  { 
> >    super(); 
> >    
> >    State timeout = new State("timeout", "Process a
> timeout"); 
> >      addState(timeout); 
> >  } 
> >
> >  public String getTitle() 
> >  { 
> >      return new String("Our Session Timeout
> Controller"); 
> >  } 
> >
> >  protected void runTimeoutState(ControllerRequest
> request, 
> >    ControllerResponse response) throws
> ControllerException 
> >  { 
> >    /* 
> >     * in the request object add params 
> >     * errormsg 
> >     * formaction - i.e /cal/CcsExpress.do 
> >     * tostate - DONT add if you want to go to the
> main page by default 
> >     * error - simply include this if this is an
> error - else is success message 
> >     *  i.e. repquest.setParameter("error", "true")
> 
> >     */ 
> >    String myName=thisClass+"runTimeoutState() "; 
> >
> >    try 
> >    { 
> >      request.setParameter("formaction",
> DefaultParams.sHomeCont); 
> >      request.setParameter("tostate", "homePage"); 
> >      request.setParameter("error", "true"); 
> >      String sMsg = "<div align=\"center\">Your
> session has remained inactive for " + 
> >        DefaultParams.iSessionTimeout + "
> minutes<br>" + 
> >        "and you have been timed out.<br><br>" + 
> >        "Please login again to continue.</div>"; 
> >      request.setParameter("errormsg", sMsg); 
> >      Transition outcome = new Transition(); 
> >      outcome.addParam("state", "outcome"); 
> >      outcome.addParam("controller",
> DefaultParams.sContPkg + "OutcomeCont"); 
> >      outcome.transition(request,response); 
> >    } 
> >    catch (Exception dbe) { 
> >        throw new ControllerException( 
> >        myName+ "Session Timeout Controller
> exception: " 
> >        +dbe.getMessage()); 
> >    } 
> >  } 
> >} 
> >
> >We simply have a jsp that displays the above
> message and creates the transition (Back to a home
> page to login again ??) 
> >
> >Good luck 
> >Eddie Lewis 
> >
> >-----Original Message----- 
> >From: Innovest Ken
>
[<mailto:innovest_11 at yahoo.com>mailto:innovest_11 at yahoo.com]
> 
> >Sent: Wednesday, 25 September 2002 12:33 PM 
> >To: opensource at jcorporate.com 
> >Subject: [Opensource] Forward to another jsp if
> session timeout 
> >
> >hi all, 
> >
> >If session timeout, I need to forward to another
> jsp. 
> >Currently, I check at all the individual jsp and
> all 
> >controller. Instead of putting the codes in all the
> 
> >states in all controllers, I put the codes in
> newstate 
> >of the controller, so that all states will also do
> the 
> >check. But to forward to the jsp, I need controller
> 
> >response, so I'm stuck here. 
> >
> >Any other way to forward to jsp? 
> >
> >Thanks 
> >
> >Innovest 
> >
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