org.jwall.web.audit.session
Interface SessionTracker

All Superinterfaces:

AuditEventListener

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractSessionTracker, CookieSessionTracker, HeuristicSessionTracker

public interface SessionTracker
extends AuditEventListener

This interface defines the basic function of a session tracker.

Author:

Christian Bockermann <chris@jwall.org>

Method Summary

void	eventArrived(AuditEvent event) This method simply associates the give event with a session or creates a new session if this event is not related to a previous one.
java.util.Collection<Session>	getSessions() Returns a list (collection) of the sessions that have been created/observed by this tracker.
long	getSessionTimeOut()
void	reset() This method resets the tracker to a clean state, forgetting about all sessions.
void	setSessionTimeOut(long s)
void	setStrictSessions(boolean b) Enables strict-mode for tracking/creating new sessions.
boolean	usesStrictSessions() Returns true, if the tracker only produces strict sessions.

Method Detail

setStrictSessions

void setStrictSessions(boolean b)

Enables strict-mode for tracking/creating new sessions. When settings this to true, new sessions are only created by session-identifiers sent from the server-side (Set-Cookie, href,...).

Parameters:

b -

setSessionTimeOut

void setSessionTimeOut(long s)

getSessionTimeOut

long getSessionTimeOut()

usesStrictSessions

boolean usesStrictSessions()

Returns true, if the tracker only produces strict sessions.

Returns:

true, if this tracker creates only strict sessions.

eventArrived

void eventArrived(AuditEvent event)

This method simply associates the give event with a session or creates a new session if this event is not related to a previous one.

Specified by:

eventArrived in interface AuditEventListener

Parameters:

event -

reset

void reset()

This method resets the tracker to a clean state, forgetting about all sessions.

getSessions

java.util.Collection<Session> getSessions()

Returns a list (collection) of the sessions that have been created/observed by this tracker. This collections contains all active and inactive sessions.

Returns:

A collection of the sessions created by this tracker.