Package com.auth0

Class SessionUtils

java.lang.Object

com.auth0.SessionUtils

public abstract class SessionUtils
extends Object

Helper class to handle easy session key-value storage.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
SessionUtils()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
static Object	get(javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest req, String name)	Get the attribute with the given name from the request session.
protected static javax.servlet.http.HttpSession	getSession(javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest req)	Extracts the HttpSession from the given request.
static Object	remove(javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest req, String name)	Same as get(HttpServletRequest, String) but it also removes the value from the request session.
static void	set(javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest req, String name, Object value)	Set's the attribute value to the request session.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Details

SessionUtils

public SessionUtils()

Method Details

getSession

protected static javax.servlet.http.HttpSession getSession(javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest req)

Extracts the HttpSession from the given request.

Parameters:

req - a valid request to get the session from

Returns:

the session of the request

set

public static void set(javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest req,
 String name,
 Object value)

Set's the attribute value to the request session.

Parameters:

req - a valid request to get the session from

name - the name of the attribute

value - the value to set

get

public static Object get(javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest req,
 String name)

Get the attribute with the given name from the request session.

Parameters:

req - a valid request to get the session from

name - the name of the attribute

Returns:

the attribute stored in the session or null if it doesn't exists

remove

public static Object remove(javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest req,
 String name)

Same as get(HttpServletRequest, String) but it also removes the value from the request session.

Parameters:

req - a valid request to get the session from

name - the name of the attribute

Returns:

the attribute stored in the session or null if it doesn't exists