de.ipcon.gui

Interface SessionI

All Superinterfaces:

SessionReaderI

All Known Implementing Classes:

Session

public interface SessionI
extends SessionReaderI

Extends the reader contract to allow for setting global variable values and updating the session's user context (e.g. login/logout, changes to the current user in the database etc.).

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
SessionReaderI	getReadOnlyInstance() Provides a delegated, read-only view of this mutable session instance.
java.lang.Object	set(java.lang.String name, java.lang.Object value) Sets or updates the value of a session variable.
void	setUser(Benutzer user) Sets or updates the value of the current user in this session.

Methods inherited from interface de.ipcon.gui.SessionReaderI

get, getLocale, getUser, getVariables

Method Detail

set

java.lang.Object set(java.lang.String name,
                     java.lang.Object value)

Sets or updates the value of a session variable.

Parameters:

name - The name of the variable to set.

value - The new value of the variable.

Returns:

The previous value associated with the name, or null if there was no value for that name. (A null return can also indicate that the value previously associated with the name was null.)

setUser

void setUser(Benutzer user)

Sets or updates the value of the current user in this session.

This method is typically used to update the authentication state (login/logout).

Parameters:

user - The Benutzer instance to set, or null to signify logout/no authenticated user.

getReadOnlyInstance

SessionReaderI getReadOnlyInstance()

Provides a delegated, read-only view of this mutable session instance.

This is often used to expose session data to components that should not have write access.

Returns:

A SessionReaderI instance that delegates all read calls to this object, but does not expose any write methods.