org.exolab.core.foundation
Interface SessionManagerIfc

All Known Implementing Classes:

PMDSessionManager

public interface SessionManagerIfc

This interface is responsible for managing all aspects of a sessions lifecycle from creation, administering and destruction. A session is single-threaded entity and hence one session per thread.

Version:

$Revision: 1.2 $ $Date: 2000/03/09 23:52:43 $

Author:

Jim Alateras

Method Summary

void	destroySession() Destroy the session associated with thew current thread.
SessionIfc	getSession() Return the session associated with the current thread.

Method Detail

getSession

public SessionIfc getSession()
                      throws FailedToCreateSessionException

Return the session associated with the current thread. If one does not exist then create one. If it cannot create a session then throw FailedToCreatedSessionException exception. If one already exists then simply return a reference to it.

Returns:

SessionIfc

Throws:

FailedToCreateSessionException

destroySession

public void destroySession()
                    throws FailedToDestroySessionException

Destroy the session associated with thew current thread. If one does not exist then do nothing. If it cannot destroy the session then throw FailedToDestroySessionException exception.

Throws:

FailedToDestroySessionException