| [66] | 1 | <html><head><META http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"><title>Apache Tomcat Configuration Reference - The Manager Component</title><meta value="Craig R. McClanahan" name="author"><meta value="craigmcc@apache.org" name="email"><meta value="Yoav Shapira" name="author"><meta value="yoavs@apache.org" name="email"></head><body vlink="#525D76" alink="#525D76" link="#525D76" text="#000000" bgcolor="#ffffff"><table cellspacing="0" width="100%" border="0"><!--PAGE HEADER--><tr><td><!--PROJECT LOGO--><a href="http://tomcat.apache.org/"><img border="0" alt=" | 
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|  | 4 |  | 
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|  | 5 | <p>The <strong>Manager</strong> element represents the <em>session | 
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|  | 6 | manager</em> that will be used to create and maintain HTTP sessions | 
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|  | 7 | as requested by the associated web application.</p> | 
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|  | 8 |  | 
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|  | 9 | <p>A Manager element MAY be nested inside a | 
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|  | 10 | <a href="context.html">Context</a> component.  If it is not included, | 
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|  | 11 | a default Manager configuration will be created automatically, which | 
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|  | 12 | is sufficient for most requirements.</p> | 
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|  | 13 |  | 
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|  | 14 | </blockquote></td></tr></table><table cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" border="0"><tr><td bgcolor="#525D76"><font face="arial,helvetica.sanserif" color="#ffffff"><a name="Attributes"><strong>Attributes</strong></a></font></td></tr><tr><td><blockquote> | 
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|  | 15 |  | 
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|  | 16 | <table cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" border="0"><tr><td bgcolor="#828DA6"><font face="arial,helvetica.sanserif" color="#ffffff"><a name="Common Attributes"><strong>Common Attributes</strong></a></font></td></tr><tr><td><blockquote> | 
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|  | 17 |  | 
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|  | 18 | <p>All implementations of <strong>Manager</strong> | 
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|  | 19 | support the following attributes:</p> | 
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|  | 20 |  | 
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|  | 21 | <table cellpadding="5" border="1"><tr><th bgcolor="#023264" width="15%"><font color="#ffffff">Attribute</font></th><th bgcolor="#023264" width="85%"><font color="#ffffff">Description</font></th></tr><tr><td valign="center" align="left"><code>className</code></td><td valign="center" align="left"> | 
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|  | 22 | <p>Java class name of the implementation to use.  This class must | 
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|  | 23 | implement the <code>org.apache.catalina.Manager</code> interface. | 
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|  | 24 | If not specified, the standard value (defined below) will be used.</p> | 
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|  | 25 | </td></tr><tr><td valign="center" align="left"><code>distributable</code></td><td valign="center" align="left"> | 
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|  | 26 | <p>Set to <code>true</code> to ask the session manager to enforce | 
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|  | 27 | the restrictions described in the Servlet Specification on | 
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|  | 28 | distributable applications (primarily, this would mean that all | 
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|  | 29 | session attributes must implement <code>java.io.Serializable</code>). | 
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|  | 30 | Set to <code>false</code> (the default) to not enforce these | 
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|  | 31 | restrictions.</p> | 
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|  | 32 |  | 
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|  | 33 | <p><strong>NOTE</strong> - The value for this property is inherited | 
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|  | 34 | automatically based on the presence or absence of the | 
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|  | 35 | <code><distributable></code> element in the web application | 
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|  | 36 | deployment descriptor (<code>/WEB-INF/web.xml</code>).</p> | 
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|  | 37 | </td></tr></table> | 
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|  | 38 |  | 
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|  | 39 | </blockquote></td></tr></table> | 
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|  | 40 |  | 
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|  | 41 |  | 
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|  | 42 | <table cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" border="0"><tr><td bgcolor="#828DA6"><font face="arial,helvetica.sanserif" color="#ffffff"><a name="Standard Implementation"><strong>Standard Implementation</strong></a></font></td></tr><tr><td><blockquote> | 
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|  | 43 |  | 
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|  | 44 | <p>Tomcat provides two standard implementations of <strong>Manager</strong> | 
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|  | 45 | for use - the default one stores active sessions, while the optional one | 
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|  | 46 | stores active sessions that have been swapped out (in addition to saving | 
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|  | 47 | sessions across a restart of Tomcat) in a storage location that is selected | 
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|  | 48 | via the use of an appropriate <strong>Store</strong> nested element.</p> | 
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|  | 49 |  | 
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|  | 50 | <h3>Standard Manager Implementation</h3> | 
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|  | 51 |  | 
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|  | 52 | <p>The standard implementation of <strong>Manager</strong> is | 
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|  | 53 | <strong>org.apache.catalina.session.StandardManager</strong>. | 
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|  | 54 | It supports the following additional attributes (in addition to the | 
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|  | 55 | common attributes listed above):</p> | 
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|  | 56 |  | 
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|  | 57 | <table cellpadding="5" border="1"><tr><th bgcolor="#023264" width="15%"><font color="#ffffff">Attribute</font></th><th bgcolor="#023264" width="85%"><font color="#ffffff">Description</font></th></tr><tr><td valign="center" align="left"><code>algorithm</code></td><td valign="center" align="left"> | 
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|  | 58 | <p>Name of the <em>Message Digest</em> algorithm used to calculate | 
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|  | 59 | session identifiers produced by this Manager.  This value must | 
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|  | 60 | be supported by the <code>java.security.MessageDigest</code> class. | 
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|  | 61 | If not specified, the default value is "MD5".</p> | 
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|  | 62 | </td></tr><tr><td valign="center" align="left"><code>entropy</code></td><td valign="center" align="left"> | 
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|  | 63 | <p>A String value that is utilized when seeding the random number | 
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|  | 64 | generator used to create session identifiers for this Manager. | 
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|  | 65 | If not specified, a semi-useful value is calculated, but a long | 
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|  | 66 | String value should be specified in security-conscious | 
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|  | 67 | environments.</p> | 
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|  | 68 | </td></tr><tr><td valign="center" align="left"><code>maxActiveSessions</code></td><td valign="center" align="left"> | 
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|  | 69 | <p>The maximum number of active sessions that will be created by | 
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|  | 70 | this Manager, or -1 (the default) for no limit.</p> | 
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|  | 71 | </td></tr><tr><td valign="center" align="left"><code>maxInactiveInterval</code></td><td valign="center" align="left"> | 
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|  | 72 | <p>The initial maximum time interval, in seconds, | 
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|  | 73 | between client requests before a session is invalidated. A negative value | 
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|  | 74 | will result in sessions never timing out. If the attribute is not provided, | 
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|  | 75 | a default of 60 seconds is used.</p> | 
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|  | 76 |  | 
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|  | 77 | <p>This attribute provides the initial value whenever a | 
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|  | 78 | new session is created, but the interval may be dynamically | 
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|  | 79 | varied by a servlet via the | 
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|  | 80 | <code>setMaxInactiveInterval</code> method of the <code>HttpSession</code> object.</p> | 
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|  | 81 | </td></tr><tr><td valign="center" align="left"><code>pathname</code></td><td valign="center" align="left"> | 
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|  | 82 | <p>Absolute or relative (to the work directory for this Context) | 
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|  | 83 | pathname of the file in which session state will be preserved | 
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|  | 84 | across application restarts, if possible.  The default is | 
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|  | 85 | "SESSIONS.ser".  See <a href="#Restart Persistence">Restart | 
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|  | 86 | Persistence</a> for more information. Restart persistence may be | 
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|  | 87 | disabled by setting this attribute to an empty string.</p> | 
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|  | 88 | </td></tr><tr><td valign="center" align="left"><code>processExpiresFrequency</code></td><td valign="center" align="left"> | 
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|  | 89 | <p>Frequency of the session expiration, and related manager operations. | 
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|  | 90 | Manager operations will be done once for the specified amount of | 
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|  | 91 | backgrondProcess calls (ie, the lower the amount, the more often the | 
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|  | 92 | checks will occur). The minimum value is 1, and the default value is 6. | 
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|  | 93 | </p> | 
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|  | 94 | </td></tr><tr><td valign="center" align="left"><code>randomClass</code></td><td valign="center" align="left"> | 
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|  | 95 | <p>Java class name of the <code>java.util.Random</code> | 
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|  | 96 | implementation class to use.  If not specified, the default value is | 
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|  | 97 | <code>java.security.SecureRandom</code>.</p> | 
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|  | 98 | </td></tr><tr><td valign="center" align="left"><code>sessionIdLength</code></td><td valign="center" align="left"> | 
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|  | 99 | <p>The length of session ids created by this Manager, excluding any | 
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|  | 100 | JVM route information used for load balancing. | 
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|  | 101 | The default is 16.</p> | 
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|  | 102 | </td></tr></table> | 
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|  | 103 |  | 
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|  | 104 | <h3>Persistent Manager Implementation</h3> | 
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|  | 105 |  | 
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|  | 106 | <p><em><strong>WARNING - Use of this Manager implementation | 
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|  | 107 | has not been thoroughly tested, and should be considered experimental! | 
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|  | 108 | </strong></em></p> | 
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|  | 109 |  | 
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|  | 110 | <p>The persistent implementation of <strong>Manager</strong> is | 
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|  | 111 | <strong>org.apache.catalina.session.PersistentManager</strong>.  In | 
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|  | 112 | addition to the usual operations of creating and deleting sessions, a | 
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|  | 113 | <code>PersistentManager</code> has the capability to swap active (but | 
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|  | 114 | idle) sessions out to a persistent storage mechanism, as well as to save | 
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|  | 115 | all sessions across a normal restart of Tomcat.  The actual persistent | 
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|  | 116 | storage mechanism used is selected by your choice of a | 
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|  | 117 | <strong>Store</strong> element nested inside the <strong>Manager</strong> | 
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|  | 118 | element - this is required for use of <code>PersistentManager</code>.</p> | 
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|  | 119 |  | 
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|  | 120 | <p>This implementation of Manager supports the following attributes in | 
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|  | 121 | addition to the <a href="#Common Attributes">Common Attributes</a> | 
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|  | 122 | described earlier.</p> | 
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|  | 123 |  | 
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|  | 124 | <table cellpadding="5" border="1"><tr><th bgcolor="#023264" width="15%"><font color="#ffffff">Attribute</font></th><th bgcolor="#023264" width="85%"><font color="#ffffff">Description</font></th></tr><tr><td valign="center" align="left"><code>algorithm</code></td><td valign="center" align="left"> | 
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|  | 125 | <p>Name of the <em>Message Digest</em> algorithm used to calculate | 
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|  | 126 | session identifiers produced by this Manager.  This value must | 
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|  | 127 | be supported by the <code>java.security.MessageDigest</code> class. | 
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|  | 128 | If not specified, the default value is "MD5".</p> | 
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|  | 129 | </td></tr><tr><td valign="center" align="left"><code>className</code></td><td valign="center" align="left"> | 
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|  | 130 | <p>Java class name of the implementation to use.  This class must | 
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|  | 131 | implement the <code>org.apache.catalina.Manager</code> interface. | 
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|  | 132 | You <strong>must</strong> specify | 
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|  | 133 | <code>org.apache.catalina.session.PersistentManager</code> to use | 
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|  | 134 | this manager implementation.</p> | 
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|  | 135 | </td></tr><tr><td valign="center" align="left"><code>entropy</code></td><td valign="center" align="left"> | 
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|  | 136 | <p>A String value that is utilized when seeding the random number | 
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|  | 137 | generator used to create session identifiers for this Manager. | 
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|  | 138 | If not specified, a semi-useful value is calculated, but a long | 
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|  | 139 | String value should be specified in security-conscious | 
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|  | 140 | environments.</p> | 
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|  | 141 | </td></tr><tr><td valign="center" align="left"><code>maxActiveSessions</code></td><td valign="center" align="left"> | 
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|  | 142 | <p>The maximum number of active sessions that will be created by | 
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|  | 143 | this Manager, or -1 (the default) for no limit.</p> | 
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|  | 144 | </td></tr><tr><td valign="center" align="left"><code>maxIdleBackup</code></td><td valign="center" align="left"> | 
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|  | 145 | <p>The time interval (in seconds) since the last access to a session | 
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|  | 146 | before it is eligible for being persisted to the session store, or | 
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|  | 147 | <code>-1</code> to disable this feature.  By default, this feature is | 
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|  | 148 | disabled.</p> | 
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|  | 149 | </td></tr><tr><td valign="center" align="left"><code>maxIdleSwap</code></td><td valign="center" align="left"> | 
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|  | 150 | <p>The time interval (in seconds) since the last access to a session | 
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|  | 151 | before it should be persisted to the session store, and | 
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|  | 152 | passivated out of the server's memory, or <code>-1</code> to disable | 
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|  | 153 | this feature.  If this feature is enabled, the time interval specified | 
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|  | 154 | here should be equal to or longer than the value specified for | 
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|  | 155 | <code>maxIdleBackup</code>.  By default, this feature is disabled.</p> | 
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|  | 156 | </td></tr><tr><td valign="center" align="left"><code>minIdleSwap</code></td><td valign="center" align="left"> | 
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|  | 157 | <p>The time interval (in seconds) since the last access to a session | 
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|  | 158 | before it will be eligible to be persisted to the session store, and | 
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|  | 159 | passivated out of the server's memory, or <code>-1</code> for this | 
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|  | 160 | swapping to be available at any time.  If specified, this value should | 
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|  | 161 | be less than that specified by <code>maxIdleSwap</code>.  By default, | 
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|  | 162 | this value is set to <code>-1</code>.</p> | 
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|  | 163 | </td></tr><tr><td valign="center" align="left"><code>maxInactiveInterval</code></td><td valign="center" align="left"> | 
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|  | 164 | <p>The initial maximum time interval, in seconds, | 
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|  | 165 | between client requests before a session is invalidated. A negative value | 
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|  | 166 | will result in sessions never timing out. If the attribute is not provided, | 
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|  | 167 | a default of 60 seconds is used.</p> | 
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|  | 168 |  | 
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|  | 169 | <p>This attribute provides the initial value whenever a | 
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|  | 170 | new session is created, but the interval may be dynamically | 
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|  | 171 | varied by a servlet via the | 
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|  | 172 | <code>setMaxInactiveInterval</code>method of the <code>HttpSession</code> object.</p> | 
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|  | 173 | </td></tr><tr><td valign="center" align="left"><code>randomClass</code></td><td valign="center" align="left"> | 
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|  | 174 | <p>Java class name of the <code>java.util.Random</code> | 
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|  | 175 | implementation class to use.  If not specified, the default value is | 
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|  | 176 | <code>java.security.SecureRandom</code>.</p> | 
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|  | 177 | </td></tr><tr><td valign="center" align="left"><code>saveOnRestart</code></td><td valign="center" align="left"> | 
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|  | 178 | <p>Should all sessions be persisted and reloaded when Tomcat is shut | 
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|  | 179 | down and restarted (or when this application is reloaded)?  By default, | 
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|  | 180 | this attribute is set to <code>true</code>.</p> | 
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|  | 181 | </td></tr><tr><td valign="center" align="left"><code>sessionIdLength</code></td><td valign="center" align="left"> | 
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|  | 182 | <p>The length of session ids created by this Manager, excluding any | 
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|  | 183 | JVM route information used for load balancing. | 
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|  | 184 | The default is 16.</p> | 
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|  | 185 | </td></tr></table> | 
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|  | 186 |  | 
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|  | 187 | <p>In order to successfully use a PersistentManager, you must nest inside | 
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|  | 188 | it a <strong><Store></strong> element, as described below.</p> | 
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|  | 189 |  | 
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|  | 190 | </blockquote></td></tr></table> | 
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|  | 191 |  | 
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|  | 192 |  | 
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|  | 193 | </blockquote></td></tr></table><table cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" border="0"><tr><td bgcolor="#525D76"><font face="arial,helvetica.sanserif" color="#ffffff"><a name="Nested Components"><strong>Nested Components</strong></a></font></td></tr><tr><td><blockquote> | 
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|  | 194 |  | 
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|  | 195 | <h3>Standard Manager Implementation</h3> | 
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|  | 196 |  | 
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|  | 197 | <p>If you are using the <em>Standard Manager Implementation</em> | 
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|  | 198 | as described above, no elements may be nested inside your | 
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|  | 199 | <strong><Manager></strong> element.</p> | 
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|  | 200 |  | 
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|  | 201 | <h3>Persistent Manager Implementation</h3> | 
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|  | 202 |  | 
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|  | 203 | <p>If you are using the <em>Persistent Manager Implementation</em> | 
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|  | 204 | as described above, you <strong>MUST</strong> nest a | 
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|  | 205 | <strong><Store></strong> element inside, which defines the | 
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|  | 206 | characteristics of the persistent data storage.  Two implementations | 
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|  | 207 | of the <code><Store></code> element are currently available, | 
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|  | 208 | with different characteristics, as described belowl</p> | 
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|  | 209 |  | 
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|  | 210 | <h5>File Based Store</h5> | 
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|  | 211 |  | 
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|  | 212 | <p>The <em>File Based Store</em> implementation saves swapped out | 
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|  | 213 | sessions in individual files (named based on the session identifier) | 
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|  | 214 | in a configurable directory.  Therefore, you are likely to encounter | 
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|  | 215 | scalability problems as the number of active sessions increases, and | 
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|  | 216 | this should primarily be considered a means to easily experiment.</p> | 
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|  | 217 |  | 
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|  | 218 | <p>To configure this, add a <code><Store></code> nested inside | 
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|  | 219 | your <code><Manager></code> element with the following attributes: | 
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|  | 220 | </p> | 
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|  | 221 |  | 
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|  | 222 | <table cellpadding="5" border="1"><tr><th bgcolor="#023264" width="15%"><font color="#ffffff">Attribute</font></th><th bgcolor="#023264" width="85%"><font color="#ffffff">Description</font></th></tr><tr><td valign="center" align="left"><code>checkInterval</code></td><td valign="center" align="left"> | 
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|  | 223 | <p>The interval (in seconds) between checks for expired sessions | 
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|  | 224 | among those sessions that are currently swapped out.  By default, | 
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|  | 225 | this interval is set to 60 seconds (one minute).</p> | 
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|  | 226 | </td></tr><tr><td valign="center" align="left"><strong><code>className</code></strong></td><td valign="center" align="left"> | 
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|  | 227 | <p>Java class name of the implementation to use.  This class must | 
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|  | 228 | implement the <code>org.apache.catalina.Store</code> interface.  You | 
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|  | 229 | <strong>must</strong> specify | 
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|  | 230 | <code>org.apache.catalina.session.FileStore</code> | 
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|  | 231 | to use this implementation.</p> | 
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|  | 232 | </td></tr><tr><td valign="center" align="left"><code>directory</code></td><td valign="center" align="left"> | 
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|  | 233 | <p>Absolute or relative (to the temporary work directory for this web | 
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|  | 234 | application) pathname of the directory into which individual session | 
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|  | 235 | files are written.  If not specified, the temporary work directory | 
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|  | 236 | assigned by the container is utilized.</p> | 
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|  | 237 | </td></tr></table> | 
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|  | 238 |  | 
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|  | 239 |  | 
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|  | 240 | <h5>JDBC Based Store</h5> | 
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|  | 241 |  | 
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|  | 242 | <p>The <em>JDBC Based Store</em> implementation saves swapped out | 
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|  | 243 | sessions in individual rows of a preconfigured table in a database | 
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|  | 244 | that is accessed via a JDBC driver.  With large numbers of swapped out | 
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|  | 245 | sessions, this implementation will exhibit improved performance over | 
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|  | 246 | the File Based Store described above.</p> | 
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|  | 247 |  | 
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|  | 248 | <p>To configure this, add a <code><Store></code> nested inside | 
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|  | 249 | your <code><Manager></code> element with the following attributes: | 
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|  | 250 | </p> | 
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|  | 251 |  | 
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|  | 252 | <table cellpadding="5" border="1"><tr><th bgcolor="#023264" width="15%"><font color="#ffffff">Attribute</font></th><th bgcolor="#023264" width="85%"><font color="#ffffff">Description</font></th></tr><tr><td valign="center" align="left"><code>checkInterval</code></td><td valign="center" align="left"> | 
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|  | 253 | <p>The interval (in seconds) between checks for expired sessions | 
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|  | 254 | among those sessions that are currently swapped out.  By default, | 
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|  | 255 | this interval is set to 60 seconds (one minute).</p> | 
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|  | 256 | </td></tr><tr><td valign="center" align="left"><strong><code>className</code></strong></td><td valign="center" align="left"> | 
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|  | 257 | <p>Java class name of the implementation to use.  This class must | 
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|  | 258 | implement the <code>org.apache.catalina.Store</code> interface.  You | 
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|  | 259 | <strong>must</strong> specify | 
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|  | 260 | <code>org.apache.catalina.session.JDBCStore</code> | 
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|  | 261 | to use this implementation.</p> | 
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|  | 262 | </td></tr><tr><td valign="center" align="left"><strong><code>connectionURL</code></strong></td><td valign="center" align="left"> | 
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|  | 263 | <p>The connection URL that will be handed to the configured JDBC | 
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|  | 264 | driver to establish a connection to the database containing our | 
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|  | 265 | session table.</p> | 
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|  | 266 | </td></tr><tr><td valign="center" align="left"><strong><code>driverName</code></strong></td><td valign="center" align="left"> | 
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|  | 267 | <p>Java class name of the JDBC driver to be used.</p> | 
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|  | 268 | </td></tr><tr><td valign="center" align="left"><strong><code>sessionAppCol</code></strong></td><td valign="center" align="left"> | 
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|  | 269 | <p>Name of the database column, contained in the specified session | 
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|  | 270 | table, that contains the Engine, Host, and Web Application Context | 
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|  | 271 | name in the format <code>/Engine/Host/Context</code>.</p> | 
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|  | 272 | </td></tr><tr><td valign="center" align="left"><strong><code>sessionDataCol</code></strong></td><td valign="center" align="left"> | 
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|  | 273 | <p>Name of the database column, contained in the specified | 
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|  | 274 | session table, that contains the serialized form of all session | 
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|  | 275 | attributes for a swapped out session.  The column type must accept | 
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|  | 276 | a binary object (typically called a BLOB).</p> | 
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|  | 277 | </td></tr><tr><td valign="center" align="left"><strong><code>sessionIdCol</code></strong></td><td valign="center" align="left"> | 
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|  | 278 | <p>Name of the database column, contained in the specified | 
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|  | 279 | session table, that contains the session identifier of the | 
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|  | 280 | swapped out session.  The column type must accept character | 
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|  | 281 | string data of at least as many characters as are contained | 
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|  | 282 | in session identifiers created by Tomcat (typically 32).</p> | 
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|  | 283 | </td></tr><tr><td valign="center" align="left"><strong><code>sessionLastAccessedCol</code></strong></td><td valign="center" align="left"> | 
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|  | 284 | <p>Name of the database column, contained in the specified | 
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|  | 285 | session table, that contains the <code>lastAccessedTime</code> | 
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|  | 286 | property of this session.  The column type must accept a | 
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|  | 287 | Java <code>long</code> (64 bits).</p> | 
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|  | 288 | </td></tr><tr><td valign="center" align="left"><strong><code>sessionMaxInactiveCol</code></strong></td><td valign="center" align="left"> | 
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|  | 289 | <p>Name of the database column, contained in the specified | 
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|  | 290 | session table, that contains the <code>maxInactiveInterval</code> | 
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|  | 291 | property of this session.  The column type must accept a | 
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|  | 292 | Java <code>integer</code> (32 bits).</p> | 
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|  | 293 | </td></tr><tr><td valign="center" align="left"><strong><code>sessionTable</code></strong></td><td valign="center" align="left"> | 
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|  | 294 | <p>Name of the database table to be used for storing swapped out | 
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|  | 295 | sessions.  This table must contain (at least) the database columns | 
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|  | 296 | that are configured by the other attributes of this element.</p> | 
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|  | 297 | </td></tr><tr><td valign="center" align="left"><strong><code>sessionValidCol</code></strong></td><td valign="center" align="left"> | 
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|  | 298 | <p>Name of the database column, contained in the specified | 
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|  | 299 | session table, that contains a flag indicating whether this | 
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|  | 300 | swapped out session is still valid or not.  The column type | 
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|  | 301 | must accept a single character.</p> | 
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|  | 302 | </td></tr></table> | 
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|  | 303 |  | 
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|  | 304 | <p>Before attempting to use the JDBC Based Store for the first time, | 
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|  | 305 | you must create the table that will be used to store swapped out sessions. | 
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|  | 306 | Detailed SQL commands vary depending on the database you are using, but | 
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|  | 307 | a script like this will generally be required:</p> | 
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|  | 310 | create table tomcat_sessions ( | 
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|  | 311 | session_id     varchar(100) not null primary key, | 
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|  | 312 | valid_session  char(1) not null, | 
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|  | 313 | max_inactive   int not null, | 
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|  | 314 | last_access    bigint not null, | 
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|  | 315 | app_name       varchar(255), | 
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|  | 316 | session_data   mediumblob, | 
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|  | 317 | KEY kapp_name(app_name) | 
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|  | 318 | ); | 
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|  | 319 | </pre></td><td width="1" bgcolor="#023264"><img border="0" hspace="0" vspace="0" height="1" width="1" src="../../images/void.gif"></td></tr><tr><td height="1" width="1" bgcolor="#023264"><img border="0" hspace="0" vspace="0" height="1" width="1" src="../../images/void.gif"></td><td height="1" bgcolor="#023264"><img border="0" hspace="0" vspace="0" height="1" width="1" src="../../images/void.gif"></td><td height="1" width="1" bgcolor="#023264"><img border="0" hspace="0" vspace="0" height="1" width="1" src="../../images/void.gif"></td></tr></table></div> | 
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|  | 320 |  | 
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|  | 321 | <p>In order for the JDBC Based Store to successfully connect to your | 
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|  | 322 | database, the JDBC driver you configure must be visible to Tomcat's | 
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|  | 323 | internal class loader.  Generally, that means you must place the JAR | 
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|  | 324 | file containing this driver into the <code>$CATALINA_HOME/lib</code> | 
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|  | 325 | directory.</p> | 
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|  | 326 |  | 
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|  | 327 | </blockquote></td></tr></table><table cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" border="0"><tr><td bgcolor="#525D76"><font face="arial,helvetica.sanserif" color="#ffffff"><a name="Special Features"><strong>Special Features</strong></a></font></td></tr><tr><td><blockquote> | 
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|  | 328 |  | 
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|  | 329 |  | 
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|  | 330 | <table cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" border="0"><tr><td bgcolor="#828DA6"><font face="arial,helvetica.sanserif" color="#ffffff"><a name="Restart Persistence"><strong>Restart Persistence</strong></a></font></td></tr><tr><td><blockquote> | 
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|  | 331 |  | 
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|  | 332 | <p>Whenver Catalina is shut down normally and restarted, or when an | 
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|  | 333 | application reload is triggered, the standard Manager implementation | 
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|  | 334 | will attempt to serialize all currently active sessions to a disk | 
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|  | 335 | file located via the <code>pathname</code> attribute.  All such saved | 
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|  | 336 | sessions will then be deserialized and activated (assuming they have | 
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|  | 337 | not expired in the mean time) when the application reload is completed.</p> | 
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|  | 338 |  | 
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|  | 339 | <p>In order to successfully restore the state of session attributes, | 
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|  | 340 | all such attributes MUST implement the <code>java.io.Serializable</code> | 
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|  | 341 | interface.  You MAY cause the Manager to enforce this restriction by | 
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|  | 342 | including the <code><distributable></code> element in your web | 
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|  | 343 | application deployment descriptor (<code>/WEB-INF/web.xml</code>).</p> | 
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|  | 344 |  | 
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|  | 345 | </blockquote></td></tr></table> | 
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|  | 346 |  | 
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|  | 347 | </blockquote></td></tr></table></td></tr><!--FOOTER SEPARATOR--><tr><td colspan="2"><hr size="1" noshade></td></tr><!--PAGE FOOTER--><tr><td colspan="2"><div align="center"><font size="-1" color="#525D76"><em> | 
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|  | 348 | Copyright © 1999-2008, Apache Software Foundation | 
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|  | 349 | </em></font></div></td></tr></table></body></html> | 
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