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Re: SJSAS : Application timeout happens, how do I redirect the user?

From: Ryan Lubke <Ryan.Lubke_at_Sun.COM>
Date: Fri, 24 Aug 2007 16:44:49 -0700

Raymond DeCampo wrote:
> Ryan Lubke wrote:
>
>> Todd Patrick wrote:
>>
>>> Sun Java System Application Server Platform Edition 9.0_01 (build
>>> b02-p01) running on Solaris 10
>>> Java EE 5
>>> JSF 1.2
>>>
>>> Use case:
>>>
>>> The user leaves the application open in their browser over night, the
>>> application times out. When the user returns in the morning and clicks
>>> on *any* link or button on the page - the user should be redirected to
>>> the application login page.
>>>
>>> 1.) I'm sure this was thought of, what do I use in the Java EE 5 API to
>>> accomplish this?
>>>
>>> 2.) Or, do I use a JSF Lifecycle PhaseListener?
>>>
>>> 3.) What really happens inside Sun Java System Application Server when
>>> an application times out?
>>>
>>>
>> If you're using server side state saving and the user session times
>> out, a
>> javax.faces.application.ViewExpired exception is thrown.
>> You could use the web application error-page functionality (defined in
>> the web.xml)
>> to create a page that will be forwarded to when the exception occurs.
>> This page in turn
>> can perform a redirect to the login page.
>>
>>
> When attempting this in the past I created a nice infinite loop by
> having the error-page be a JSF page. It seems that whatever was being
> used to mark the request as a postback was not cleared. The workaround
> was to use a regular JSP or HTML page.
>
Yes, there was a know issue with this. It should be corrected in the
1.2_05 RC.

> Ray
>
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