extensions/geode-modules-session-internal/src/main/java/org/apache/geode/modules/session/internal/filter/SessionManager.java

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package org.apache.geode.modules.session.internal.filter;

import javax.servlet.ServletContext;
import javax.servlet.http.HttpSession;

/**
 * Interface to session management. This class would be responsible for creating new sessions.
 */
public interface SessionManager {

  /**
   * Start the manager possibly using the config passed in.
   *
   * @param config Config object specific to individual implementations.
   * @param loader This is a hack. When the manager is started it wants to be able to determine if
   *        the cache, which it would create, and the filter which starts everything, are defined by
   *        the same classloader. This is so that during shutdown, the manager can decide whether or
   *        not to also stop the cache. This option allows the filter's classloader to be passed in.
   */
  void start(Object config, ClassLoader loader);

  /**
   * Stop the session manager and free up any resources.
   */
  void stop();

  /**
   * Write the session to the region
   *
   * @param session the session to write
   */
  void putSession(HttpSession session);

  /**
   * Return a session if it exists or null otherwise
   *
   * @param id The session id to attempt to retrieve
   * @return a HttpSession object if a session was found otherwise null.
   */
  HttpSession getSession(String id);

  /**
   * Create a new session, wrapping a container session.
   *
   * @return the HttpSession object
   */
  HttpSession wrapSession(ServletContext context, int maxInactiveInterval);

  /**
   * Destroy the session associated with the given id.
   *
   * @param id The id of the session to destroy.
   */
  void destroySession(String id);

  /**
   * Returns the cookie name used to hold the session id. By default this is JSESSIONID.
   *
   * @return the name of the cookie which contains the session id
   */
  String getSessionCookieName();

  /**
   * Get the JVM Id - this is a unique string used internally to identify who last touched a
   * session.
   *
   * @return the jvm id
   */
  String getJvmId();
}