core/src/main/java/org/apache/ki/session/mgt/ValidatingSession.java

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package org.apache.ki.session.mgt;

import org.apache.ki.session.InvalidSessionException;
import org.apache.ki.session.Session;


/**
 * A <code>ValidatingSession</code> is a <code>Session</code> that is capable of determining it is valid or not and
 * is able to validate itself if necessary.
 * <p/>
 * Validation is usually an exercise of determining when the session was last accessed or modified and determining if
 * that time is longer than a specified allowed duration.
 * 
 * @author Les Hazlewood
 * @since 0.9
 */
public interface ValidatingSession extends Session {

    boolean isValid();

    void validate() throws InvalidSessionException;
}