[appserver-io/appserver] Session Handling flexibility

[olysyuk]

Currently the only session handler type is FileSessionHandler, that is hardcoded inside many parts. Inside StandardGarbageCollector session file removal is present.

Why not just use http://php.net/manual/en/class.sessionhandlerinterface.php to manage sessions. That will allow database sessions as well.

[wick-ed]

Hi @olysyuk ,

looks promising, we will have a look for the next release 👍

[wagnert]

Hi, last but least ;)

We've refactored the session handling with upcoming version 1.1.1. The new release allows the specify a custom session handler in the META-INF/context.xml like

<context>
 <managers>
  ...
   <manager name="SessionManagerInterface" type="AppserverIo\Appserver\ServletEngine\StandardSessionManager" factory="AppserverIo\Appserver\ServletEngine\StandardSessionManagerFactory">
     <sessionHandlers>
       <sessionHandler name="filesystem" type="AppserverIo\Appserver\ServletEngine\Session\FilesystemSessionHandler" factory="AppserverIo\Appserver\ServletEngine\Session\SessionHandlerFactory">
         <!-- params>
           <param name="sessionMarshaller" type="string">AppserverIo\Appserver\ServletEngine\StandardSessionMarshaller</param>
         </params -->
       </sessionHandler>
     </sessionHandlers>
   </manager>
  ...
  </managers>
</context>