session-timeout vs. maxInactiveInterval

[Lynn Hollerman]

Question. I have been looking around the Net for information about the
items in the subject and tomcat; it appears that they are actually the
same thing(I'm not sure I'm understanding the docs correctly). So then,
what is the difference between the <session-timeout> that's set in a
tomcat's web.xml or an application's web.xml and the
"maxInactiveInterval" attribute of <Manager> in the context.xml file for
a particular application? Are these values interchangable, or does one
supercede the other?

Thanks!

[Caldarale, Charles R]

Subject: session-timeout vs. maxInactiveInterval
I have been looking around the Net for information about
the items in the subject and tomcat; it appears that they
are actually the same thing

Pretty much. The <Manager> setting is used if the web.xml does not contain a <session-timeout> value. Note the following from the servlet spec description of <session-timeout>:

"If this element is not specified, the container must set its default timeout period."

Since Tomcat supplies a <session-timeout> element in the global conf/web.xml, you would have to remove that before the <Manager> setting became effective.

- Chuck


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