servet session context sharing in JBoss

[Kieron Briggs]

Hi all,

Does anyone know of a way to share a servlet context between two web
applications packaged in separate EAR files? I would like to be able to
access, for example, a session-scoped javabean from both applications,
and allow the user to seamlessly switch back and forth with their
session intact.

I'm using JBoss 3.2.5, if it makes any difference.


Thanks in advance,

Kieron Briggs,
Web Admin, http://www.andrewwilkie.org.au/
Proudly a member of the Ryde Epping Greens

 

[Kieron Briggs]

Does anyone know of a way to share a servlet context between two web
applications packaged in separate EAR files? I would like to be able to
access, for example, a session-scoped javabean from both applications,
and allow the user to seamlessly switch back and forth with their
session intact.

Found a workaround: using session.getServletContext().getContext() to
get a known context, one application pushes its bean into that context
(with its session ID as part of the name), and links to the second
application have the session ID appended to the URL. The second
application can then find that known context and use the session ID it
was passed to retrieve the bean.

It's kind of a hack, but it should work. Just thought I'd reply to
myself in case anyone else encounters a similar situation...



Kieron Briggs,
Web Admin, http://www.andrewwilkie.org.au/
Proudly a member of the Ryde Epping Greens