webservice and session

[^MisterJingo^]

Hi all,

I have to build a webservice which allows users to login through it
(using a ticket system). What I'm unsure on is does the server start a
session for remote webservice requests? I ask as I need to generate a
ticket to be stored in the application to authenticate valid requests
from the client.

Thanks

 

[Alvin Bruney]

webservices are by default stateless. If you need the webservice to run in
the context of a user session you should enable it using the session
attribute. However, bear in mind that stateful webservices provide a certain
complexity to callers.

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