RE: What happened to rpgenerationx.com?

Would the proxy still extend HttpServlet?

Thanks, I look forward to hearing all about it!

Joel R. Cochran
Director of Internet Services
VamaNet.com
(800)480-8810
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Joe Pluta [mailto:joepluta@PlutaBrothers.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, July 31, 2002 1:02 PM
> To: web400@midrange.com
> Subject: RE: [WEB400] What happened to rpgenerationx.com?
>
>
> > From: Joel R. Cochran
> >
> > I do have one remaining question... why have a Storage object at
> > all?  Right
> > now I am storing all my needed objects in the session.
> Doesn't using a
> > Storage object simply add an unnecessary layer?
>
> Well, since the session uses a Hashtable, it has to do a
> lookup every time I
> try to get a value from it.  If I only get one value (the
> storage object) at
> the beginning of the request, and then use setters and
> getters from that
> point on, I don't have to do any more lookups.
>
> More importantly, though, is its the first step towards the
> other model I
> was talking about where you will create a servlet proxy.
> Your code will end
> up looking like this:
> ---------
> public void doPost(HttpServletRequest req, HttpSerlvetResponse res)
>    throws WhateverExceptionsTheyThrow
> {
>    HttpSession session = req.getSession();
>    MyProxy proxy = (MyProxy) session.getValue("MYPROXY");
>    proxy.doRequest(req, res);
> }
> ---------
>
> Since the proxy variable is threadsafe, that means the
> MyProxy class can
> have instance variables, whatever.  Not only that, it's
> relatively easy to
> access it with external events (such as timeouts).  You'll
> have one central
> Collection somewhere with all your sessions, allowing you to display,
> modify, and cancel sessions with ease.
>
> Or so it's said <grin>.  I'm currently implementing just this
> model; I'll
> let you know how it goes.
>
> Joe
>
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