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Custom Widget with Session Timeout [message #1480525]

Thu, 20 November 2014 08:54

Magnus Konze

Messages: 10
Registered: November 2014

Junior Member

Hi,

I'd like to implement a widget which shows the remaining time after which the session expires if the user is inactive. (For example a label showing "You are getting logged off in 5 minutes" which counts down every minute.)
Of course the widgets timer should be reseted after each user activity.

Currently i'm thinking about the following approach.

The idea is to write a custom widget. The label text is updated by JavaScript, so there shoudn't be any server-client-communication, which resets the server session timeout.

A MessageFilter registered on the ApplicationContext could call a reset-method on the RemoteObject of my Custom Widget.

I have only basic JavaScript knowledge and have never written a custom widget, so any hints on expected problems or advices for a better solution a very much appreciated.

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Re: Custom Widget with Session Timeout [message #1480942 is a reply to message #1480525]

Thu, 20 November 2014 16:16

Aleksander

Messages: 44
Registered: May 2014
Location: France

Member

Hi, have you seen this post?

https://www.eclipse.org/rap/developers-guide/devguide.php?topic=server-push.html&version=2.3

You don't need JS or a custom widget to do this.

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Re: Custom Widget with Session Timeout [message #1481822 is a reply to message #1480942]

Fri, 21 November 2014 08:49

Magnus Konze

Messages: 10
Registered: November 2014

Junior Member

Thanks for the link. I didn't know about the ServerPushSession.
Interesting, but i'm not sure if it is suitable for my problem.

If i'm updating my Label ("you are getting logged of in x minutes") every minute via the ServerPushSession, doesn't this reset the session-timeout?

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