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Central module for Tapestry, containing interfaces to the Java Servlet API and all core services and components.
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package org.apache.tapestry5.services;

import javax.servlet.http.HttpSession;
import java.util.List;

/**
 * Generic version of {@link HttpSession}, used to bridge the gaps between the Servlet API and the Portlet API.
 */
public interface Session
{
    /**
     * Returns a list of the names of all attributes stored in the session. The names are returned sorted
     * alphabetically.
     */
    List getAttributeNames();

    /**
     * Returns a list of the names of all attributes stored in the session whose name has the provided prefix. The names
     * are returned in alphabetical order.
     */
    List getAttributeNames(String prefix);

    /**
     * Returns the value previously stored in the session.
     */
    Object getAttribute(String name);

    /**
     * Sets the value of an attribute. If the value is null, then the attribute is deleted.
     */
    void setAttribute(String name, Object value);

    /**
     * Returns the maximum time interval, in seconds, that the servlet container will keep this session open between
     * client accesses. After this interval, the servlet container will invalidate the session. The maximum time
     * interval can be set with the setMaxInactiveInterval method. A negative time indicates the session should never
     * timeout.
     */
    int getMaxInactiveInterval();

    /**
     * Specifies the time, in seconds, between client requests before the servlet container will invalidate this
     * session. A negative time indicates the session should never timeout.
     */
    void setMaxInactiveInterval(int seconds);

    /**
     * Invalidates this session then unbinds any objects bound to it.
     *
     * @throws IllegalStateException if this method is called on an already invalidated session
     */
    void invalidate();

    /**
     * Checks to see if the session has been invalidated.  Note: this only catches calls to {@link #invalidate()}, not
     * calls to {@link javax.servlet.http.HttpSession#invalidate()}.
     *
     * @since 5.1.0.0
     */
    boolean isInvalidated();

    /**
     * Re-stores dirty objects back into the session.  This is necessary to support clustering, because (in most
     * application servers) session objects are only broadcast around the cluster from setAttribute().  If a mutable
     * session object is read and changed, those changes will be limited to a single server in the cluster, which can
     * cause confusing application failures in the event of a failover.      Does nothing if there are no changes, or
     * the session has been invalidated.
     *
     * @see org.apache.tapestry5.OptimizedSessionPersistedObject
     * @see org.apache.tapestry5.internal.services.OptimizedApplicationStateObjectAnalyzer
     * @see org.apache.tapestry5.annotations.ImmutableSessionPersistedObject
     * @since 5.1.0.0
     */
    void restoreDirtyObjects();
}