
962 WebSphere Application Server V8.5 Administration and Configuration Guide for the Full Profile
28.1 Session overview
In many web applications, user choices or actions determine where the user is sent next, how
the application behaves, or what the page displays. For example, if the user clicks a checkout
button on a site, the next page must contain the user’s shopping choices and information. The
Java servlet specification provides a mechanism for servlet applications to maintain a user’s
state information. This mechanism, is known as a
session. Sessions allow applications,
running in a web container, to keep track of individual users.
A ser ...