Module jakarta.servlet

Package jakarta.servlet.http

Interface HttpSessionListener

All Superinterfaces:

EventListener

All Known Implementing Classes:

ClientWindowScopeManager, ConfigureListener, ViewScopeManager

public interface HttpSessionListener
extends EventListener

Interface for receiving notification events about HttpSession lifecycle changes.

In order to receive these notification events, the implementation class must be either declared in the deployment descriptor of the web application, annotated with WebListener, or registered via one of the addListener methods defined on ServletContext.

Implementations of this interface are invoked at their sessionCreated(jakarta.servlet.http.HttpSessionEvent) method in the order in which they have been declared, and at their sessionDestroyed(jakarta.servlet.http.HttpSessionEvent) method in reverse order.

Since:

Servlet 2.3

See Also:

• HttpSessionEvent

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
default void	sessionCreated(HttpSessionEvent se)	Receives notification that a session has been created.
default void	sessionDestroyed(HttpSessionEvent se)	Receives notification that a session is about to be invalidated.

Method Details

sessionCreated

default void sessionCreated(HttpSessionEvent se)

Receives notification that a session has been created.

Parameters:

se - the HttpSessionEvent containing the session

sessionDestroyed

default void sessionDestroyed(HttpSessionEvent se)

Receives notification that a session is about to be invalidated.

Parameters:

se - the HttpSessionEvent containing the session