Java Servlet Programming (Java Series)

Java Servlet Programming, 2nd Edition > B. HTTP Servlet API Quick Reference > HttpSessionBindingEvent

Synopsis

Class Name: javax.servlet.http.HttpSessionBindingEvent

Superclass: java.util.EventObject

Immediate Subclasses: None

Interfaces Implemented: None

Availability: Servlet API 2.0 and later

Description

An HttpSessionBindingEvent is passed to an HttpSessionBindingListener when the listener object is bound to or unbound from a session.

Class Summary

public class HttpSessionBindingEvent extends java.util.EventObject { // Constructors public HttpSessionBindingEvent(HttpSession session, String name); // Instance methods public String getName(); public HttpSession getSession(); }

Constructors

HttpSessionBindingEvent()

public HttpSessionBindingEvent(HttpSession session, String name)

Description

Constructs a new HttpSessionBindingEvent using the session being bound and the name that this object is being assigned (this is the same name passed to the setAttribute( ) method of HttpSession). Servlet programmers should never need to use this constructor.

Instance Methods

getName()

public String getName()

Description

Returns the name this object has been assigned within the session.

getSession()

public HttpSession getSession()

Description

Returns the session this object is being bound to or unbound from.