session invalidate and creating a new session

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I'm using ColdFusion 10 and J2EE session variables. To log a user out (end a session) I'm using getPageContext().getSession().invalidate() this works fine until I run my MXUnit tests and one of them tests the logout process. The session is invalidated and subsequent tests fail because there is not an active session. Is there a way to create a new session without reloading the page?

Have you trued using `sessionInvalidate()`? It is new to ColdFusion 10 — Scott Stroz, Nov 20 '13 at 20:19
@ScottStroz `sessionInvalidate()` doesn't invalidate J2EE session variables. — Matt Busche, Nov 20 '13 at 20:21
There is a note on the page that you referenced - _You cannot destroy the session and create a session on the same request, as creating a new session involves sending session cookies back._ — Miguel-F, Nov 20 '13 at 20:32
@Miguel-F thanks, reading is hard. i'll update the test suite to run these last which should fix the issue. — Matt Busche, Nov 20 '13 at 20:44
@MattBusche - sometimes you just need another set of eyes. Happens to me quite a bit... — Miguel-F, Nov 20 '13 at 21:07

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Nov 21 '13 at 19:14

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I don't think you can create a new session without sending/receiving data from the client. There is a note on the page that you referenced (at the bottom):

You cannot destroy the session and create a session on the same request, as creating a new session involves sending session cookies back.

session invalidate and creating a new session

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