Dart as java web application frontend, Dart http session management

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I have a java web application with jsp frontend. I want to use Dart as frontend instead of jsp.

I made Dart invoke java through a Jersey web service. I had success calling the java web service and display java data in the browser through Dart HttpRequest.

In java/jsp I'm using the session to store some information. The next step, where I'm stuck, is session management with Dart. I cannot manage to keep the java session from Dart HttpRequest.

Is there a way to maintain the java session from Dart HttpRequest? I cannot remove the dependency from the java session and implement a REST service.

score 1 · Answer 1 · edited May 23 '17 at 11:57

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At Browser Side, Session is just another cookie. If you want to manipulate cookies at Browser side you should see this library:

cookie 0.0.4

Furthermore look in this answer where is explained why restful services shouldn't have sessions:

https://stackoverflow.com/a/20311981/2117440

edited May 23 '17 at 11:57

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answered Mar 30 '14 at 20:13

Luis Vargas

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Thankyou for pointing me to cookie library. About REST, I know it's motives; I've stated that my application cannot remove session management. Aside of that it will have 3 or 4 client at most. – Jako Mar 30 '14 at 20:20
The JSESSIONID cookie is not accessible, it is always null; looks like response header of HttpRequest does not affect the document – Jako Mar 30 '14 at 20:30

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 31 '14 at 12:58

I solved without the use of the cookies:

I created a java web service to create/return the jsessionid string
from Dart I call the previous web service and store the jsessionid in a local variable
all the following Dart HttpRequest have the jsessionid in the url like "http://server/app/wsxyz;jsessionid=14F5FA9836512AF"

Dart as java web application frontend, Dart http session management

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