Share Session between 2 Java EE applications deployed in JBoss AS

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I have 2 Java EE applications which need to share some common user related data of a logged in user.

Is there anyway by which I can store this data in the session from one application and retrieve that data in a second application? I.e. something similar to sticky sessions in .NET.

score 4 · Answer 1 · answered Mar 10 '10 at 08:45

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Take a look at Single Sign On functionality.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_single_sign-on_implementations

answered Mar 10 '10 at 08:45

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SSO is th best option i agree.. But then i was actually searching for some work around for the time being. +1 for SSO but.. :) – Richie Mar 10 '10 at 10:06

score 4 · Accepted Answer · edited Sep 22 '12 at 15:27

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Two separate Java EE applications will be having separate session data. If they are on the same domain and you want to share couple of attributes, then you could use a cookie and set attributes into the cookie and read them in each web app.

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answered Mar 10 '10 at 09:06

JoseK

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Thanks..Even though probably not the best of practices, i guess this is worth a try than the proved SSO style..cheers mate :) – Richie Mar 10 '10 at 10:08

score 1 · Answer 3 · answered Mar 10 '10 at 09:24

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Single sign-on is the way to go (as prescribed). OpenId http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenID (Providers include Google, Yahoo, MSN etc) is worth a look

answered Mar 10 '10 at 09:24

Kannan Ekanath

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Share Session between 2 Java EE applications deployed in JBoss AS

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