org.apache.jackrabbit.webdav
Interface DavSessionProvider

All Known Implementing Classes:

DavSessionProviderImpl, JCRWebdavServer

public interface DavSessionProvider

DavSessionProvider is an interface for components that can initiate and complete DavSessions. A provider is responsible for supplying references from a WebdavRequest to a DavSession when acquired and removing the references when released.

Method Summary

boolean	attachSession(WebdavRequest request) Acquires a DavSession.
void	releaseSession(WebdavRequest request) Releases the reference from the request to the session.

Method Detail

attachSession

boolean attachSession(WebdavRequest request)
                      throws DavException

Acquires a DavSession. Upon success, the WebdavRequest will reference that session. A session will not be available if an exception is thrown.

Parameters:

request -

Returns:

true if the session was attached to the request; false otherwise.

Throws:

DavException - if a problem occurred while obtaining the session

releaseSession

void releaseSession(WebdavRequest request)

Releases the reference from the request to the session.

Parameters:

request -