[Seaside] page expiry message

[Nevin Pratt]

Thanks Derek.

I just hacked in a WAApplication>>handleExpiredRequest: method that 
gives a "Warning: Page has Expired" message.  However, now I'm not so 
sure it is something I want, as it changes the app behavior in other 
ways.  For example, simple things like clicking the "Home" button on an 
expired page brings up the message.  I don't think users would expect 
that to happen.

In other words, this isn't such a simple issue at all, and needs further 
thought.  As it is, the current Seaside behavior might very well be the 
best overall behavior.

I need to think about it.

Nevin


Derek Brans wrote:

>I'm not in an image right now, Nevin, but have a look at WARedirectResponse,
>(or one of the classes in the same class category).  You can set the
>duration that the message is displayed before the redirect occurs.
>
>As for where expired sessions are handled, you can do a search for
>references to WARedirectResponse (CTRL-SHIFT-N), or I would just trace
>method calls from WARegistry>>handleExpiredRequest: (cause
>#handleExpiredRequest is called when the registry realizes that the request
>is asking for a session that has expired).
>
>If you have any problems, let me know and I can help you find it.
>
>Derek Brans
>Nerd on a Wire
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>From: "Nevin Pratt" <nevin at smalltalkpro.com>
>To: <seaside at lists.squeakfoundation.org>
>Sent: Tuesday, August 05, 2003 8:38 PM
>Subject: [Seaside] page expiry message
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>>Right now when a user sits on a page for a few hours, of course the
>>session will (typically) expire (depending on the Seaside settings for
>>page expiry, of course).  Then when they try to do something on that
>>expired page-- anything that causes the expired page to be submitted--
>>the app will ignore the submit of the expired page and just throw them
>>back to the app entry point page.
>>
>>What I would actually prefer in this case is if the app instead first
>>put up a page that gave a message something like:
>>
>>   Your session has expired.  You will be automatically redirected in 3
>>seconds...
>>
>>Then after the time has expired, it should do what it does now.
>>
>>I believe this behavior would be more typical of how users expect web
>>apps to behave.
>>
>>How would one go about implementing this behavior?
>>
>>Nevin
>>
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