This example describes how to use the HttpSession object to find out the creation time and the last-accessed time for a session. We would associate a new session with the request if one does not already exist.
Example
<%@ page import = "java.io.*,java.util.*" %>
<%
// Get session creation time.
Date createTime = new Date(session.getCreationTime());
// Get last access time of this Webpage.
Date lastAccessTime = new Date(session.getLastAccessedTime());
String title = "Welcome Back to my website";
Integer visitCount = new Integer(0);
String visitCountKey = new String("visitCount");
String userIDKey = new String("userID");
String userID = new String("ABCD");
// Check if this is new comer on your Webpage.
if (session.isNew() ) {
title = "Welcome to my website";
session.setAttribute(userIDKey, userID);
session.setAttribute(visitCountKey, visitCount);
}
visitCount = (Integer)session.getAttribute(visitCountKey);
visitCount = visitCount + 1;
userID = (String)session.getAttribute(userIDKey);
session.setAttribute(visitCountKey, visitCount);
%>
<html>
<head>
<title>Session Tracking</title>
</head>
<body>
<center>
<h1>Session Tracking</h1>
</center>
<table border = "1" align = "center">
<tr bgcolor = "#949494">
<th>Session info</th>
<th>Value</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>id</td>
<td><% out.print( session.getId()); %></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Creation Time</td>
<td><% out.print(createTime); %></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Time of Last Access</td>
<td><% out.print(lastAccessTime); %></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>User ID</td>
<td><% out.print(userID); %></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Number of visits</td>
<td><% out.print(visitCount); %></td>
</tr>
</table>
</body>
</html>Now put the above code in main.jsp and try to access https://localhost:8080/main.jsp. Once you run the URL, you will receive the following result −
Welcome to my website
Session Information
| Session info | value |
|---|---|
| id | 0AE3EC93FF44E3C525B4351B77ABB2D5 |
| Creation Time | Tue Jun 08 17:26:40 GMT+04:00 2010 |
| Time of Last Access | Tue Jun 08 17:26:40 GMT+04:00 2010 |
| User ID | ABCD |
| Number of visits | 0 |
Now try to run the same JSP for the second time, you will receive the following result.
Welcome Back to my website
Session Information
| info type | value |
|---|---|
| id | 0AE3EC93FF44E3C525B4351B77ABB2D5 |
| Creation Time | Tue Jun 08 17:26:40 GMT+04:00 2010 |
| Time of Last Access | Tue Jun 08 17:26:40 GMT+04:00 2010 |
| User ID | ABCD |
| Number of visits | 1 |