Accessing http session in portlet

Question

A jsp page saves values in the session using the following code

session.setAttribute("UserType", "customer");

These values need to be accessed in a jboss portlet. Using the following code to access the variable:

        String id = (String) renderRequest.getPortletSession().getAttribute("LoginId", PortletSession.APPLICATION_SCOPE);
    System.out.println("FROM SESSION: " + id);

I get null as the output. What do I need to do to access the session variable in the portlet?

Answer 1

From what I've seen, there's an extra bit of configuration needed in JBoss to enable portlet session and httpsession to intermingle: Chapter 8. Clustering Configuration

Check section: 8.3.1. Portal Session Replication

<web-app>
   <description>JBoss Portal</description>
   <!-- Comment/Uncomment to enable portal session replication -->
   <distributable/>
   ...
</web-app>

You can also see a discussion on the JBoss Community on the same topic: PortletSession vs HttpSession