Chapter 9. Session Tracking

Topics in This Chapter

• Implementing session tracking from scratch

• Using basic session tracking

• Understanding the session-tracking API

• Differentiating between server and browser sessions

• Encoding URLs

• Storing immutable objects vs. storing mutable objects

• Tracking user access counts

• Accumulating user purchases

• Implementing a shopping cart

• Building an online store

This chapter introduces the servlet session-tracking API, which keeps track of user-specific data as visitors move around your site.