Session Problem
I'm using a session to determine whether a user is allowed to view the page or not.
In logincheck.jsp:
HttpSession session1 = request.getSession();
session.setAttribute("gegevens", gegevens);
'Gegevens' is an array containing some important information, such as user id and role.
My application works, using the following.
request.getSession(true);
gegevens = (int[])session.getAttribute("gegevens");
int bedrijfid = gegevens[1];
int level = gegevens[0];
I get all the information I want, but it obviously throws an error when there is no session. That's what it's supposed to do, since it can't find the 'gegevens'-array I'm requesting when it has never been put into the session.
But, how can I determine whether there is a session or not? I tried multiple things, such as using a try/catch and let it throw a NullPointerException, use if/else-statements to check whether the session object is empty or not, but it just doesn't work.
I just tried it with if/else-statements, as the following.
if(!session.equals("")){
out.println(session);
}else{
out.println(session);
}
But it prints the following:
org.apache.catalina.session.StandardSessionFacade@963b33
That's on a sessiontestpage, but when I go to a 'real' and secured page, it throws a NPE for not finding the variables I declared on top of the page.
Anyone any idea?
