Servlet : Session tracking techniques in servlet applications.

Session tracking techniques in servlet applications.

1. Session tracking is the mechanism used in servlet applications to store the data of every individual client temporarily either at the client side or server side.

2. We can use one of the following 4 techniques for this session tracking.

          a. HttpSession

          b. Cookies

          c. URL rewriting

          d. HiddenForm Fields

3. The HttpSession tracking is used to store the data of every client at the server side.

4. The other techniques i.e. Cookies, URL rewriting and HiddenForm Fields are used to store the data of every individual client temporarily at the client side.