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Class Base

Known Subclasses:
DB
This is the base class to derive session storage driver from. This class defines the interface
of the storage drivers. eg. SessionDB is the database session handler derived from this class.

If a sessionID is not specified and the sessionID cannot be read from a cookie, a new session is created
and the cookie is set.
Method Summary
  __init__(self, name, expires, sessionID, cookie, seed, cleanup)
Initialise the class with the parameters as specified in the lemon.session.start() function.
  __delitem__(self, key)
Allows the use of a dictionary-style interface to the session class.
  __getitem__(self, key)
Allows the use of a dictionary-style interface to the session class.
  __setitem__(self, key, value)
Allows the use of a dictionary-style interface to the session class.
  begin(self)
  blockVariable(self, key)
Deprecated.
  created(self)
Find out if a session was automatically created and hence whether this was the first visit.
  delete(self, key)
Public method to remove a session variable.
  destroy(self)
End a session and remove the session cookie.
  get(self, key)
Public method to retrieve a session variable.
  getParam(self, param)
Get the value of one of the params specified in lemon.session.start()...
  release(self, key)
Allow a user to use the previously reserved variable name 'key'.
  reserve(self, key)
Prevent a user using the variable name 'key'.
  set(self, key, value)
Public method to set a session variable.
  unblockVariable(self, key)
Deprecated.

Method Details

__init__(self, name, expires, sessionID, cookie, seed, cleanup)
(Constructor) 

Initialise the class with the parameters as specified in the lemon.session.start() function.

__delitem__(self, key)
(Index deletion operator) 

Allows the use of a dictionary-style interface to the session class.

__getitem__(self, key)
(Indexing operator) 

Allows the use of a dictionary-style interface to the session class.

__setitem__(self, key, value)
(Index assignment operator) 

Allows the use of a dictionary-style interface to the session class.

blockVariable(self, key) 

Deprecated. See reserve().

created(self) 

Find out if a session was automatically created and hence whether this was the first visit.

delete(self, key) 

Public method to remove a session variable.

destroy(self) 

End a session and remove the session cookie.

get(self, key) 

Public method to retrieve a session variable.

getParam(self, param) 

Get the value of one of the params specified in lemon.session.start()

release(self, key) 

Allow a user to use the previously reserved variable name 'key'.

reserve(self, key) 

Prevent a user using the variable name 'key'.

set(self, key, value) 

Public method to set a session variable. 'value' can be anything that can be pickled.

unblockVariable(self, key) 

Deprecated. See release().

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