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A user's session with a system.

This utility class contains no functionality, but is used to represent a session.

Method __init__ Initialize a session with a unique ID for that session.
Method expire Expire/logout of the session.
Method notifyOnExpire Call this callback when the session expires or logs out.
Method startCheckingExpiration Start expiration tracking.
Method touch Mark the session as modified, which resets expiration timer.
Instance Variable expireCallbacks Undocumented
Instance Variable lastModified Time the touch() method was last called (or time the session was created). A UNIX timestamp as returned by IReactorTime.seconds().
Instance Variable sessionNamespaces Undocumented
Instance Variable sessionTimeout Time after last modification the session will expire, in seconds.
Instance Variable site The Site that generated the session.
Instance Variable uid A unique identifier for the session.
Instance Variable _expireCall Undocumented
Instance Variable _reactor An object providing IReactorTime to use for scheduling expiration.

Inherited from Componentized:

Method __conform__ Undocumented
Method addAdapter Utility method that calls addComponent. I take an adapter class and instantiate it with myself as the first argument.
Method addComponent Add a component to me, for all appropriate interfaces.
Method getComponent Create or retrieve an adapter for the given interface.
Method locateAdapterClass Undocumented
Method removeComponent Remove the given component from me entirely, for all interfaces for which it has been registered.
Method setAdapter Cache a provider for the given interface, by adapting self using the given adapter class.
Method setComponent Cache a provider of the given interface.
Method unsetComponent Remove my component specified by the given interface class.
Class Variable persistenceVersion Undocumented
Instance Variable _adapterCache Undocumented
def __init__(self, site, uid, reactor=None): (source)

Initialize a session with a unique ID for that session.

Parameters
siteUndocumented
uidUndocumented
reactorIReactorTime used to schedule expiration of the session. If None, the reactor associated with site is used.
def expire(self): (source)

Expire/logout of the session.

def notifyOnExpire(self, callback): (source)

Call this callback when the session expires or logs out.

def startCheckingExpiration(self): (source)

Start expiration tracking.

Returns
None
def touch(self): (source)

Mark the session as modified, which resets expiration timer.

expireCallbacks: list = (source)

Undocumented

lastModified: float = (source)

Time the touch() method was last called (or time the session was created). A UNIX timestamp as returned by IReactorTime.seconds().

sessionNamespaces: dict = (source)

Undocumented

sessionTimeout: float = (source)

Time after last modification the session will expire, in seconds.

The Site that generated the session.

A unique identifier for the session.

_expireCall = (source)

Undocumented

_reactor = (source)

An object providing IReactorTime to use for scheduling expiration.