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Note: By default, applications create session objects during the first cycle of the request-response loop. This is because by default, the first request is handled by the component action request handler, which creates a session. If you change the default request handler to the direct action request handler, you do not have a session object. See "WebObjects Viewed Through Its Classes" for clarification.

In the session object's init method, you set the session's time-out value and initialize variables that should have unique values for each session. For example, if you wanted to have each session keep track of what number it is, you could do so in the session object's init method:

//WebScript Session.wos

- init {

		id woApp = [WOApplication application];

		self = [super init];

		[self setTimeOut:120]; // session idle time is 2 minutes.

		[woApp setSessionCount:[woApp sessionCount + 1];

		sessionNumber = [woApp sessionCount];

		return self;

}
//Java Session.java

public Session() {

		super();

		Application woApp = 
(Application)WOApplication.application();

		this.setTimeOut(120);

		woApp.setSessionCount(woApp.sessionCount() + 1);

		sessionNumber = woApp.sessionCount();

}

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