How to disable http session creation in specific JSP

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Environment

  • JBoss Enterprise Application Platform (EAP)
    • 4.x
    • 5.x
    • 6.x
    • 7.x
    • 8.x
  • JBoss Enterprise Web Server (EWS)
    • Tomcat 5.5
    • Tomcat 6.0
    • Tomcat 7.0

Issue

  • Request to a JSP seem to automatically create a session. How can I disable http session creation in a specific JSP?

Resolution

  • You can disable http session creation in JSP by setting the "session" attribute to false in page directive:

      <%@ page session="false" %>
    
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