Tomcat Realm Authentication + Storing Objects In The Session

[Alan Weissman <aw...@nyc.yamaha.com>]

Hey Everyone -

 

I have been trying to figure out if Realm authentication is appropriate
for my project or if I need to implement my own.  

 

My biggest unknown right now is, because the server handles the creation
of the session, what would it take to make the server grab a user object
from the database and store it in the session after the user logs in?  

 

I've run into this in JBoss and ended up making some custom mechanisms -
I'm hoping I don't have to do the same here!

 

Thanks,

Alan