Class CGI::Session::MemoryStore
In: cgi/session.rb
Parent: Object

In-memory session storage class.

Implements session storage as a global in-memory hash. Session data will only persist for as long as the ruby interpreter instance does.

Methods

close   delete   new   restore   update  

Public Class methods

new(session, option=nil)

Create a new MemoryStore instance.

session is the session this instance is associated with. option is a list of initialisation options. None are currently recognised.

[Source]

# File cgi/session.rb, line 461
      def initialize(session, option=nil)
        @session_id = session.session_id
        unless GLOBAL_HASH_TABLE.key?(@session_id)
          unless session.new_session
            raise CGI::Session::NoSession, "uninitialized session"
          end
          GLOBAL_HASH_TABLE[@session_id] = {}
        end
      end

Public Instance methods

close()

Close session storage.

A no-op.

[Source]

# File cgi/session.rb, line 488
      def close
        # don't need to close
      end
delete()

Delete the session state.

[Source]

# File cgi/session.rb, line 493
      def delete
        GLOBAL_HASH_TABLE.delete(@session_id)
      end
restore()

Restore session state.

Returns session data as a hash.

[Source]

# File cgi/session.rb, line 474
      def restore
        GLOBAL_HASH_TABLE[@session_id]
      end
update()

Update session state.

A no-op.

[Source]

# File cgi/session.rb, line 481
      def update
        # don't need to update; hash is shared
      end

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