Mandatory Time-out in a JSP

Hi,
I know that you can set in the web.xml the session time-out. However, it refers to idle-time. Is there a way to set the session to be a set amount of time, for example give someone10 min to answer a quiz?
Thanks,
RK

You would have to implement that in your own code - create an initial timestamp, etc. stored in the session - you could then have an independent timing thread that would control a separate collection of references to the session objects. When the time was up you could invalidate the session.
Bill

Thanks,
I just compared the session time to the current time and it produced the required results.
RK

The HttpSession class also offers the method
setMaxInactiveInterval(int seconds), so that the server automatically invalidates the session when it times out.

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Thanks.
Dave
ps: which coast you on?

Hi Dave
My apologies, re Aussie Developer.
Anyway, I live and work on the East Coast - Brisbane.

cheers
Gav ...