How to introduce Time Out feature in web application

[vikram karne]

Hi

I am stuck in a problem for which i need your help.
We are implementing a Time Out feature for one of the functionalities in a web application.
we have a functionality called Alerts in our application.
Currently the Alerts are displaying properly and are present in the application all the time . now we have to implement the Time Out feature for the requirement.The Alerts should disappear after certain amount of time.can anybody let me know the design for this approach and how this should be implpemented.

i am using jdk 1.5,MySql db, JBoss Application server, Struts for the UI.
Please let us know your comments and suggestions. waiting for a positive reply form your side.

Thanks & Regards
Vikram K

[sam ky]

Set the session time out if you are using session.


Thnx,
Sam

[Stan James]

The session timeout will invalidate your session so you can't retrieve more pages on the same session. I'm not sure that's what you're after. Can you define "disappear" a little better? If I'm watching the screen at the moment time expires, does something happen?