Version 0.33

[catagits/Catalyst-Plugin-Session.git] / lib / Catalyst / Plugin / Session.pm

diff --git a/lib/Catalyst/Plugin/Session.pm b/lib/Catalyst/Plugin/Session.pm
index 1288875..a84c2ac 100644 (file)
--- a/lib/Catalyst/Plugin/Session.pm
+++ b/lib/Catalyst/Plugin/Session.pm
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ use Carp;
 
 use namespace::clean -except => 'meta';
 
-our $VERSION = '0.27';
+our $VERSION = '0.33';
 $VERSION = eval $VERSION;
 
 my @session_data_accessors; # used in delete_session
@@ -102,8 +102,10 @@ sub prepare_action {
 sub finalize_headers {
     my $c = shift;
 
-    # fix cookie before we send headers
-    $c->_save_session_expires;
+    # Force extension of session_expires before finalizing headers, so a possible cookie will be
+    # up to date. First call to session_expires will extend the expiry, subsequent calls will
+    # just return the previously extended value.
+    $c->session_expires;
 
     return $c->maybe::next::method(@_);
 }
@@ -124,6 +126,7 @@ sub finalize_session {
 
     $c->maybe::next::method(@_);
 
+    $c->_save_session_expires;
     $c->_save_session_id;
     $c->_save_session;
     $c->_save_flash;
@@ -225,6 +228,7 @@ sub _load_session {
 
             no warnings 'uninitialized';    # ne __address
             if (   $c->_session_plugin_config->{verify_address}
+                && exists $session_data->{__address}
                 && $session_data->{__address} ne $c->request->address )
             {
                 $c->log->warn(
@@ -375,6 +379,11 @@ sub reset_session_expires {
 
     my $exp = $c->calculate_initial_session_expires;
     $c->_session_expires( $exp );
+    #
+    # since we're setting _session_expires directly, make load_session_expires
+    # actually use that value.
+    #
+    $c->_tried_loading_session_expires(1);
     $c->_extended_session_expires( $exp );
     $exp;
 }
@@ -573,7 +582,7 @@ sub dump_these {
     (
         $c->maybe::next::method(),
 
-        $c->sessionid
+        $c->_sessionid
         ? ( [ "Session ID" => $c->sessionid ], [ Session => $c->session ], )
         : ()
     );
@@ -718,6 +727,15 @@ $c->flash (thus allowing multiple redirections), and the policy is to delete
 all the keys which haven't changed since the flash data was loaded at the end
 of every request.
 
+Note that use of the flash is an easy way to get data across requests, but
+it's also strongly disrecommended, due it it being inherently plagued with
+race conditions. This means that it's unlikely to work well if your
+users have multiple tabs open at once, or if your site does a lot of AJAX
+requests.
+
+L<Catalyst::Plugin::StatusMessage> is the recommended alternative solution,
+as this doesn't suffer from these issues.
+
     sub moose : Local {
         my ( $self, $c ) = @_;
 
@@ -783,7 +801,8 @@ expiry time for the whole session).
 
 For example:
 
-    __PACKAGE__->config('Plugin::Session' => { expires => 1000000000000 }); # forever
+    __PACKAGE__->config('Plugin::Session' => { expires => 10000000000 }); # "forever" 
+    (NB If this number is too large, Y2K38 breakage could result.)
 
     # later
 
@@ -1100,11 +1119,8 @@ changes by request a
 
 =back
 
-If this is a concern in your application, a soon-to-be-developed locking
-solution is the only safe way to go. This will have a bigger overhead.
-
-For applications where any given user is only making one request at a time this
-plugin should be safe enough.
+For applications where any given user's session is only making one request
+at a time this plugin should be safe enough.
 
 =head1 AUTHORS
 
@@ -1122,6 +1138,10 @@ Sergio Salvi
 
 kmx C<kmx@volny.cz>
 
+Florian Ragwitz (rafl) C<rafl@debian.org>
+
+Kent Fredric (kentnl)
+
 And countless other contributers from #catalyst. Thanks guys!
 
 =head1 COPYRIGHT & LICENSE