In ASP.NET, when should I use Session.Clear() rather than Session.Abandon()?

Question

Both Session.Clear() and Session.Abandon() get rid of session variables. As I understand it, Abandon() ends the current session, and causes a new session to be created thus

Answer 1

Session.Abandon destroys the session as stated above so you should use this when logging someone out. I think a good use of Session.Clear would be for a shopping basket on an ecommerce website. That way the basket gets cleared without logging out the user.