JSF “Remember me” option

Question

In other languages when a user logs in you can set the expire date of a cookie really far from today's and you can achieve this. How can I implement this in JSF2? I have a jsf sessionscoped bean but how can I maintain this session for a long time?.

Answer 1

You can add cookies with JSF as well:

FacesContext.getCurrentInstance().getExternalContext.addResponseCookie(..)

in the parameters map you can set the expiration date - see the documentation for all parameteres

Answer 2

I know this is tagged JSF but I recommend you look into Spring's Solution to the Remember Me problem.