Make the servlet session identifier configurable from LiftRules

lift · Aug 10, 2017 · 501d1d5 · 501d1d5
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diff --git a/web/webkit/src/main/scala/net/liftweb/http/LiftRules.scala b/web/webkit/src/main/scala/net/liftweb/http/LiftRules.scala
@@ -300,6 +300,15 @@ class LiftRules() extends Factory with FormVendor with LazyLoggable {
    */
   @volatile var authentication: HttpAuthentication = NoAuthentication
 
+  /**
+   * A session identifier for [[net.liftweb.http.provider.servlet.HTTPServletSession]].
+   *
+   * Under most circumstances, you won't need to change this value. However, in some cases
+   * containers will be configured with backing datastores that don't play nice with the default
+   * value. In those cases you can change this string to get those working.
+   */
+  @volatile var servletSessionIdentifier: String = "$lift_magic_session_thingy$"
+
   /**
    * A function that takes the HTTPSession and the contextPath as parameters
    * and returns a LiftSession reference. This can be used in cases subclassing
@@ -2294,4 +2303,3 @@ trait FormVendor {
   private object sessionForms extends SessionVar[Map[String, List[FormBuilderLocator[_]]]](Map())
   private object requestForms extends SessionVar[Map[String, List[FormBuilderLocator[_]]]](Map())
 }
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diff --git a/web/webkit/src/main/scala/net/liftweb/http/provider/servlet/HTTPServletSession.scala b/web/webkit/src/main/scala/net/liftweb/http/provider/servlet/HTTPServletSession.scala
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ import net.liftweb.common._
 import net.liftweb.util._
 
 class HTTPServletSession(session: HttpSession) extends HTTPSession {
-  private val LiftMagicID = "$lift_magic_session_thingy$"
+  private[this] lazy val LiftMagicID = LiftRules.servletSessionIdentifier
 
   def sessionId: String = session.getId
 
@@ -72,4 +72,3 @@ case class SessionToServletBridge(uniqueId: String) extends HttpSessionBindingLi
   }
 
 }
-