Session对象的创建一般是源于这样的一条语句:
Session session = request.getSession(false);或者Session session = request.getSession();如果不在乎服务器压力可能多那么一点点的话。

在Tomcat的实现中,这个request是org.apache.catalina.connector.Request类的包装类org.apache.catalina.connector.RequestFacade的对象,它的两个#getSession()方法如下:

public HttpSession getSession(boolean create) {
        if (request == null) {
            throw new IllegalStateException(
                            sm.getString("requestFacade.nullRequest"));
        }

        if (SecurityUtil.isPackageProtectionEnabled()){
            return (HttpSession)AccessController.
                doPrivileged(new GetSessionPrivilegedAction(create));
        } else {
            return request.getSession(create);
        }
    }




public HttpSession getSession() {
        if (request == null) {
            throw new IllegalStateException(
                            sm.getString("requestFacade.nullRequest"));
        }

        return getSession(true);
    }




其实差不太多,最后都会进入org.apache.catalina.connector.Request的#getSession()方法。这个方法的源代码如下:



public HttpSession getSession(boolean create) {
        Session session = doGetSession(create);
        if (session != null) {
            return session.getSession();
        } else {
            return null;
        }
    }




然后调用就到了#doGetSession()这个方法了。源代码如下



protected Session doGetSession(boolean create) {
		// 没有Context的话直接返回null
		if (context == null)
			return (null);

		// 判断Session是否有效
		if ((session != null) && !session.isValid())
			session = null;
		if (session != null)
			return (session);

		// 返回Manager对象,这里是StandardManager类的对象
		Manager manager = null;
		if (context != null)
			manager = context.getManager();
		if (manager == null)
			return (null); // Sessions are not supported
		// 判断是否有SessionID
		if (requestedSessionId != null) {
			try {
				// 在Manager中根据SessionID查找Session
				session = manager.findSession(requestedSessionId);
			} catch (IOException e) {
				session = null;
			}
			if ((session != null) && !session.isValid())
				session = null;
			if (session != null) {
				// 更新访问时间
				session.access();
				return (session);
			}
		}

		// 创建新的Session
		if (!create)
			return (null);
		if ((context != null) && (response != null) && context.getCookies()
				&& response.getResponse().isCommitted()) {
			throw new IllegalStateException(sm.getString("coyoteRequest.sessionCreateCommitted"));
		}

		// 判断是否使用 "/" 作为Session Cookie的存储路径 并且 是否SessionID来自Cookie
		if (connector.getEmptySessionPath() && isRequestedSessionIdFromCookie()) {
			// 创建Session
			session = manager.createSession(getRequestedSessionId());
		} else {
			session = manager.createSession(null);
		}

		// 创建一个新的Session Cookies
		if ((session != null) && (getContext() != null) && getContext().getCookies()) {
			Cookie cookie = new Cookie(Globals.SESSION_COOKIE_NAME, session.getIdInternal());
			// 配置Session Cookie
			configureSessionCookie(cookie);
			// 在响应中加入Session Cookie
			response.addCookieInternal(cookie);
		}

		if (session != null) {
			// 更新访问时间
			session.access();
			return (session);
		} else {
			return (null);
		}

	}



这个方法说明了Session创建的大致过程,首先判断requestedSessionId是否存在,如果存在,那么根据这个ID去查找Session对象。如果requestedSessionId不存在或者没有取到Session,并且传递给#getSession(boolean)的参数为真,那么要创建一个新的Session,并且给客户端写回去一个Session Cookie。



首先,我感兴趣的是requestedSessionId的赋值,它到底是什么时候被赋值的呢?



还要向回看Tomcat的请求处理过程,请求曾到过这一步,org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter的#service()方法。里边有这样一句方法调用:postParseRequest(req, request, res, response)。就是这一步处理了SessionID的获取,这个方法调用了#parseSessionId()和parseSessionCookiesId()这两个方法,就是它对Session ID进行了提取,源代码分别如下:



protected void parseSessionId(org.apache.coyote.Request req, Request request) {

		ByteChunk uriBC = req.requestURI().getByteChunk();
		// 判断URL中是不是有";jsessionid="这个字符串
		int semicolon = uriBC.indexOf(match, 0, match.length(), 0);

		if (semicolon > 0) {
			// Parse session ID, and extract it from the decoded request URI
			// 在URL中提取Session ID
			int start = uriBC.getStart();
			int end = uriBC.getEnd();

			int sessionIdStart = semicolon + match.length();
			int semicolon2 = uriBC.indexOf(';', sessionIdStart);
			if (semicolon2 >= 0) {
				request.setRequestedSessionId(new String(uriBC.getBuffer(), start + sessionIdStart,
						semicolon2 - sessionIdStart));
				byte[] buf = uriBC.getBuffer();
				for (int i = 0; i < end - start - semicolon2; i++) {
					buf[start + semicolon + i] = buf[start + i + semicolon2];
				}
				uriBC.setBytes(buf, start, end - start - semicolon2 + semicolon);
			} else {
				request.setRequestedSessionId(new String(uriBC.getBuffer(), start + sessionIdStart,
						(end - start) - sessionIdStart));
				uriBC.setEnd(start + semicolon);
			}
			// 设定Session ID来自于URL
			request.setRequestedSessionURL(true);

		} else {
			request.setRequestedSessionId(null);
			request.setRequestedSessionURL(false);
		}

	}




protected void parseSessionCookiesId(org.apache.coyote.Request req, Request request) {
		Context context = (Context) request.getMappingData().context;
		if (context != null && !context.getCookies())
			return;

		// 返回Cookie
		Cookies serverCookies = req.getCookies();
		int count = serverCookies.getCookieCount();
		if (count <= 0)
			return;

		for (int i = 0; i < count; i++) {
			ServerCookie scookie = serverCookies.getCookie(i);
			// 判断是否有JSESSIONID这个名字的Cookie
			if (scookie.getName().equals(Globals.SESSION_COOKIE_NAME)) {
				// Override anything requested in the URL
				if (!request.isRequestedSessionIdFromCookie()) {
					// 设定Session ID
					convertMB(scookie.getValue());
					request.setRequestedSessionId(scookie.getValue().toString());
					// 如果之前在URL中读到了SessionID,那么会覆盖它
					request.setRequestedSessionCookie(true);
					request.setRequestedSessionURL(false);
					if (log.isDebugEnabled())
						log.debug(" Requested cookie session id is " + request.getRequestedSessionId());
				} else {
					if (!request.isRequestedSessionIdValid()) {
						convertMB(scookie.getValue());
						request.setRequestedSessionId(scookie.getValue().toString());
					}
				}
			}
		}

	}



Tomcat就是通过上边的两个方法读到URL或者Cookie中存放的Session ID的。



了解了Session ID的获取,下面要看一下Session的查找过程,就是org.apache.catalina.session.StandardManager的#findSession()方法。这个方法是在它的基类中定义的,源代码如下:



public Session findSession(String id) throws IOException {
        if (id == null)
            return (null);
        return (Session) sessions.get(id);
    }



代码很短,其中sessions是一个ConcurrentHashMap<String, Session>对象。那么这个sessions的对象是什么时候载入的Session呢?



启动的时候!可以看一下StandardManager#start()方法。最后调用了#load()方法,这个就是载入Session的方法了:



public void load() throws ClassNotFoundException, IOException {
		if (SecurityUtil.isPackageProtectionEnabled()) {
			try {
				AccessController.doPrivileged(new PrivilegedDoLoad());
			} catch (PrivilegedActionException ex) {
				Exception exception = ex.getException();
				if (exception instanceof ClassNotFoundException) {
					throw (ClassNotFoundException) exception;
				} else if (exception instanceof IOException) {
					throw (IOException) exception;
				}
				if (log.isDebugEnabled())
					log.debug("Unreported exception in load() " + exception);
			}
		} else {
			doLoad();
		}
	}



最后调用了#doLoad()方法来具体的载入Session,源代码如下:



protected void doLoad() throws ClassNotFoundException, IOException {
		if (log.isDebugEnabled())
			log.debug("Start: Loading persisted sessions");

		// 清空Map
		sessions.clear();

		// 对应work/Catalina/localhost/%app name%/SESSIONS.ser文件
		File file = file();
		if (file == null)
			return;
		if (log.isDebugEnabled())
			log.debug(sm.getString("standardManager.loading", pathname));
		FileInputStream fis = null;
		ObjectInputStream ois = null;
		Loader loader = null;
		ClassLoader classLoader = null;
		try {
			// 载入Session缓存文件
			fis = new FileInputStream(file.getAbsolutePath());
			BufferedInputStream bis = new BufferedInputStream(fis);
			if (container != null)
				loader = container.getLoader();
			if (loader != null)
				classLoader = loader.getClassLoader();
			if (classLoader != null) {
				if (log.isDebugEnabled())
					log.debug("Creating custom object input stream for class loader ");
				ois = new CustomObjectInputStream(bis, classLoader);
			} else {
				if (log.isDebugEnabled())
					log.debug("Creating standard object input stream");
				ois = new ObjectInputStream(bis);
			}
		} catch (FileNotFoundException e) {
			if (log.isDebugEnabled())
				log.debug("No persisted data file found");
			return;
		} catch (IOException e) {
			log.error(sm.getString("standardManager.loading.ioe", e), e);
			if (ois != null) {
				try {
					ois.close();
				} catch (IOException f) {
					;
				}
				ois = null;
			}
			throw e;
		}

		synchronized (sessions) {
			try {
				// 读出Session个数
				Integer count = (Integer) ois.readObject();
				int n = count.intValue();
				if (log.isDebugEnabled())
					log.debug("Loading " + n + " persisted sessions");
				//  读入Session
				for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) {
					StandardSession session = getNewSession();
					session.readObjectData(ois);
					session.setManager(this);
					sessions.put(session.getIdInternal(), session);
					session.activate();
					sessionCounter++;
				}
			} catch (ClassNotFoundException e) {
				log.error(sm.getString("standardManager.loading.cnfe", e), e);
				if (ois != null) {
					try {
						ois.close();
					} catch (IOException f) {
						;
					}
					ois = null;
				}
				throw e;
			} catch (IOException e) {
				log.error(sm.getString("standardManager.loading.ioe", e), e);
				if (ois != null) {
					try {
						ois.close();
					} catch (IOException f) {
						;
					}
					ois = null;
				}
				throw e;
			} finally {
				try {
					if (ois != null)
						ois.close();
				} catch (IOException f) {
				}

				// 删除Session缓存文件
				if (file != null && file.exists())
					file.delete();
			}
		}

		if (log.isDebugEnabled())
			log.debug("Finish: Loading persisted sessions");
	}



大致知道了Session的读取过程,后面就是Session没找到时创建Session的过程了。具体就是org.apache.catalina.session.StandardManager的#createSession()方法:



public Session createSession(String sessionId) {
		if ((maxActiveSessions >= 0) && (sessions.size() >= maxActiveSessions)) {
			rejectedSessions++;
			throw new IllegalStateException(sm.getString("standardManager.createSession.ise"));
		}
		return (super.createSession(sessionId));
	}



最后调用到了它的基类的#createSession()方法了。



public Session createSession(String sessionId) {
		// 创建一个新的Session
		Session session = createEmptySession();

		// 初始化Session的属性
		session.setNew(true);
		session.setValid(true);
		session.setCreationTime(System.currentTimeMillis());
		session.setMaxInactiveInterval(this.maxInactiveInterval);
		// 如果Session ID为null,那么就生成一个
		if (sessionId == null) {
			sessionId = generateSessionId();
		}
		session.setId(sessionId);
		sessionCounter++;

		return (session);

	}



通过上述过程,一个新的Session就创建出来了。