How to implement Logout feature using Spring Web Mvc

Question

Hello All...

I am new to Spring Web MVC..

Can I get some example or online link that shows me how to implement logout feature using spring web mvc ?

I don't want to use the in built feature of spring security (i.e. ACEGI)..

Thanks in advance...

Answer 1

You only have to invalidate the session and the user is logged out. This is directly supported by the servlet api: HttpSession.invalidate(). You can write one controller that does only call invalidate.

class Logout implements Controller{
 public ModelAndView handleRequest(HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response){
   ModelAndView view = //?;
   request.getSession().invalidate();
   return view;
 }      
}