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package org.wildfly.clustering.web.session;

import java.util.Date;
import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;

/**
 * Abstraction for immutable meta information about a web session.
 * @author Paul Ferraro
 */
public interface ImmutableSessionMetaData {
    /**
     * Indicates whether or not this session was created by the current thread.
     * @return true if this session is new, false otherwise
     */
    boolean isNew();

    /**
     * Indicates whether or not this session was previously idle for longer than the maximum inactive interval.
     * @return true if this session is expired, false otherwise
     */
    boolean isExpired();

    /**
     * Returns the time this session was created.
     * @return the time this session was created
     */
    Date getCreationTime();

    /**
     * Returns the time this session was last accessed.
     * @return the time this session was last accessed
     */
    Date getLastAccessedTime();

    /**
     * Returns the time interval, using the specified unit, after which this session will expire.
     * @param unit a time unit
     * @return a time interval
     */
    long getMaxInactiveInterval(TimeUnit unit);
}
