MVC without sessions

[mrshlthmps]

I am just getting started with Spring MVC. I have a load balanced web server environment. We do not use the httpsession at all - we do not replicate sessions. It appears after some reading that Spring MVC can be used with or without sessions, true? In particular, it looks like sessionForm=false for the SimpleFormController will disable the use of http sessions when working with forms and spring binding. Am I understanding this properly? Is there anywhere in the framework that requires sessions? Or, anywhere that I need to be sure to configure to turn sessions off?

Thanks.

[katentim]

It appears after some reading that Spring MVC can be used with or without sessions, true?

True.

Am I understanding this properly? Is there anywhere in the framework that requires sessions?

Yes you are. I think you've spotted the main dependency on HttpSession (being sessionForm property of AbstractFormController). Another area is AbstractWizardFormController which uses the session.

You can always search for HttpSession in the source to see where it is used.