CookieHandler.PersistentSessionLifetime Property

Reference

Definition

Namespace:: System.IdentityModel.Services

Assembly:: System.IdentityModel.Services.dll

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The lifetime of persistent sessions. If zero, transient sessions are always used.

public:
 virtual property Nullable<TimeSpan> PersistentSessionLifetime { Nullable<TimeSpan> get(); void set(Nullable<TimeSpan> value); };

public virtual TimeSpan? PersistentSessionLifetime { get; set; }

member this.PersistentSessionLifetime : Nullable<TimeSpan> with get, set

Public Overridable Property PersistentSessionLifetime As Nullable(Of TimeSpan)

Property Value

Nullable<TimeSpan>

The session lifetime. The default is null.

Exceptions

ArgumentOutOfRangeException

A value that is less than zero is specified.

Remarks

Tickets for persistent sessions are stored in file-based cookies, meaning that the sign-in session may continue after the web browser is closed and reopened.

This property is used to set the HttpCookie.Expires property.

The property can be initialized by specifying the persistentSessionLifetime attribute on the <cookieHandler> element in configuration.

Applies to