Object is added to session. Listener notification.

package listeners;

import javax.servlet.http.HttpSessionAttributeListener;
import javax.servlet.http.HttpSessionBindingEvent;

public final class SessionListener implements HttpSessionAttributeListener {

	public void attributeAdded(HttpSessionBindingEvent event) {
		System.out.println("attributeAdded");
		System.out.println(event.getSession().getId());
		System.out.println(event.getName() + "', '" + event.getValue());		
	}

	public void attributeRemoved(HttpSessionBindingEvent event) {
		System.out.println("attributeRemoved");
		System.out.println(event.getSession().getId());
		System.out.println(event.getName() + "', '" + event.getValue());
    }

    public void attributeReplaced(HttpSessionBindingEvent event) {
		System.out.println("attributeReplaced");
		System.out.println(event.getSession().getId());
		System.out.println(event.getName() + "', '" + event.getValue());
    }
}
					

<web-app>
	...
	<listener>
		<listener-class>listeners.SessionListener</listener-class>
	</listener>
</web-app>

					

Object is added to session. Object notification.

package beans;

import javax.servlet.http.HttpSessionBindingListener;
import javax.servlet.http.HttpSessionBindingEvent;

public class CounterBean implements HttpSessionBindingListener {

	private int count = 1;

	public int getValue() {
		return count;
	}

	public void increment() {
		count++;
	}

	public void valueBound(HttpSessionBindingEvent event) {
		System.out.println("attributeBounded");
		System.out.println(event.getSession().getId());
		System.out.println(event.getName() + "', '" + event.getValue());		
	}

	public void valueUnbound(HttpSessionBindingEvent event) {
		System.out.println("attributeUnbounded");
		System.out.println(event.getSession().getId());
		System.out.println(event.getName() + "', '" + event.getValue());	
	}
}
					

Note, you don't need to (and must not) configure HttpSessionBindingListener in the deployment descriptor, just make a class implementing this interface.

Object migrates from one VM to another. Object notification.

package beans;

import javax.servlet.http.HttpSessionActivationListener;
import javax.servlet.http.HttpSessionEvent;

public class CounterBean implements HttpSessionActivationListener {

	private int count = 1;

	public int getValue() {
		return count;
	}

	public void increment() {
		count++;
	}

	public void sessionWillPassivate(HttpSessionEvent se) {
		System.out.println("session is about to be passivated");
		// save counter's value to persistent storage
		....
	}

	public void sessionDidActivate(HttpSessionEvent se) {
		System.out.println("session has just been activated");
		// retrieve counter's value from persistent storage
		....
	}
}
					

Note, you don't need to (and must not) configure HttpSessionActivationListener in the deployment descriptor, just make a class implementing this interface.