Angela Schreiber wrote:
>
>
>> I am using Jackrabbit 1.6.1 and I have the following problem:
>> I am locking a node (setting isSessionScoped to false) and store the 
>> lock token in order to be able to later modify/unlock the node from 
>> another session. The first time I login to the repository everything 
>> works fine and I am able to add the stored lock token to a new 
>> session and modify the node. However, when I close this session (with 
>> session.logout()) and open a new one I am not able to add the lock 
>> token to the new session (I call addLockToken on the new session and 
>> right after this call the session does not hold any lock tokens, so 
>> the lock token is not being added). 
>
> before calling logout on the initial lock holding session,
> you should remove the lock tokens it helds. otherwise the
> tokens cannot be added to another session. at least not in
> the default implementation... in other words: you need the
> lock tokens to be transferred (moved) to the other session.
>
> regards
> angela
>
Thanks for your answer. I tried removing all lock tokens before closing 
each session and it works without any problems.
I'm just being curious now but would you also happen to know why keeping 
a session open seemed to bypass this problem?

Thanks again,
Christina