session.setAttribute()之问题

HTTPSession在setAttribute时，保存的对象是否需要序列化？

查看StandardSession源码中，在setAttribute()中有如下代码

 if ((manager != null) && manager.getDistributable() &&
          !isAttributeDistributable(name, value))
            throw new IllegalArgumentException
                (sm.getString("standardSession.setAttribute.iae", name));

 protected boolean isAttributeDistributable(String name, Object value) {
        return value instanceof Serializable;
 }

 manager接口：
	
    /**
     * Return the distributable flag for the sessions supported by
     * this Manager.
     */
    public boolean getDistributable();
	
    /**
     * Set the distributable flag for the sessions supported by this
     * Manager.  If this flag is set, all user data objects added to
     * sessions associated with this manager must implement Serializable.
     *
     * @param distributable The new distributable flag
     */
    public void setDistributable(boolean distributable);

 

在web.xml配置<distributable/>后， manager中的distributable变量为true，在setAttribute时会检查对象是否序列化。

 因此，session中的对象需不需要实现序列化，取决于是否支持分布式session。