GroupID

[Rob Butler <crodster2k@yahoo.com>]

Hello all,

I have a question about wsrp & groupid.

Section 5.1.18 of WSRP Version 1.0 discusses cookies
and groupID.  The perGroup option states the
following:

"The Consumer MUST invoke initCookie() once per unique
groupID from the PortletDescriptions for the Portlets
it is aggregating on a page for each user of the
Consumer, and associate any returned cookies with
subsequent invocations on behalf of that user
targeting Portlets with identical groupIDs."

What are the requirements for portlets with the same
groupid to be related as stated above?

For example, assume the portal has two portlets on a
portal page and both those portlets have the same
group id, and both have CookieProtocol Type set to
perGroup.

If I have two copies of the exact same portlet on the
page, served from the exact same WSRP URL then these
two portlets should share cookie information correct?

If I have two separate portlets in the same portlet
application served from the exact same WSRP URL then
these two portlets should share cookie information
correct?

If I have two separate portlets in DIFFERENT portlet
applications served from the SAME server, but with
different WSRP URL's (FQDN is same, but path is
different) will these portlets share cookie
information?

If I have two portlets in DIFFERENT portlet
applications served from DIFFERENT portal servers
(different FQDN) will these portlets share cookie
information?

Also, in 5.1.18, it refers to "portlets it is
aggregating on a page".  So, how would answers to all
the above questions change if the two portlets were
NOT on the same portal page, but were on separate
portal pages within the same portal?

Lastly, just to confirm when setting the
CookieProtocol Type to perGroup, initCookie is only
called once for the group of portlets, but would still
be called for each user, so there is no sharing of
cookie information across users, correct?

Thank you in advance for help in answering these
questions.  I really appreciate it.
Rob

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