Hi,

I started using GT::Session::File module to manage sessions on my site.
Currently for some reasons, I don't want to use GT::Session::SQL, so please don't recommend me the SQL based session management.

I found that GT::Session::File module works strangely.

1. there is no separate method to read the session data. Tough using data() method, data read is possible, I think there should be also need a data_read() method to just read session data.
   
   
2. no correct method, to check existance of a session. Tough it is possible through this code:
   
   Code:

   # Load a session
   my $session = new GT::Session::File ( $id ) or die "Can't load session: '$id'.";
   but this still creates new sessions for each case when we do checking call & session is missing. It's not fine to create a dummy session file, just because we wanted to check session existance.
   Yes, there could be possible to use if (-e $session_path/$session_id) for existance check, however why is the API if I have to do everything manually?
   I assume this is a bug or a lack of session check feature.
   
   
3. The recommended way by doc is, to set directory path using this code:
   
   Code:

   # Set session directory
   my $session = new GT::Session::File ( directory => '/path/to/sessions', id => $id );
   However it is bad, since creates new session file, which will be not used for anything.
   
   Recommended way should be:
   
   Code:

   $GT::Session::File::DIRECTORY = $sessions_path;
   
   
4. EDIT: One more bug: When printing out the session object using Dumper for debugging reasons, I see that the 'directory' value is missing, even if was previously set by $GT::Session::File::DIRECTORY = $sessions_path; code.
   The 'directory' value should be always the actual value of $DIRECTORY variable!
   

Did anybody else face such problems with GT::Session::File?

Alex, GT: do you plan improving the API interface of GT::Session::File in near future?

Best regards,
Webmaster33

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