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+<%@ page import = "database.*,entities.User" %>
+<%@ page language="java" contentType="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1" pageEncoding="ISO-8859-1"%>
+
+
+
+ <%
+ Cookie[] usercookies = request.getCookies();
+ String navsso = "invalid";
+ String navname = "error";
+ Cookie newCookie;
+ //iterate cookies
+ System.out.println("Cookies:\n----------\n");
+ for(Cookie c : usercookies){
+ System.out.println(c.getName());
+ if(c.getName().equals("ssoNum")){//when (and if) we get to user cookie we want to reset it
+ navsso = c.getValue();
+ c.setMaxAge(0);//delete current
+ newCookie = new Cookie("ssoNum",navsso);//make new one
+ newCookie.setMaxAge(30*60);
+ response.addCookie(newCookie);
+ break;
+ }
+ }
+ System.out.println("\nnavsso = "+navsso+"\n");
+ if(navsso.equals("invalid"))//if we didn't get a cookie, redirect to the homepage to log in again!
+ response.sendRedirect("../../index.jsp");
+ else{
+ User self = EmployeeQueries.getEmployeeByID(Integer.parseInt(navsso));
+ navname = self.getName();
+ }
+ %>
+
+
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