Retrieving Session Values in MyJob

The Monarch Base architecture of an interactive applications divides the user interface from the business logic. The user interface runs in a Razor Pages based Website while the business logic DLLs may be run in a separate thread within the website or potentially in a separate process.

The typical entry point into the business logic programs is the ExecuteStartupProgram() method of the MyJob class.

Sometimes is convenient to have ExecuteStartupProgram() get, or set, the value of certain elements stored in the Website’s Session, e.g.: User Name or Password.

The MyJob class extends the Monarch Base class InteractiveJob which provides two methods to Get and Set values in the Website’s Session. The values are of type string.

The following example shows how to override the database connection using a user and password stored in the Website’s Session:

    override protected void ExecuteStartupProgram()
    {
        Indicator _LR = '0';

        string sessionUserName = GetSessionValue("Job_UserName");
        string sessionPass = GetSessionValue("Job_Pass");
        if (sessionUserName != null && sessionPass != null)
        {
            PsdsJobUser = sessionUserName;
            MyDatabase.User = sessionUserName;
            MyDatabase.Password = sessionPass;
                               
            SetSessionValue("Job_Pass", string.Empty); // Clear up the password from Session
            SetSessionValue("Job_UP", "Accepted");
        }

        MyDatabase.Open();
        _DynamicCaller.CallD("Acme.Starter", out _LR);
    }

The Session entries with their keys and string values are up to the developer to create as the application is enhanced.