Maintain session in JSP after using filters

Question

I have to extend this application to maintain the session , because there are 10 jsp pages in my application.
When the user logs in , and hits a tab(which should redirect to another jsp page - assume users.jsp) the page is redirected back to the login page (instead of the users.jsp page) because of the filter.
How do I maintain the session here , so that a user who is logged in (with user name and password) could access the other pages instead of just being redirected back to the login.jsp page.
this is my filter page
package com.bea.genesis.tenantmgmt.utils;
import java.io.IOException;
import javax.servlet.Filter;
import javax.servlet.FilterChain;
import javax.servlet.FilterConfig;
import javax.servlet.RequestDispatcher;
import javax.servlet.ServletException;
import javax.servlet.ServletRequest;
import javax.servlet.ServletResponse;
import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;
import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse;
public class FacesRedirectFilter implements Filter {
     public void doFilter(ServletRequest req,ServletResponse res,FilterChain chain)
     throws ServletException, IOException
          HttpServletRequest request = (HttpServletRequest)req;
          HttpServletResponse response = (HttpServletResponse)res;
          //String uri = request.getRequestURI();
          String relativePath = request.getServletPath();
          if ((relativePath.indexOf("/pages/") >= 0) && relativePath.endsWith(".jsf")) {
               //int length = uri.length();
               //String newAddress = uri.substring(0, length-3) + EXTENSION;
               //response.sendRedirect("login.jsf");
               RequestDispatcher rd = request.getRequestDispatcher("login.jsf");
               rd.forward(req, res);
          chain.doFilter(request, response);
     public void destroy() {
          // TODO Auto-generated method stub
     public void init(FilterConfig filterConfig) throws ServletException {
          // TODO Auto-generated method stub
Please reply
thanks

Answer 1

Thanks for the reply , How do I test in the filter whether the user is loged in or not.(I dont have clue , how to do tht)
this is my login Bean ---
import java.util.Map;
import javax.faces.context.FacesContext;
public class LoginBean extends AbstractBean {
     private String loginId;
     private String password;
     private LoginService loginService;
     private LoginValidator loginValidator = new LoginValidator();
     private TenantProfileService tenantProfileService;
     public String getLoginId() {
          return loginId;
     public void setLoginId(String _loginId) {
          loginId = _loginId;
     public String getPassword() {
          return password;
     public void setPassword(String _password) {
          password = _password;
     public LoginService getLoginService() {
          return loginService;
     public void setLoginService(LoginService loginService) {
          this.loginService = loginService;
     *public String login() {*
*          String authenticationStatus = GenesisConstants.RESULT_FAIL;*
*          appLogger.enterMethod(this, "login", loginId);*
*          if (loginValidator.validateData(this)) {*
*               try {*
*                    long profileId = loginService.authenticateUser(loginId,*
*                              password);*
*                    TenantProfileData tenantProfileData = retrieveTenantProfile(profileId);*
*                    if (tenantProfileData == null || !tenantProfileData.getStatus().equalsIgnoreCase(*
*                              GenesisConstants.TENANT_STATUS_ACTIVE))*
*                         throw new LoginException(*
*                                   "Tenant profile Not Active for the user.");*
*                    authenticationStatus = GenesisConstants.RESULT_SUCCESS;*
*               } catch (LoginException le) {*
*                    appLogger.error("Error in User Authentication", le.getMessage());*
loginValidator.addErrorMessage(null, le.getMessage());
*                    authenticationStatus = GenesisConstants.RESULT_FAIL;*
          appLogger.exitMethod(this, "login", loginId);
          return authenticationStatus;
     public TenantProfileData retrieveTenantProfile(long profileId) {
          appLogger.enterMethod(this, "viewTenant");
          FacesContext facesContext = FacesContext.getCurrentInstance();
          Map<String, Object> sessionMap = facesContext.getExternalContext()
                    .getSessionMap();
          appLogger.debug("profileId==", profileId + "");
          TenantProfileData tenantProfileData = new TenantProfileData();
          try {
               appLogger.debug("invoking TenantProfileService.getTenantById");
               tenantProfileData = tenantProfileService.getTenantById(profileId);
               appLogger
                         .debug("successfully completed TenantProfileService.getTenantById");
          } catch (TenantProfileServiceException te) {
               appLogger.debug("exception in TenantProfileService.getTenantById");
               throw new DataException(te.getMessage());
          sessionMap.put("tenantProfileData", tenantProfileData);          
          appLogger.exitMethod(this, "viewTenant");
          return tenantProfileData;
     public TenantProfileService getTenantProfileService() {
          return tenantProfileService;
     public void setTenantProfileService(
               TenantProfileService tenantProfileService) {
          this.tenantProfileService = tenantProfileService;
PLEASE HELP
THANKS