Subject: Re: [AAA-WG]: API Issue

From: James Kempf <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2001 16:03:23 -0700

Pat,

>Should we use the issues list to track API changes as well?
>
>BTW, there is another change required to the API. An application has no way
>to know when a session is termination. This could occur for the following
>reasons:
>
>1. Internally generated due to authorization or session lifetime expiration.
>2. Internally generated due to administrative reasons, or
>3. server initiated Abort-Session-Request.
>
>So, perhaps when the AAAOpen() is called, the app should provide the
>callback function to receive disconnect indications?
>

I agree that a callback should be provided.

The Java API takes care of this via the unsolicited message handler.

		jak