I understand the difference between request.getSession(true) and request.getSession(false). But request.getSession() & request.getSession(true) look very similar!
Both "return the current session associated with this request", but differ in:
request.getSession():
"or if the request does not have a session, creates one"
request.getSession(true):
"if there is no current session, returns a new session"
I don't understand the difference between them, is it that (if none exists) they create a new session but the first one doesn't return it but the second one does?
Source: http://docs.oracle.com/javaee/6/api/javax/servlet/http/HttpServletRequest.html
Edit:
Someone tagged/marked my question as duplicate even though it isn't. I will explain why.
I have explicitly asked for the difference between request.getSession() & request.getSession(true) and NOT between request.getSession(true) & request.getSession(false)! I have stated , again explicitly, that I already understand the difference b/w ..(true) & ..(false).
The question linked as a possible duplicated of of asks about the difference b/w ..(true) & ..(false) and not ..(true) & ..()
