Spring bean scopes: session and globalSession

Question

What is the difference between session and globalSession in Spring framework?

Answer 1

As per Spring documentation ::

session - Scopes a single bean definition to the lifecycle of an HTTP Session. Only valid in the context of a web-aware Spring ApplicationContext.

global session - Scopes a single bean definition to the lifecycle of a global HTTP Session. Typically only valid when used in a portlet context. Only valid in the context of a web-aware Spring ApplicationContext.