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<p><ahref="struct.SessionMiddleware.html"title="struct actix_session::SessionMiddleware"><code>SessionMiddleware</code></a> takes care of a few jobs:</p>
<p>Use <ahref="struct.SessionMiddleware.html#method.new"title="associated function actix_session::SessionMiddleware::new"><code>SessionMiddleware::new</code></a> to initialize the session framework using the default parameters.
To create a new instance of <ahref="struct.SessionMiddleware.html"title="struct actix_session::SessionMiddleware"><code>SessionMiddleware</code></a> you need to provide:</p>
<p>If you want to customise use <ahref="struct.SessionMiddleware.html#method.builder"title="associated function actix_session::SessionMiddleware::builder"><code>builder</code></a> instead of <ahref="struct.SessionMiddleware.html#method.new"title="associated function actix_session::SessionMiddleware::new"><code>new</code></a>:</p>
<p>To create a new instance of <ahref="struct.SessionMiddleware.html"title="struct actix_session::SessionMiddleware"><code>SessionMiddleware</code></a> you need to provide:</p>
<p>It takes as input the two required inputs to create a new instance of <ahref="struct.SessionMiddleware.html"title="struct actix_session::SessionMiddleware"><code>SessionMiddleware</code></a>:</p>
Store: <aclass="trait"href="storage/trait.SessionStore.html"title="trait actix_session::storage::SessionStore">SessionStore</a> + 'static,</span></h3></section></summary><divclass="impl-items"><detailsclass="toggle"open><summary><sectionid="associatedtype.Response"class="associatedtype trait-impl"><ahref="#associatedtype.Response"class="anchor">§</a><h4class="code-header">type <aclass="associatedtype">Response</a> = ServiceResponse<B></h4></section></summary><divclass='docblock'>Responses produced by the service.</div></details><detailsclass="toggle"open><summary><sectionid="associatedtype.Error"class="associatedtype trait-impl"><ahref="#associatedtype.Error"class="anchor">§</a><h4class="code-header">type <aclass="associatedtype">Error</a> = Error</h4></section></summary><divclass='docblock'>Errors produced by the service.</div></details><detailsclass="toggle"open><summary><sectionid="associatedtype.Transform"class="associatedtype trait-impl"><ahref="#associatedtype.Transform"class="anchor">§</a><h4class="code-header">type <aclass="associatedtype">Transform</a> = InnerSessionMiddleware<S, Store></h4></section></summary><divclass='docblock'>The <code>TransformService</code> value created by this factory</div></details><detailsclass="toggle"open><summary><sectionid="associatedtype.InitError"class="associatedtype trait-impl"><ahref="#associatedtype.InitError"class="anchor">§</a><h4class="code-header">type <aclass="associatedtype">InitError</a> = <aclass="primitive"href="https://doc.rust-lang.org/nightly/std/primitive.unit.html">()</a></h4></section></summary><divclass='docblock'>Errors produced while building a transform service.</div></details><detailsclass="toggle"open><summary><sectionid="associatedtype.Future"class="associatedtype trait-impl"><ahref="#associatedtype.Future"class="anchor">§</a><h4class="code-header">type <aclass="associatedtype">Future</a> = Ready<<aclass="enum"href="https://doc.rust-lang.org/nightly/core/result/enum.Result.html"title="enum core::result::Result">Result</a><<<aclass="struct"href="struct.SessionMiddleware.html"title="struct actix_session::SessionMiddleware">SessionMiddleware</a><Store> as Transform<S, ServiceRequest>>::Transform, <<aclass="struct"href="struct.SessionMiddleware.html"title="struct actix_session::SessionMiddleware">SessionMiddleware</a><Store> as Transform<S, ServiceRequest>>::InitError>></h4></section></summary><divclass='docblock'>The future response value.</div></details><detailsclass="toggle method-toggle"open><summary><sectionid="method.new_transform"class="method trait-impl"><aclass="src rightside"href="../src/actix_session/middleware.rs.html#165-171">source</a><ahref="#method.new_transform"class="anchor">§</a><h4class="code-header">fn <aclass="fn">new_transform</a>(&self, service: S) -> Self::Future</h4></section></summary><divclass='docblock'>Creates and returns a new Transform component, asynchronously</div></details></div></details></div><h2id="synthetic-implementations"class="small-section-header">Auto Trait Implementations<ahref="#synthetic-implementations"class="anchor">§</a></h2><divid="synthetic-implementations-list"><sectionid="impl-RefUnwindSafe-for-SessionMiddleware%3CStore%3E"class="impl"><ahref="#impl-RefUnwindSafe-for-SessionMiddleware%3CStore%3E"class="anchor">§</a><h3class="code-header">impl<Store><aclass="trait"href="https://doc.rust-lang.org/nightly/core/panic/unwind_safe/trait.RefUnwindSafe.html"title="trait core::panic::unwind_safe::RefUnwindSafe">RefUnwindSafe</a> for <aclass="struct"href="struct.SessionMiddleware.html"title="struct actix_session::SessionMiddleware">SessionMiddleware</a><Store><spanclass="where fmt-newline">where
T: ?<aclass="trait"href="https://doc.rust-lang.org/nightly/core/marker/trait.Sized.html"title="trait core::marker::Sized">Sized</a>,</span></h3></section></summary><divclass="impl-items"><detailsclass="toggle method-toggle"open><summary><sectionid="method.borrow_mut"class="method trait-impl"><aclass="src rightside"href="https://doc.rust-lang.org/nightly/src/core/borrow.rs.html#217">source</a><ahref="#method.borrow_mut"class="anchor">§</a><h4class="code-header">fn <ahref="https://doc.rust-lang.org/nightly/core/borrow/trait.BorrowMut.html#tymethod.borrow_mut"class="fn">borrow_mut</a>(&mut self) -><aclass="primitive"href="https://doc.rust-lang.org/nightly/std/primitive.reference.html">&mut T</a></h4></section></summary><divclass='docblock'>Mutably borrows from an owned value. <ahref="https://doc.rust-lang.org/nightly/core/borrow/trait.BorrowMut.html#tymethod.borrow_mut">Read more</a></div></details></div></details><detailsclass="toggle implementors-toggle"><summary><sectionid="impl-From%3CT%3E-for-T"class="impl"><aclass="src rightside"href="https://doc.rust-lang.org/nightly/src/core/convert/mod.rs.html#763">source</a><ahref="#impl-From%3CT%3E-for-T"class="anchor">§</a><h3class="code-header">impl<T><aclass="trait"href="https://doc.rust-lang.org/nightly/core/convert/trait.From.html"title="trait core::convert::From">From</a><T> for T</h3></section></summary><divclass="impl-items"><detailsclass="toggle method-toggle"open><summary><sectionid="method.from"class="method trait-impl"><aclass="src rightside"href="https://doc.rust-lang.org/nightly/src/core/convert/mod.rs.html#766">source</a><ahref="#method.from"class="anchor">§</a><h4class="code-header">fn <ahref="https://doc.rust-lang.org/nightly/core/convert/trait.From.html#tymethod.from"class="fn">from</a>(t: T) -> T</h4></section></summary><divclass="docblock"><p>Returns the argument unchanged.</p>
</div></details></div></details><detailsclass="toggle implementors-toggle"><summary><sectionid="impl-Instrument-for-T"class="impl"><ahref="#impl-Instrument-for-T"class="anchor">§</a><h3class="code-header">impl<T> Instrument for T</h3></section></summary><divclass="impl-items"><detailsclass="toggle method-toggle"open><summary><sectionid="method.instrument"class="method trait-impl"><ahref="#method.instrument"class="anchor">§</a><h4class="code-header">fn <aclass="fn">instrument</a>(self, span: Span) -> Instrumented<Self></h4></section></summary><divclass='docblock'>Instruments this type with the provided [<code>Span</code>], returning an
<code>Instrumented</code> wrapper. <a>Read more</a></div></details><detailsclass="toggle method-toggle"open><summary><sectionid="method.in_current_span"class="method trait-impl"><ahref="#method.in_current_span"class="anchor">§</a><h4class="code-header">fn <aclass="fn">in_current_span</a>(self) -> Instrumented<Self></h4></section></summary><divclass='docblock'>Instruments this type with the <ahref="super::Span::current()">current</a><ahref="crate::Span"><code>Span</code></a>, returning an
<code><ahref="https://doc.rust-lang.org/nightly/core/convert/trait.From.html"title="trait core::convert::From">From</a><T> for U</code> chooses to do.</p>
T: <aclass="trait"href="https://doc.rust-lang.org/nightly/core/clone/trait.Clone.html"title="trait core::clone::Clone">Clone</a>,</span></h3></section></summary><divclass="impl-items"><detailsclass="toggle"open><summary><sectionid="associatedtype.Owned"class="associatedtype trait-impl"><ahref="#associatedtype.Owned"class="anchor">§</a><h4class="code-header">type <ahref="https://doc.rust-lang.org/nightly/alloc/borrow/trait.ToOwned.html#associatedtype.Owned"class="associatedtype">Owned</a> = T</h4></section></summary><divclass='docblock'>The resulting type after obtaining ownership.</div></details><detailsclass="toggle method-toggle"open><summary><sectionid="method.to_owned"class="method trait-impl"><aclass="src rightside"href="https://doc.rust-lang.org/nightly/src/alloc/borrow.rs.html#88">source</a><ahref="#method.to_owned"class="anchor">§</a><h4class="code-header">fn <ahref="https://doc.rust-lang.org/nightly/alloc/borrow/trait.ToOwned.html#tymethod.to_owned"class="fn">to_owned</a>(&self) -> T</h4></section></summary><divclass='docblock'>Creates owned data from borrowed data, usually by cloning. <ahref="https://doc.rust-lang.org/nightly/alloc/borrow/trait.ToOwned.html#tymethod.to_owned">Read more</a></div></details><detailsclass="toggle method-toggle"open><summary><sectionid="method.clone_into"class="method trait-impl"><aclass="src rightside"href="https://doc.rust-lang.org/nightly/src/alloc/borrow.rs.html#92">source</a><ahref="#method.clone_into"class="anchor">§</a><h4class="code-header">fn <ahref="https://doc.rust-lang.org/nightly/alloc/borrow/trait.ToOwned.html#method.clone_into"class="fn">clone_into</a>(&self, target: <aclass="primitive"href="https://doc.rust-lang.org/nightly/std/primitive.reference.html">&mut T</a>)</h4></section></summary><divclass='docblock'>Uses borrowed data to replace owned data, usually by cloning. <ahref="https://doc.rust-lang.org/nightly/alloc/borrow/trait.ToOwned.html#method.clone_into">Read more</a></div></details></div></details><detailsclass="toggle implementors-toggle"><summary><sectionid="impl-TryFrom%3CU%3E-for-T"class="impl"><aclass="src rightside"href="https://doc.rust-lang.org/nightly/src/core/convert/mod.rs.html#803-805">source</a><ahref="#impl-TryFrom%3CU%3E-for-T"class="anchor">§</a><h3class="code-header">impl<T, U><aclass="trait"href="https://doc.rust-lang.org/nightly/core/convert/trait.TryFrom.html"title="trait core::convert::TryFrom">TryFrom</a><U> for T<spanclass="where fmt-newline">where
U: <aclass="trait"href="https://doc.rust-lang.org/nightly/core/convert/trait.Into.html"title="trait core::convert::Into">Into</a><T>,</span></h3></section></summary><divclass="impl-items"><detailsclass="toggle"open><summary><sectionid="associatedtype.Error-2"class="associatedtype trait-impl"><ahref="#associatedtype.Error-2"class="anchor">§</a><h4class="code-header">type <ahref="https://doc.rust-lang.org/nightly/core/convert/trait.TryFrom.html#associatedtype.Error"class="associatedtype">Error</a> = <aclass="enum"href="https://doc.rust-lang.org/nightly/core/convert/enum.Infallible.html"title="enum core::convert::Infallible">Infallible</a></h4></section></summary><divclass='docblock'>The type returned in the event of a conversion error.</div></details><detailsclass="toggle method-toggle"open><summary><sectionid="method.try_from"class="method trait-impl"><aclass="src rightside"href="https://doc.rust-lang.org/nightly/src/core/convert/mod.rs.html#810">source</a><ahref="#method.try_from"class="anchor">§</a><h4class="code-header">fn <ahref="https://doc.rust-lang.org/nightly/core/convert/trait.TryFrom.html#tymethod.try_from"class="fn">try_from</a>(value: U) -><aclass="enum"href="https://doc.rust-lang.org/nightly/core/result/enum.Result.html"title="enum core::result::Result">Result</a><T, <T as <aclass="trait"href="https://doc.rust-lang.org/nightly/core/convert/trait.TryFrom.html"title="trait core::convert::TryFrom">TryFrom</a><U>>::<aclass="associatedtype"href="https://doc.rust-lang.org/nightly/core/convert/trait.TryFrom.html#associatedtype.Error"title="type core::convert::TryFrom::Error">Error</a>></h4></section></summary><divclass='docblock'>Performs the conversion.</div></details></div></details><detailsclass="toggle implementors-toggle"><summary><sectionid="impl-TryInto%3CU%3E-for-T"class="impl"><aclass="src rightside"href="https://doc.rust-lang.org/nightly/src/core/convert/mod.rs.html#788-790">source</a><ahref="#impl-TryInto%3CU%3E-for-T"class="anchor">§</a><h3class="code-header">impl<T, U><aclass="trait"href="https://doc.rust-lang.org/nightly/core/convert/trait.TryInto.html"title="trait core::convert::TryInto">TryInto</a><U> for T<spanclass="where fmt-newline">where
U: <aclass="trait"href="https://doc.rust-lang.org/nightly/core/convert/trait.TryFrom.html"title="trait core::convert::TryFrom">TryFrom</a><T>,</span></h3></section></summary><divclass="impl-items"><detailsclass="toggle"open><summary><sectionid="associatedtype.Error-1"class="associatedtype trait-impl"><ahref="#associatedtype.Error-1"class="anchor">§</a><h4class="code-header">type <ahref="https://doc.rust-lang.org/nightly/core/convert/trait.TryInto.html#associatedtype.Error"class="associatedtype">Error</a> = <U as <aclass="trait"href="https://doc.rust-lang.org/nightly/core/convert/trait.TryFrom.html"title="trait core::convert::TryFrom">TryFrom</a><T>>::<aclass="associatedtype"href="https://doc.rust-lang.org/nightly/core/convert/trait.TryFrom.html#associatedtype.Error"title="type core::convert::TryFrom::Error">Error</a></h4></section></summary><divclass='docblock'>The type returned in the event of a conversion error.</div></details><detailsclass="toggle method-toggle"open><summary><sectionid="method.try_into"class="method trait-impl"><aclass="src rightside"href="https://doc.rust-lang.org/nightly/src/core/convert/mod.rs.html#795">source</a><ahref="#method.try_into"class="anchor">§</a><h4class="code-header">fn <ahref="https://doc.rust-lang.org/nightly/core/convert/trait.TryInto.html#tymethod.try_into"class="fn">try_into</a>(self) -><aclass="enum"href="https://doc.rust-lang.org/nightly/core/result/enum.Result.html"title="enum core::result::Result">Result</a><U, <U as <aclass="trait"href="https://doc.rust-lang.org/nightly/core/convert/trait.TryFrom.html"title="trait core::convert::TryFrom">TryFrom</a><T>>::<aclass="associatedtype"href="https://doc.rust-lang.org/nightly/core/convert/trait.TryFrom.html#associatedtype.Error"title="type core::convert::TryFrom::Error">Error</a>></h4></section></summary><divclass='docblock'>Performs the conversion.</div></details></div></details><detailsclass="toggle implementors-toggle"><summary><sectionid="impl-VZip%3CV%3E-for-T"class="impl"><ahref="#impl-VZip%3CV%3E-for-T"class="anchor">§</a><h3class="code-header">impl<V, T> VZip<V> for T<spanclass="where fmt-newline">where
S: <aclass="trait"href="https://doc.rust-lang.org/nightly/core/convert/trait.Into.html"title="trait core::convert::Into">Into</a><Dispatch>,</span></h4></section></summary><divclass='docblock'>Attaches the provided <ahref="super::Subscriber"><code>Subscriber</code></a> to this type, returning a
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