notify server about closed windows, so we can destroy no longer eT needed session/requests and so keep cache small

etemplate/inc/class.etemplate.inc.php

@@ -309,6 +309,21 @@ class etemplate_new extends etemplate_widget_template
 		return $content;
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Notify server that eT session/request is no longer needed, because user closed window
+	 *
+	 * @param string $_exec_id
+	 */
+	static public function ajax_destroy_session($_exec_id)
+	{
+		//error_log(__METHOD__."('$_exec_id')");
+		if (($request = etemplate_request::read($_exec_id)))
+		{
+			$request->remove_if_not_modified();
+			unset($request);
+		}
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * Process via POST submitted content
 	 */

etemplate/js/etemplate2.js

@@ -190,11 +190,43 @@ etemplate2.prototype._createArrayManagers = function(_data)
 	return result;
 };
 
+/**
+ * Bind our unload handler to notify server that eT session/request no longer needed
+ */
+etemplate2.prototype.bind_unload = function()
+{
+	if (!window.onbeforeunload)
+	{
+		window.onbeforeunload = this.destroy_session = jQuery.proxy(function(ev)
+		{
+			var request = egw.json(self.egw().getAppName()+".etemplate_new.ajax_destroy_session.etemplate",
+				[this.etemplate_exec_id], null, null, false);
+			request.sendRequest();
+		}, this);
+	}
+};
+
+/**
+ * Unbind our unload handler
+ */
+etemplate2.prototype.unbind_unload = function()
+{
+	if (window.onbeforeunload === this.destroy_session)
+	{
+		window.onbeforeunload = null;
+		delete this.destroy_session;
+	}
+};
+
 /**
  * Loads the template from the given URL and sets the data object
  */
 etemplate2.prototype.load = function(_name, _url, _data, _callback)
 {
+	if (_data.etemplate_exec_id)
+	{
+		this.bind_unload();
+	}
 	egw().debug("info", "Loaded data", _data);
 	var currentapp = _data.currentapp || window.egw_appName;
 
@@ -468,6 +500,9 @@ etemplate2.prototype.submit = function(button, async)
 		// Create the request object
 		if (this.menuaction)
 		{
+			// unbind our session-destroy handler, as we are submitting
+			this.unbind_unload();
+
 			var api = this.widgetContainer.egw();
 			var request = api.json(this.menuaction, [this.etemplate_exec_id,values], null, this, async);
 			request.sendRequest();
@@ -500,6 +535,9 @@ etemplate2.prototype.postSubmit = function()
 
 	if (canSubmit)
 	{
+		// unbind our session-destroy handler, as we are submitting
+		this.unbind_unload();
+
 		var form = jQuery("<form id='form' action='"+egw().webserverUrl +
 			"/etemplate/process_exec.php?menuaction=" + this.widgetContainer.egw().getAppName()+ "&ajax=true' method='POST'>");