java sessions - when does a session actually gets created? - java

my code,
HttpSession session = request.getSession(false);
// Details.l.info(" 1>>>>session ID is : " + session.getId());
Details.l.info("["+this.getClass()+"]"+"request from "+request.getRemoteHost());
if(session==null){
session = request.getSession(true);
Details.l.info("["+this.getClass()+"]"+"Session Created!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!#####$####");
Details.l.info(" 2>>>>>session ID is : " + session.getId());
}
Details.l.info(" 3>>>>>session ID is : " + session.getId());
// System.out.println("session ID is : " + session.getId());
Details DTO = new Details(request);
String loc = DTO.findMyLocation();
session.invalidate();
here, i am creating a session at the very beginning of the servlet with a logic that if the session already exists, then give hat session ID for that particular user or if a session does not exist for this particular user, please create a new session and then give the new session ID, here the new session is created inside the IF condition and i have tested in all possible ways (i have used two different systems and tried hitting to the servlet on one system too) but the control never gets into this loop where the session is getting created. but i see every time i hit to the servlet i get a new session ID!!! can someone please exlain this behavior of my servlet?? i am very new to sessions and servlets!!
Thanks in Advance..

JSPs implicitely create a session, unless session is set to false in the page directive:
<%# page session="false" %>
That's why your servlet always sees an already existing session. Simply enter the address of the servlet in the browser address bar (provided the code you posted is in the doGet() method), instead of going through the JSP to invoke it, and you should see the servlet create a new session.
EDIT: note that the spec says about this session attribute that it can be used to specify that the JSP doesn't participate in the session. Nothing guarantees that no session will be created when invoking the JSP. Only that, if you try to access the session from this JSP, you'll get an exception.

You may want to use request.getSession(true) to always create a session.

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Answer to dan: (Text to long for comment and need to wait 7 hours to reply my own question)
I deleted all comented lines. Hope that is ok. I'm not the one in charge with the server, but the one who is told me it's not multiple workers.
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