diff --git a/jetty-nosql/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/nosql/NoSqlSession.java b/jetty-nosql/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/nosql/NoSqlSession.java
index 1a1459a45a0..8b732d4d2b3 100644
--- a/jetty-nosql/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/nosql/NoSqlSession.java
+++ b/jetty-nosql/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/nosql/NoSqlSession.java
@@ -24,13 +24,13 @@ import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicInteger;
 
 import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;
 
-import org.eclipse.jetty.server.session.AbstractSession;
+import org.eclipse.jetty.server.session.MemSession;
 import org.eclipse.jetty.util.log.Log;
 import org.eclipse.jetty.util.log.Logger;
 
 
 /* ------------------------------------------------------------ */
-public class NoSqlSession extends AbstractSession
+public class NoSqlSession extends MemSession
 {
     private final static Logger __log = Log.getLogger("org.eclipse.jetty.server.session");
 
diff --git a/jetty-server/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/server/session/AbstractSession.java b/jetty-server/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/server/session/AbstractSession.java
index cb1479f54a0..8f9f99f3d50 100644
--- a/jetty-server/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/server/session/AbstractSession.java
+++ b/jetty-server/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/server/session/AbstractSession.java
@@ -18,13 +18,7 @@
 
 package org.eclipse.jetty.server.session;
 
-import java.util.ArrayList;
-import java.util.Collections;
-import java.util.Enumeration;
-import java.util.HashMap;
-import java.util.HashSet;
 import java.util.Iterator;
-import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Set;
 
@@ -54,7 +48,6 @@ public abstract class AbstractSession implements AbstractSessionManager.SessionI
     private  String _clusterId; // ID without any node (ie "worker") id appended
     private  String _nodeId;    // ID of session with node(ie "worker") id appended
     private final AbstractSessionManager _manager;
-    private final Map<String,Object> _attributes=new HashMap<String, Object>();
     private boolean _idChanged;
     private final long _created;
     private long _cookieSet;
@@ -139,53 +132,21 @@ public abstract class AbstractSession implements AbstractSessionManager.SessionI
     }
 
     /* ------------------------------------------------------------- */
-    public Map<String,Object> getAttributeMap()
-    {
-        return _attributes;
-    }
+    public abstract Map<String,Object> getAttributeMap();
+
+
+ 
+    
 
     /* ------------------------------------------------------------ */
-    @Override
-    public Object getAttribute(String name)
-    {
-        synchronized (this)
-        {
-            checkValid();
-            return _attributes.get(name);
-        }
-    }
+    public abstract int getAttributes();
+  
+
+ 
 
     /* ------------------------------------------------------------ */
-    public int getAttributes()
-    {
-        synchronized (this)
-        {
-            checkValid();
-            return _attributes.size();
-        }
-    }
-
-    /* ------------------------------------------------------------ */
-    @SuppressWarnings({ "unchecked" })
-    @Override
-    public Enumeration<String> getAttributeNames()
-    {
-        synchronized (this)
-        {
-            checkValid();
-            List<String> names=_attributes==null?Collections.EMPTY_LIST:new ArrayList<String>(_attributes.keySet());
-            return Collections.enumeration(names);
-        }
-    }
-
-    /* ------------------------------------------------------------ */
-    public Set<String> getNames()
-    {
-        synchronized (this)
-        {
-            return new HashSet<String>(_attributes.keySet());
-        }
-    }
+    public abstract Set<String> getNames();
+  
 
     /* ------------------------------------------------------------- */
     public long getCookieSetTime()
@@ -272,25 +233,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractSession implements AbstractSessionManager.SessionI
         return getAttribute(name);
     }
 
-    /* ------------------------------------------------------------- */
-    /**
-     * @deprecated As of Version 2.2, this method is replaced by
-     *             {@link #getAttributeNames}
-     */
-    @Deprecated
-    @Override
-    public String[] getValueNames() throws IllegalStateException
-    {
-        synchronized(this)
-        {
-            checkValid();
-            if (_attributes==null)
-                return new String[0];
-            String[] a=new String[_attributes.size()];
-            return (String[])_attributes.keySet().toArray(a);
-        }
-    }
-
+ 
 
     /* ------------------------------------------------------------ */
     public void renewId(HttpServletRequest request)
@@ -403,34 +346,8 @@ public abstract class AbstractSession implements AbstractSessionManager.SessionI
     }
 
     /* ------------------------------------------------------------- */
-    public void clearAttributes()
-    {
-        while (_attributes!=null && _attributes.size()>0)
-        {
-            ArrayList<String> keys;
-            synchronized(this)
-            {
-                keys=new ArrayList<String>(_attributes.keySet());
-            }
-
-            Iterator<String> iter=keys.iterator();
-            while (iter.hasNext())
-            {
-                String key=(String)iter.next();
-
-                Object value;
-                synchronized(this)
-                {
-                    value=doPutOrRemove(key,null);
-                }
-                unbindValue(key,value);
-
-                _manager.doSessionAttributeListeners(this,key,value,null);
-            }
-        }
-        if (_attributes!=null)
-            _attributes.clear();
-    }
+    public abstract void clearAttributes();
+   
 
     /* ------------------------------------------------------------- */
     public boolean isIdChanged()
@@ -478,16 +395,12 @@ public abstract class AbstractSession implements AbstractSessionManager.SessionI
     }
 
     /* ------------------------------------------------------------ */
-    protected Object doPutOrRemove(String name, Object value)
-    {
-        return value==null?_attributes.remove(name):_attributes.put(name,value);
-    }
+    public abstract Object doPutOrRemove(String name, Object value);
+ 
 
     /* ------------------------------------------------------------ */
-    protected Object doGet(String name)
-    {
-        return _attributes.get(name);
-    }
+    public abstract Object doGet(String name);
+   
 
     /* ------------------------------------------------------------ */
     @Override
@@ -571,12 +484,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractSession implements AbstractSessionManager.SessionI
             _manager.doSessionAttributeListeners(this,name,oldValue,newValue);
         }
     }
-
-    /* ------------------------------------------------------------ */
-    protected void addAttributes(Map<String,Object> map)
-    {
-        _attributes.putAll(map);
-    }
+  
 
     /* ------------------------------------------------------------- */
     public void setIdChanged(boolean changed)
@@ -653,7 +561,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractSession implements AbstractSessionManager.SessionI
         synchronized(this)
         {
             HttpSessionEvent event = new HttpSessionEvent(this);
-            for (Iterator<Object> iter = _attributes.values().iterator(); iter.hasNext();)
+            for (Iterator<Object> iter = getAttributeMap().values().iterator(); iter.hasNext();)
             {
                 Object value = iter.next();
                 if (value instanceof HttpSessionActivationListener)
@@ -671,7 +579,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractSession implements AbstractSessionManager.SessionI
         synchronized(this)
         {
             HttpSessionEvent event = new HttpSessionEvent(this);
-            for (Iterator<Object> iter = _attributes.values().iterator(); iter.hasNext();)
+            for (Iterator<Object> iter = getAttributeMap().values().iterator(); iter.hasNext();)
             {
                 Object value = iter.next();
                 if (value instanceof HttpSessionActivationListener)
diff --git a/jetty-server/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/server/session/HashedSession.java b/jetty-server/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/server/session/HashedSession.java
index dc599cc5dc2..d36e4277e49 100644
--- a/jetty-server/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/server/session/HashedSession.java
+++ b/jetty-server/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/server/session/HashedSession.java
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ import org.eclipse.jetty.util.IO;
 import org.eclipse.jetty.util.log.Log;
 import org.eclipse.jetty.util.log.Logger;
 
-public class HashedSession extends AbstractSession
+public class HashedSession extends MemSession
 {
     private static final Logger LOG = Log.getLogger(HashedSession.class);
 
diff --git a/jetty-server/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/server/session/JDBCSessionManager.java b/jetty-server/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/server/session/JDBCSessionManager.java
index 4b6804669b8..dbe95335dae 100644
--- a/jetty-server/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/server/session/JDBCSessionManager.java
+++ b/jetty-server/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/server/session/JDBCSessionManager.java
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ public class JDBCSessionManager extends AbstractSessionManager
      *
      * Session instance.
      */
-    public class Session extends AbstractSession
+    public class Session extends MemSession
     {
         private static final long serialVersionUID = 5208464051134226143L;
         
diff --git a/jetty-server/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/server/session/MemSession.java b/jetty-server/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/server/session/MemSession.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..32608ddc56f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/jetty-server/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/server/session/MemSession.java
@@ -0,0 +1,171 @@
+//
+//  ========================================================================
+//  Copyright (c) 1995-2014 Mort Bay Consulting Pty. Ltd.
+//  ------------------------------------------------------------------------
+//  All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials
+//  are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0
+//  and Apache License v2.0 which accompanies this distribution.
+//
+//      The Eclipse Public License is available at
+//      http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html
+//
+//      The Apache License v2.0 is available at
+//      http://www.opensource.org/licenses/apache2.0.php
+//
+//  You may elect to redistribute this code under either of these licenses.
+//  ========================================================================
+//
+
+package org.eclipse.jetty.server.session;
+
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Collections;
+import java.util.Enumeration;
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.HashSet;
+import java.util.Iterator;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.Set;
+
+import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;
+
+
+/**
+ * MemSession
+ *
+ * A session whose data is kept in memory
+ */
+public class MemSession extends AbstractSession
+{
+
+    private final Map<String,Object> _attributes=new HashMap<String, Object>();
+
+    protected MemSession(AbstractSessionManager abstractSessionManager, HttpServletRequest request)
+    {
+        super(abstractSessionManager, request);
+    }
+
+    public MemSession(AbstractSessionManager abstractSessionManager, long created, long accessed, String clusterId)
+    {
+        super(abstractSessionManager, created, accessed, clusterId);
+    }
+    
+    
+    /* ------------------------------------------------------------- */
+    public Map<String,Object> getAttributeMap()
+    {
+        return _attributes;
+    }
+    
+    /* ------------------------------------------------------------ */
+    @Override
+    public Object getAttribute(String name)
+    {
+        synchronized (this)
+        {
+            checkValid();
+            return _attributes.get(name);
+        }
+    }
+    
+    /* ------------------------------------------------------------ */
+    public int getAttributes()
+    {
+        synchronized (this)
+        {
+            checkValid();
+            return _attributes.size();
+        }
+    }
+    
+
+    /* ------------------------------------------------------------ */
+    @SuppressWarnings({ "unchecked" })
+    @Override
+    public Enumeration<String> getAttributeNames()
+    {
+        synchronized (this)
+        {
+            checkValid();
+            List<String> names=_attributes==null?Collections.EMPTY_LIST:new ArrayList<String>(_attributes.keySet());
+            return Collections.enumeration(names);
+        }
+    }
+    
+    /* ------------------------------------------------------------ */
+    public Set<String> getNames()
+    {
+        synchronized (this)
+        {
+            return new HashSet<String>(_attributes.keySet());
+        }
+    }
+    /* ------------------------------------------------------------- */
+    /**
+     * @deprecated As of Version 2.2, this method is replaced by
+     *             {@link #getAttributeNames}
+     */
+    @Deprecated
+    @Override
+    public String[] getValueNames() throws IllegalStateException
+    {
+        synchronized(this)
+        {
+            checkValid();
+            if (_attributes==null)
+                return new String[0];
+            String[] a=new String[_attributes.size()];
+            return (String[])_attributes.keySet().toArray(a);
+        }
+    }
+    
+    /* ------------------------------------------------------------- */
+    public void clearAttributes()
+    {
+        while (_attributes!=null && _attributes.size()>0)
+        {
+            ArrayList<String> keys;
+            synchronized(this)
+            {
+                keys=new ArrayList<String>(_attributes.keySet());
+            }
+
+            Iterator<String> iter=keys.iterator();
+            while (iter.hasNext())
+            {
+                String key=(String)iter.next();
+
+                Object value;
+                synchronized(this)
+                {
+                    value=doPutOrRemove(key,null);
+                }
+                unbindValue(key,value);
+
+                ((AbstractSessionManager)getSessionManager()).doSessionAttributeListeners(this,key,value,null);
+            }
+        }
+        if (_attributes!=null)
+            _attributes.clear();
+    }
+
+    /* ------------------------------------------------------------ */
+    public void addAttributes(Map<String,Object> map)
+    {
+        _attributes.putAll(map);
+    }
+    
+    /* ------------------------------------------------------------ */
+    public Object doPutOrRemove(String name, Object value)
+    {
+        return value==null?_attributes.remove(name):_attributes.put(name,value);
+    }
+
+    /* ------------------------------------------------------------ */
+    public Object doGet(String name)
+    {
+        return _attributes.get(name);
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/jetty-server/src/test/java/org/eclipse/jetty/server/session/SessionCookieTest.java b/jetty-server/src/test/java/org/eclipse/jetty/server/session/SessionCookieTest.java
index 94e92ead7ee..ff8a0ed43ff 100644
--- a/jetty-server/src/test/java/org/eclipse/jetty/server/session/SessionCookieTest.java
+++ b/jetty-server/src/test/java/org/eclipse/jetty/server/session/SessionCookieTest.java
@@ -21,6 +21,10 @@ package org.eclipse.jetty.server.session;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertFalse;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
 
+import java.util.Enumeration;
+import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.Set;
+
 import javax.servlet.SessionCookieConfig;
 import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;
 import javax.servlet.http.HttpSession;
@@ -50,6 +54,87 @@ public class SessionCookieTest
             super(abstractSessionManager, created, accessed, clusterId);
         }
 
+        /** 
+         * @see javax.servlet.http.HttpSession#getAttribute(java.lang.String)
+         */
+        @Override
+        public Object getAttribute(String name)
+        {
+            return null;
+        }
+
+        /** 
+         * @see javax.servlet.http.HttpSession#getAttributeNames()
+         */
+        @Override
+        public Enumeration<String> getAttributeNames()
+        {
+            return null;
+        }
+
+        /** 
+         * @see javax.servlet.http.HttpSession#getValueNames()
+         */
+        @Override
+        public String[] getValueNames()
+        {
+            return null;
+        }
+
+        /** 
+         * @see org.eclipse.jetty.server.session.AbstractSession#getAttributeMap()
+         */
+        @Override
+        public Map<String, Object> getAttributeMap()
+        {
+            return null;
+        }
+
+        /** 
+         * @see org.eclipse.jetty.server.session.AbstractSession#getAttributes()
+         */
+        @Override
+        public int getAttributes()
+        {
+            return 0;
+        }
+
+        /** 
+         * @see org.eclipse.jetty.server.session.AbstractSession#getNames()
+         */
+        @Override
+        public Set<String> getNames()
+        {
+            return null;
+        }
+
+        /** 
+         * @see org.eclipse.jetty.server.session.AbstractSession#clearAttributes()
+         */
+        @Override
+        public void clearAttributes()
+        {
+            
+        }
+
+        /** 
+         * @see org.eclipse.jetty.server.session.AbstractSession#doPutOrRemove(java.lang.String, java.lang.Object)
+         */
+        @Override
+        public Object doPutOrRemove(String name, Object value)
+        {
+            return null;
+        }
+
+        /** 
+         * @see org.eclipse.jetty.server.session.AbstractSession#doGet(java.lang.String)
+         */
+        @Override
+        public Object doGet(String name)
+        {
+            return null;
+        }
+
     }
 
     public class MockSessionIdManager extends AbstractSessionIdManager