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Class Cookie

java.lang.Object  |  +--javax.servlet.http.Cookie

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.lang.Cloneable

public classCookie

extends java.lang.Object

implements java.lang.Cloneable

Creates a cookie, a small amount of information sent by a servlet to a Web browser, saved by the browser, and later sent back to the server. A cookie's value can uniquely identify a client, so cookies are commonly used for session management.

A cookie has a name, a single value, and optional attributes such as a comment, path and domain qualifiers, a maximum age, and a version number. Some Web browsers have bugs in how they handle the optional attributes, so use them sparingly to improve the interoperability of your servlets.

The servlet sends cookies to the browser by using theHttpServletResponse.addCookie(javax.servlet.http.Cookie) method, which adds fields to HTTP response headers to send cookies to the browser, one at a time. The browser is expected to support 20 cookies for each Web server, 300 cookies total, and may limit cookie size to 4 KB each.

The browser returns cookies to the servlet by adding fields to HTTP request headers. Cookies can be retrieved from a request by using theHttpServletRequest.getCookies() method. Several cookies might have the same name but different path attributes.

Cookies affect the caching of the Web pages that use them. HTTP 1.0 does not cache pages that use cookies created with this class. This class does not support the cache control defined with HTTP 1.1.

This class supports both the Version 0 (by Netscape) and Version 1 (by RFC 2109) cookie specifications. By default, cookies are created using Version 0 to ensure the best interoperability.

Cookie

publicCookie(java.lang.String name,              java.lang.String value)

Constructs a cookie with a specified name and value.

The name must conform to RFC 2109. That means it can contain only ASCII alphanumeric characters and cannot contain commas, semicolons, or white space or begin with a $ character. The cookie's name cannot be changed after creation.

The value can be anything the server chooses to send. Its value is probably of interest only to the server. The cookie's value can be changed after creation with thesetValue method.

By default, cookies are created according to the Netscape cookie specification. The version can be changed with thesetVersion method.

Parameters:

name - aString specifying the name of the cookie

value - aString specifying the value of the cookie

Throws:

java.lang.IllegalArgumentException - if the cookie name contains illegal characters(for example, a comma, space, or semicolon)or it is one of the tokens reserved for useby the cookie protocol

See Also:

setValue(java.lang.String),setVersion(int)

setComment

public voidsetComment(java.lang.String purpose)

Specifies a comment that describes a cookie's purpose. The comment is useful if the browser presents the cookie to the user. Comments are not supported by Netscape Version 0 cookies.

Parameters:

purpose - aString specifying the comment to display to the user

See Also:

getComment()

getComment

public java.lang.StringgetComment()

Returns the comment describing the purpose of this cookie, ornull if the cookie has no comment.

Returns:

aString containing the comment,ornull if none

See Also:

setComment(java.lang.String)

setDomain

public voidsetDomain(java.lang.String pattern)

Specifies the domain within which this cookie should be presented.

The form of the domain name is specified by RFC 2109. A domain name begins with a dot (.foo.com) and means that the cookie is visible to servers in a specified Domain Name System (DNS) zone (for example,www.foo.com, but nota.b.foo.com). By default, cookies are only returned to the server that sent them.

Parameters:

pattern - aString containing the domain namewithin which this cookie is visible;form is according to RFC 2109

See Also:

getDomain()

getDomain

public java.lang.StringgetDomain()

Returns the domain name set for this cookie. The form of the domain name is set by RFC 2109.

Returns:

aString containing the domain name

See Also:

setDomain(java.lang.String)

setMaxAge

public voidsetMaxAge(int expiry)

Sets the maximum age of the cookie in seconds.

A positive value indicates that the cookie will expire after that many seconds have passed. Note that the value is themaximum age when the cookie will expire, not the cookie's current age.

A negative value means that the cookie is not stored persistently and will be deleted when the Web browser exits. A zero value causes the cookie to be deleted.

Parameters:

expiry - an integer specifying the maximum age of the cookie in seconds; if negative, meansthe cookie is not stored; if zero, deletesthe cookie

See Also:

getMaxAge()

getMaxAge

public intgetMaxAge()

Returns the maximum age of the cookie, specified in seconds, By default,-1 indicating the cookie will persist until browser shutdown.

Returns:

an integer specifying the maximum age of thecookie in seconds; if negative, meansthe cookie persists until browser shutdown

See Also:

setMaxAge(int)

setPath

public voidsetPath(java.lang.String uri)

Specifies a path for the cookie to which the client should return the cookie.

The cookie is visible to all the pages in the directory you specify, and all the pages in that directory's subdirectories. A cookie's path must include the servlet that set the cookie, for example,/catalog, which makes the cookie visible to all directories on the server under/catalog.

Consult RFC 2109 (available on the Internet) for more information on setting path names for cookies.

Parameters:

uri - aString specifying a path

See Also:

getPath()

getPath

public java.lang.StringgetPath()

Returns the path on the server to which the browser returns this cookie. The cookie is visible to all subpaths on the server.

Returns:

aString specifying a path that containsa servlet name, for example,/catalog

See Also:

setPath(java.lang.String)

setSecure

public voidsetSecure(boolean flag)

Indicates to the browser whether the cookie should only be sent using a secure protocol, such as HTTPS or SSL.

The default value isfalse.

Parameters:

flag - iftrue, sends the cookie from the browserto the server using only when using a secure protocol;iffalse, sent on any protocol

See Also:

getSecure()

getSecure

public booleangetSecure()

Returnstrue if the browser is sending cookies only over a secure protocol, orfalse if the browser can send cookies using any protocol.

Returns:

true if the browser uses a secure protocol; otherwise,true

See Also:

setSecure(boolean)

getName

public java.lang.StringgetName()

Returns the name of the cookie. The name cannot be changed after creation.

Returns:

aString specifying the cookie's name

setValue

public voidsetValue(java.lang.String newValue)

Assigns a new value to a cookie after the cookie is created. If you use a binary value, you may want to use BASE64 encoding.

With Version 0 cookies, values should not contain white space, brackets, parentheses, equals signs, commas, double quotes, slashes, question marks, at signs, colons, and semicolons. Empty values may not behave the same way on all browsers.

Parameters:

newValue - aString specifying the new value

See Also:

getValue(),Cookie

getValue

public java.lang.StringgetValue()

Returns the value of the cookie.

Returns:

aString containing the cookie'spresent value

See Also:

setValue(java.lang.String),Cookie

getVersion

public intgetVersion()

Returns the version of the protocol this cookie complies with. Version 1 complies with RFC 2109, and version 0 complies with the original cookie specification drafted by Netscape. Cookies provided by a browser use and identify the browser's cookie version.

Returns:

0 if the cookie complies with theoriginal Netscape specification; 1if the cookie complies with RFC 2109

See Also:

setVersion(int)

setVersion

public voidsetVersion(int v)

Sets the version of the cookie protocol this cookie complies with. Version 0 complies with the original Netscape cookie specification. Version 1 complies with RFC 2109.

Since RFC 2109 is still somewhat new, consider version 1 as experimental; do not use it yet on production sites.

Parameters:

v - 0 if the cookie should comply with the original Netscape specification;1 if the cookie should comply with RFC 2109

See Also:

getVersion()

clone

public java.lang.Objectclone()

Overrides the standardjava.lang.Object.clone method to return a copy of this cookie.

Overrides:

clone in classjava.lang.Object