Class NewCookie

Field Detail

• DEFAULT_MAX_AGE

  public static final int DEFAULT_MAX_AGE

  Specifies that the cookie expires with the current application/browser session.

  See Also:

  Constant Field Values

Constructor Detail

• NewCookie

  public NewCookie(String name,
                   String value)

  Create a new instance.

  Parameters:

  name - the name of the cookie.

  value - the value of the cookie.

  Throws:

  IllegalArgumentException - if name is null.

• NewCookie

  public NewCookie(String name,
                   String value,
                   String path,
                   String domain,
                   String comment,
                   int maxAge,
                   boolean secure)

  Create a new instance.

  Parameters:

  name - the name of the cookie.

  value - the value of the cookie.

  path - the URI path for which the cookie is valid.

  domain - the host domain for which the cookie is valid.

  comment - the comment.

  maxAge - the maximum age of the cookie in seconds.

  secure - specifies whether the cookie will only be sent over a secure connection.

  Throws:

  IllegalArgumentException - if name is null.

• NewCookie

  public NewCookie(String name,
                   String value,
                   String path,
                   String domain,
                   String comment,
                   int maxAge,
                   boolean secure,
                   boolean httpOnly)

  Create a new instance.

  Parameters:

  name - the name of the cookie.

  value - the value of the cookie.

  path - the URI path for which the cookie is valid.

  domain - the host domain for which the cookie is valid.

  comment - the comment.

  maxAge - the maximum age of the cookie in seconds.

  secure - specifies whether the cookie will only be sent over a secure connection.

  httpOnly - if true make the cookie HTTP only, i.e. only visible as part of an HTTP request.

  Throws:

  IllegalArgumentException - if name is null.

  Since:

  2.0

• NewCookie

  public NewCookie(String name,
                   String value,
                   String path,
                   String domain,
                   int version,
                   String comment,
                   int maxAge,
                   boolean secure)

  Create a new instance.

  Parameters:

  name - the name of the cookie

  value - the value of the cookie

  path - the URI path for which the cookie is valid

  domain - the host domain for which the cookie is valid

  version - the version of the specification to which the cookie complies

  comment - the comment

  maxAge - the maximum age of the cookie in seconds

  secure - specifies whether the cookie will only be sent over a secure connection

  Throws:

  IllegalArgumentException - if name is null.

• NewCookie

  public NewCookie(String name,
                   String value,
                   String path,
                   String domain,
                   int version,
                   String comment,
                   int maxAge,
                   Date expiry,
                   boolean secure,
                   boolean httpOnly)

  Create a new instance.

  Parameters:

  name - the name of the cookie

  value - the value of the cookie

  path - the URI path for which the cookie is valid

  domain - the host domain for which the cookie is valid

  version - the version of the specification to which the cookie complies

  comment - the comment

  maxAge - the maximum age of the cookie in seconds

  expiry - the cookie expiry date.

  secure - specifies whether the cookie will only be sent over a secure connection

  httpOnly - if true make the cookie HTTP only, i.e. only visible as part of an HTTP request.

  Throws:

  IllegalArgumentException - if name is null.

  Since:

  2.0

• NewCookie

  public NewCookie(Cookie cookie)

  Create a new instance copying the information in the supplied cookie.

  Parameters:

  cookie - the cookie to clone.

  Throws:

  IllegalArgumentException - if cookie is null.

• NewCookie

  public NewCookie(Cookie cookie,
                   String comment,
                   int maxAge,
                   boolean secure)

  Create a new instance supplementing the information in the supplied cookie.

  Parameters:

  cookie - the cookie to clone.

  comment - the comment.

  maxAge - the maximum age of the cookie in seconds.

  secure - specifies whether the cookie will only be sent over a secure connection.

  Throws:

  IllegalArgumentException - if cookie is null.

• NewCookie

  public NewCookie(Cookie cookie,
                   String comment,
                   int maxAge,
                   Date expiry,
                   boolean secure,
                   boolean httpOnly)

  Create a new instance supplementing the information in the supplied cookie.

  Parameters:

  cookie - the cookie to clone.

  comment - the comment.

  maxAge - the maximum age of the cookie in seconds.

  expiry - the cookie expiry date.

  secure - specifies whether the cookie will only be sent over a secure connection.

  httpOnly - if true make the cookie HTTP only, i.e. only visible as part of an HTTP request.

  Throws:

  IllegalArgumentException - if cookie is null.

  Since:

  2.0

Method Detail

• valueOf

  public static NewCookie valueOf(String value)

  Creates a new instance of NewCookie by parsing the supplied string.

  Parameters:

  value - the cookie string.

  Returns:

  the newly created NewCookie.

  Throws:

  IllegalArgumentException - if the supplied string cannot be parsed or is null.

• getComment

  public String getComment()

  Get the comment associated with the cookie.

  Returns:

  the comment or null if none set

• getMaxAge

  public int getMaxAge()

  Get the maximum age of the the cookie in seconds. Cookies older than the maximum age are discarded. A cookie can be unset by sending a new cookie with maximum age of 0 since it will overwrite any existing cookie and then be immediately discarded. The default value of -1 indicates that the cookie will be discarded at the end of the browser/application session.

  Note that it is recommended to use Max-Age to control cookie expiration, however some browsers do not understand Max-Age, in which case setting getExpiry() Expires} parameter may be necessary.

  Returns:

  the maximum age in seconds.

  See Also:

  getExpiry()

• getExpiry

  public Date getExpiry()

  Get the cookie expiry date. Cookies whose expiry date has passed are discarded. A cookie can be unset by setting a new cookie with an expiry date in the past, typically the lowest possible date that can be set.

  Note that it is recommended to use Max-Age to control cookie expiration, however some browsers do not understand Max-Age, in which case setting Expires parameter may be necessary.

  Returns:

  cookie expiry date or null if no expiry date was set.

  Since:

  2.0

  See Also:

  getMaxAge()

• isSecure

  public boolean isSecure()

  Whether the cookie will only be sent over a secure connection. Defaults to false.

  Returns:

  true if the cookie will only be sent over a secure connection, false otherwise.

• isHttpOnly

  public boolean isHttpOnly()

  Returns true if this cookie contains the HttpOnly attribute. This means that the cookie should not be accessible to scripting engines, like javascript.

  Returns:

  true if this cookie should be considered http only, false otherwise.

  Since:

  2.0

• toCookie

  public Cookie toCookie()

  Obtain a new instance of a Cookie with the same name, value, path, domain and version as this NewCookie. This method can be used to obtain an object that can be compared for equality with another Cookie; since a Cookie will never compare equal to a NewCookie.

  Returns:

  a Cookie

• toString

  public String toString()

  Convert the cookie to a string suitable for use as the value of the corresponding HTTP header.

  Overrides:

  toString in class Cookie

  Returns:

  a stringified cookie.

• hashCode

  public int hashCode()

  Generate a hash code by hashing all of the properties.

  Overrides:

  hashCode in class Cookie

  Returns:

  the hash code.

• equals

  public boolean equals(Object obj)

  Compare for equality. Use toCookie() to compare a NewCookie to a Cookie considering only the common properties.

  Overrides:

  equals in class Cookie

  Parameters:

  obj - the object to compare to

  Returns:

  true if the object is a NewCookie with the same value for all properties, false otherwise.