org.apache.commons.httpclient.cookie
Interface CookieAttributeHandler

public interface CookieAttributeHandler

Ths interface represents a cookie attribute handler responsible for parsing, validating, and matching a specific cookie attribute, such as path, domain, port, etc. Different cookie specifications can provide a specific implementation for this class based on their cookie handling rules.

Since:

3.1

Author:

jain.samit@gmail.com (Samit Jain)

Method Summary

boolean	match(Cookie cookie, CookieOrigin origin) Matches the given value (property of the destination host where request is being submitted) with the corresponding cookie attribute.
void	parse(Cookie cookie, String value) Parse the given cookie attribute value and update the corresponding Cookie property.
void	validate(Cookie cookie, CookieOrigin origin) Peforms cookie validation for the given attribute value.

Method Detail

parse

void parse(Cookie cookie,
           String value)
           throws MalformedCookieException

Parse the given cookie attribute value and update the corresponding Cookie property.

Parameters:

cookie - Cookie to be updated

value - cookie attribute value from the cookie response header

Throws:

MalformedCookieException

validate

void validate(Cookie cookie,
              CookieOrigin origin)
              throws MalformedCookieException

Peforms cookie validation for the given attribute value.

Parameters:

cookie - Cookie to validate

origin - the cookie source to validate against

Throws:

MalformedCookieException - if cookie validation fails for this attribute

match

boolean match(Cookie cookie,
              CookieOrigin origin)

Matches the given value (property of the destination host where request is being submitted) with the corresponding cookie attribute.

Parameters:

cookie - Cookie to match

origin - the cookie source to match against

Returns:

true if the match is successful; false otherwise