org.apache.hc.client5.http.cookie

Interface CookieSpec

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractCookieSpec, CookieSpecBase, IgnoreSpecSpec, RFC6265CookieSpec, RFC6265LaxSpec, RFC6265StrictSpec

public interface CookieSpec

Defines the cookie management specification.

Cookie management specification must define

• rules of parsing "Set-Cookie" header
• rules of validation of parsed cookies
• formatting of "Cookie" header

for a given host, port and path of origin

Since:

4.0

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
List<org.apache.hc.core5.http.Header>	formatCookies(List<Cookie> cookies) Create "Cookie" headers for an array of Cookies.
boolean	match(Cookie cookie, CookieOrigin origin) Determines if a Cookie matches the target location.
List<Cookie>	parse(org.apache.hc.core5.http.Header header, CookieOrigin origin) Parse the "Set-Cookie" Header into an array of Cookies.
void	validate(Cookie cookie, CookieOrigin origin) Validate the cookie according to validation rules defined by the cookie specification.

Method Detail

parse

List<Cookie> parse(org.apache.hc.core5.http.Header header,
                   CookieOrigin origin)
            throws MalformedCookieException

Parse the "Set-Cookie" Header into an array of Cookies.

This method will not perform the validation of the resultant Cookies

Parameters:

header - the Set-Cookie received from the server

origin - details of the cookie origin

Returns:

an array of Cookies parsed from the header

Throws:

MalformedCookieException - if an exception occurs during parsing

See Also:

validate(org.apache.hc.client5.http.cookie.Cookie, org.apache.hc.client5.http.cookie.CookieOrigin)

validate

void validate(Cookie cookie,
              CookieOrigin origin)
       throws MalformedCookieException

Validate the cookie according to validation rules defined by the cookie specification.

Parameters:

cookie - the Cookie to validate

origin - details of the cookie origin

Throws:

MalformedCookieException - if the cookie is invalid

match

boolean match(Cookie cookie,
              CookieOrigin origin)

Determines if a Cookie matches the target location.

Parameters:

cookie - the Cookie to be matched

origin - the target to test against

Returns:

true if the cookie should be submitted with a request with given attributes, false otherwise.

formatCookies

List<org.apache.hc.core5.http.Header> formatCookies(List<Cookie> cookies)

Create "Cookie" headers for an array of Cookies.

Parameters:

cookies - the Cookies format into a Cookie header

Returns:

a Header for the given Cookies.

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - if an input parameter is illegal