Package edu.internet2.middleware.grouperClientExt.org.apache.commons.httpclient

Class Cookie

java.lang.Object
edu.internet2.middleware.grouperClientExt.org.apache.commons.httpclient.NameValuePair
edu.internet2.middleware.grouperClientExt.org.apache.commons.httpclient.Cookie
All Implemented Interfaces:
Serializable, Comparator
Direct Known Subclasses:
Cookie2
public class Cookie extends NameValuePair implements Serializable, Comparator

HTTP "magic-cookie" represents a piece of state information that the HTTP agent and the target server can exchange to maintain a session.

Version:
$Revision: 531354 $ $Date: 2007-04-23 08:53:20 +0200 (Mon, 23 Apr 2007) $
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  • Constructor Details

    • Cookie

      public Cookie()
      Default constructor. Creates a blank cookie

    • Cookie

      public Cookie(String domain, String name, String value)
      Creates a cookie with the given name, value and domain attribute.
      Parameters:
      name - the cookie name
      value - the cookie value
      domain - the domain this cookie can be sent to

    • Cookie

      public Cookie(String domain, String name, String value, String path, Date expires, boolean secure)
      Creates a cookie with the given name, value, domain attribute, path attribute, expiration attribute, and secure attribute
      Parameters:
      name - the cookie name
      value - the cookie value
      domain - the domain this cookie can be sent to
      path - the path prefix for which this cookie can be sent
      expires - the Date at which this cookie expires, or null if the cookie expires at the end of the session
      secure - if true this cookie can only be sent over secure connections
      Throws:
      IllegalArgumentException - If cookie name is null or blank, cookie name contains a blank, or cookie name starts with character $

    • Cookie

      public Cookie(String domain, String name, String value, String path, int maxAge, boolean secure)
      Creates a cookie with the given name, value, domain attribute, path attribute, maximum age attribute, and secure attribute
      Parameters:
      name - the cookie name
      value - the cookie value
      domain - the domain this cookie can be sent to
      path - the path prefix for which this cookie can be sent
      maxAge - the number of seconds for which this cookie is valid. maxAge is expected to be a non-negative number. -1 signifies that the cookie should never expire.
      secure - if true this cookie can only be sent over secure connections

  • Method Details

    • getComment

      public String getComment()
      Returns the comment describing the purpose of this cookie, or null if no such comment has been defined.
      Returns:
      comment
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    • setComment

      public void setComment(String comment)
      If a user agent (web browser) presents this cookie to a user, the cookie's purpose will be described using this comment.
      Parameters:
      comment -
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    • getExpiryDate

      public Date getExpiryDate()
      Returns the expiration Date of the cookie, or null if none exists.

      Note: the object returned by this method is considered immutable. Changing it (e.g. using setTime()) could result in undefined behaviour. Do so at your peril.

      Returns:
      Expiration Date, or null.
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    • setExpiryDate

      public void setExpiryDate(Date expiryDate)
      Sets expiration date.

      Note: the object returned by this method is considered immutable. Changing it (e.g. using setTime()) could result in undefined behaviour. Do so at your peril.

      Parameters:
      expiryDate - the Date after which this cookie is no longer valid.
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    • isPersistent

      public boolean isPersistent()
      Returns false if the cookie should be discarded at the end of the "session"; true otherwise.
      Returns:
      false if the cookie should be discarded at the end of the "session"; true otherwise

    • getDomain

      public String getDomain()
      Returns domain attribute of the cookie.
      Returns:
      the value of the domain attribute
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    • setDomain

      public void setDomain(String domain)
      Sets the domain attribute.
      Parameters:
      domain - The value of the domain attribute
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    • getPath

      public String getPath()
      Returns the path attribute of the cookie
      Returns:
      The value of the path attribute.
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    • setPath

      public void setPath(String path)
      Sets the path attribute.
      Parameters:
      path - The value of the path attribute
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    • getSecure

      public boolean getSecure()
      Returns:
      true if this cookie should only be sent over secure connections.
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    • setSecure

      public void setSecure(boolean secure)
      Sets the secure attribute of the cookie.

      When true the cookie should only be sent using a secure protocol (https). This should only be set when the cookie's originating server used a secure protocol to set the cookie's value.

      Parameters:
      secure - The value of the secure attribute
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    • getVersion

      public int getVersion()
      Returns the version of the cookie specification to which this cookie conforms.
      Returns:
      the version of the cookie.
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    • setVersion

      public void setVersion(int version)
      Sets the version of the cookie specification to which this cookie conforms.
      Parameters:
      version - the version of the cookie.
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    • isExpired

      public boolean isExpired()
      Returns true if this cookie has expired.
      Returns:
      true if the cookie has expired.

    • isExpired

      public boolean isExpired(Date now)
      Returns true if this cookie has expired according to the time passed in.
      Parameters:
      now - The current time.
      Returns:
      true if the cookie expired.

    • setPathAttributeSpecified

      public void setPathAttributeSpecified(boolean value)
      Indicates whether the cookie had a path specified in a path attribute of the Set-Cookie header. This value is important for generating the Cookie header because some cookie specifications require that the Cookie header should only include a path attribute if the cookie's path was specified in the Set-Cookie header.
      Parameters:
      value - true if the cookie's path was explicitly set, false otherwise.
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    • isPathAttributeSpecified

      public boolean isPathAttributeSpecified()
      Returns true if cookie's path was set via a path attribute in the Set-Cookie header.
      Returns:
      value true if the cookie's path was explicitly set, false otherwise.
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    • setDomainAttributeSpecified

      public void setDomainAttributeSpecified(boolean value)
      Indicates whether the cookie had a domain specified in a domain attribute of the Set-Cookie header. This value is important for generating the Cookie header because some cookie specifications require that the Cookie header should only include a domain attribute if the cookie's domain was specified in the Set-Cookie header.
      Parameters:
      value - true if the cookie's domain was explicitly set, false otherwise.
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    • isDomainAttributeSpecified

      public boolean isDomainAttributeSpecified()
      Returns true if cookie's domain was set via a domain attribute in the Set-Cookie header.
      Returns:
      value true if the cookie's domain was explicitly set, false otherwise.
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    • hashCode

      public int hashCode()
      Returns a hash code in keeping with the Object.hashCode() general hashCode contract.
      Overrides:
      hashCode in class NameValuePair
      Returns:
      A hash code

    • equals

      public boolean equals(Object obj)
      Two cookies are equal if the name, path and domain match.
      Specified by:
      equals in interface Comparator
      Overrides:
      equals in class NameValuePair
      Parameters:
      obj - The object to compare against.
      Returns:
      true if the two objects are equal.

    • toExternalForm

      public String toExternalForm()
      Return a textual representation of the cookie.
      Returns:
      string.

    • compare

      public int compare(Object o1, Object o2)

      Compares two cookies to determine order for cookie header.

      Most specific should be first.

      This method is implemented so a cookie can be used as a comparator for a SortedSet of cookies. Specifically it's used above in the createCookieHeader method.

      Specified by:
      compare in interface Comparator
      Parameters:
      o1 - The first object to be compared
      o2 - The second object to be compared
      Returns:
      See Comparator.compare(Object,Object)

    • toString

      public String toString()
      Return a textual representation of the cookie.
      Overrides:
      toString in class NameValuePair
      Returns:
      string.
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