java.net

Class CookieHandler

java.lang.Object

java.net.CookieHandler

Direct Known Subclasses:

CookieManager

public abstract class CookieHandler
extends Object

A CookieHandler object provides a callback mechanism to hook up a HTTP state management policy implementation into the HTTP protocol handler. The HTTP state management mechanism specifies a way to create a stateful session with HTTP requests and responses.

A system-wide CookieHandler that to used by the HTTP protocol handler can be registered by doing a CookieHandler.setDefault(CookieHandler). The currently registered CookieHandler can be retrieved by calling CookieHandler.getDefault(). For more information on HTTP state management, see RFC 2965: HTTP State Management Mechanism

Since:

1.5

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
CookieHandler()

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
abstract Map<String,List<String>>	get(URI uri, Map<String,List<String>> requestHeaders) Gets all the applicable cookies from a cookie cache for the specified uri in the request header.
static CookieHandler	getDefault() Gets the system-wide cookie handler.
abstract void	put(URI uri, Map<String,List<String>> responseHeaders) Sets all the applicable cookies, examples are response header fields that are named Set-Cookie2, present in the response headers into a cookie cache.
static void	setDefault(CookieHandler cHandler) Sets (or unsets) the system-wide cookie handler.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

CookieHandler

public CookieHandler()

Method Detail

getDefault

public static CookieHandler getDefault()

Gets the system-wide cookie handler.

Returns:

the system-wide cookie handler; A null return means there is no system-wide cookie handler currently set.

Throws:

SecurityException - If a security manager has been installed and it denies NetPermission("getCookieHandler")

See Also:

setDefault(CookieHandler)

setDefault

public static void setDefault(CookieHandler cHandler)

Sets (or unsets) the system-wide cookie handler. Note: non-standard http protocol handlers may ignore this setting.

Parameters:

cHandler - The HTTP cookie handler, or null to unset.

Throws:

SecurityException - If a security manager has been installed and it denies NetPermission("setCookieHandler")

See Also:

getDefault()

get

public abstract Map<String,List<String>> get(URI uri,
                           Map<String,List<String>> requestHeaders)
                                      throws IOException

Gets all the applicable cookies from a cookie cache for the specified uri in the request header.

The URI passed as an argument specifies the intended use for the cookies. In particular the scheme should reflect whether the cookies will be sent over http, https or used in another context like javascript. The host part should reflect either the destination of the cookies or their origin in the case of javascript.

It is up to the implementation to take into account the URI and the cookies attributes and security settings to determine which ones should be returned.

HTTP protocol implementers should make sure that this method is called after all request headers related to choosing cookies are added, and before the request is sent.

Parameters:

uri - a URI representing the intended use for the cookies

requestHeaders - - a Map from request header field names to lists of field values representing the current request headers

Returns:

an immutable map from state management headers, with field names "Cookie" or "Cookie2" to a list of cookies containing state information

Throws:

IOException - if an I/O error occurs

IllegalArgumentException - if either argument is null

See Also:

put(URI, Map)

put

public abstract void put(URI uri,
       Map<String,List<String>> responseHeaders)
                  throws IOException

Sets all the applicable cookies, examples are response header fields that are named Set-Cookie2, present in the response headers into a cookie cache.

Parameters:

uri - a URI where the cookies come from

responseHeaders - an immutable map from field names to lists of field values representing the response header fields returned

Throws:

IOException - if an I/O error occurs

IllegalArgumentException - if either argument is null

See Also:

get(URI, Map)