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package org.apache.commons.httpclient.cookie;

import java.util.Collection;

import org.apache.commons.httpclient.Header;
import org.apache.commons.httpclient.NameValuePair;
import org.apache.commons.httpclient.Cookie;

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
Author:
Oleg Kalnichevski, Jeff Dever
Since:
2.0/**
 * Defines the cookie management specification.
 * <p>Cookie management specification must define
 * <ul>
 *   <li> rules of parsing "Set-Cookie" header
 *   <li> rules of validation of parsed cookies
 *   <li>  formatting of "Cookie" header 
 * </ul>
 * for a given host, port and path of origin
 * 
 * @author <a href="mailto:oleg@ural.ru">Oleg Kalnichevski</a>
 * @author <a href="mailto:jsdever@apache.org">Jeff Dever</a>
 *
 * @since 2.0
 */
public interface CookieSpec {    

    
Path delimiter /** Path delimiter */
    static final String PATH_DELIM = "/";

    
Path delimiting charachter /** Path delimiting charachter */
    static final char PATH_DELIM_CHAR = PATH_DELIM.charAt(0);

    
Parse the "Set-Cookie" header value into Cookie array.
This method will not perform the validation of the resultant Cookies
 
Params:
host – the host which sent the Set-Cookie header
port – the port which sent the Set-Cookie header
path – the path which sent the Set-Cookie header
secure – true when the Set-Cookie header 
 was received over secure conection
header – the Set-Cookie received from the server
Throws:
MalformedCookieException – if an exception occurs during parsing
IllegalArgumentException – if an input parameter is illegal
See Also:
validate(String, int, String, boolean, Cookie)
Returns:
an array of Cookies parsed from the Set-Cookie value/**
      * Parse the <tt>"Set-Cookie"</tt> header value into Cookie array.
      * 
      * <p>This method will not perform the validation of the resultant
      * {@link Cookie}s</p> 
      *
      * @see #validate(String, int, String, boolean, Cookie)
      *
      * @param host the host which sent the <tt>Set-Cookie</tt> header
      * @param port the port which sent the <tt>Set-Cookie</tt> header
      * @param path the path which sent the <tt>Set-Cookie</tt> header
      * @param secure <tt>true</tt> when the <tt>Set-Cookie</tt> header 
      *  was received over secure conection
      * @param header the <tt>Set-Cookie</tt> received from the server
      * @return an array of <tt>Cookie</tt>s parsed from the Set-Cookie value
      * @throws MalformedCookieException if an exception occurs during parsing
      * @throws IllegalArgumentException if an input parameter is illegal
      */
    Cookie[] parse(String host, int port, String path, boolean secure,
      final String header)
      throws MalformedCookieException, IllegalArgumentException;

    
Parse the "Set-Cookie" Header into an array of Cookies.
This method will not perform the validation of the resultant Cookies
 
Params:
host – the host which sent the Set-Cookie header
port – the port which sent the Set-Cookie header
path – the path which sent the Set-Cookie header
secure – true when the Set-Cookie header 
 was received over secure conection
header – the Set-Cookie received from the server
Throws:
MalformedCookieException – if an exception occurs during parsing
IllegalArgumentException – if an input parameter is illegal
See Also:
validate(String, int, String, boolean, Cookie)
Returns:
an array of Cookies parsed from the header/**
      * Parse the <tt>"Set-Cookie"</tt> Header into an array of Cookies.
      *
      * <p>This method will not perform the validation of the resultant
      * {@link Cookie}s</p> 
      *
      * @see #validate(String, int, String, boolean, Cookie)
      *
      * @param host the host which sent the <tt>Set-Cookie</tt> header
      * @param port the port which sent the <tt>Set-Cookie</tt> header
      * @param path the path which sent the <tt>Set-Cookie</tt> header
      * @param secure <tt>true</tt> when the <tt>Set-Cookie</tt> header 
      *  was received over secure conection
      * @param header the <tt>Set-Cookie</tt> received from the server
      * @return an array of <tt>Cookie</tt>s parsed from the header
      * @throws MalformedCookieException if an exception occurs during parsing
      * @throws IllegalArgumentException if an input parameter is illegal
      */
    Cookie[] parse(String host, int port, String path, boolean secure, 
      final Header header)
      throws MalformedCookieException, IllegalArgumentException;

    
Parse the cookie attribute and update the corresponsing Cookie 
 properties.
Params:
attribute – cookie attribute from the Set-Cookie
cookie – the to be updated
Throws:
MalformedCookieException – if an exception occurs during parsing
IllegalArgumentException – if an input parameter is illegal/**
      * Parse the cookie attribute and update the corresponsing Cookie 
      *  properties.
      *
      * @param attribute cookie attribute from the <tt>Set-Cookie</tt>
      * @param cookie the to be updated
      * @throws MalformedCookieException if an exception occurs during parsing
      * @throws IllegalArgumentException if an input parameter is illegal
      */
    void parseAttribute(NameValuePair attribute, Cookie cookie)
      throws MalformedCookieException, IllegalArgumentException;

    
Validate the cookie according to validation rules defined by the 
 cookie specification.
Params:
host – the host from which the Cookie was received
port – the port from which the Cookie was received
path – the path from which the Cookie was received
secure – true when the Cookie was received using a secure connection
cookie – the Cookie to validate
Throws:
MalformedCookieException – if the cookie is invalid
IllegalArgumentException – if an input parameter is illegal/**
      * Validate the cookie according to validation rules defined by the 
      *  cookie specification.
      *
      * @param host the host from which the {@link Cookie} was received
      * @param port the port from which the {@link Cookie} was received
      * @param path the path from which the {@link Cookie} was received
      * @param secure <tt>true</tt> when the {@link Cookie} was received 
      *  using a secure connection
      * @param cookie the Cookie to validate
      * @throws MalformedCookieException if the cookie is invalid
      * @throws IllegalArgumentException if an input parameter is illegal
      */
    void validate(String host, int port, String path, boolean secure, 
      final Cookie cookie) 
      throws MalformedCookieException, IllegalArgumentException;
    
    
    
Sets the Collection of date patterns used for parsing. The String patterns must be compatible with SimpleDateFormat. 
Params:
datepatterns – collection of date patterns/**
     * Sets the {@link Collection} of date patterns used for parsing. The String patterns must be 
     * compatible with {@link java.text.SimpleDateFormat}.
     *
     * @param datepatterns collection of date patterns
     */
    void setValidDateFormats(Collection datepatterns);
    
    
Returns the Collection of date patterns used for parsing. The String patterns are compatible with the SimpleDateFormat. 
Returns:
collection of date patterns/**
     * Returns the {@link Collection} of date patterns used for parsing. The String patterns are compatible 
     * with the {@link java.text.SimpleDateFormat}.
     *
     * @return collection of date patterns
     */
    Collection getValidDateFormats();
    
    
Determines if a Cookie matches a location.
Params:
host – the host to which the request is being submitted
port – the port to which the request is being submitted
path – the path to which the request is being submitted
secure – true if the request is using a secure connection
cookie – the Cookie to be matched
Returns:
true if the cookie should be submitted with a request 
 with given attributes, false otherwise./**
     * Determines if a Cookie matches a location.
     *
     * @param host the host to which the request is being submitted
     * @param port the port to which the request is being submitted
     * @param path the path to which the request is being submitted
     * @param secure <tt>true</tt> if the request is using a secure connection
     * @param cookie the Cookie to be matched
     *
     * @return <tt>true</tt> if the cookie should be submitted with a request 
     *  with given attributes, <tt>false</tt> otherwise.
     */
    boolean match(String host, int port, String path, boolean secure,
        final Cookie cookie);

    
Determines which of an array of Cookies matches a location.
Params:
host – the host to which the request is being submitted
port – the port to which the request is being submitted 
 (currenlty ignored)
path – the path to which the request is being submitted
secure – true if the request is using a secure protocol
cookies – an array of Cookies to be matched
Returns:
true if the cookie should be submitted with a request 
 with given attributes, false otherwise./**
     * Determines which of an array of Cookies matches a location.
     *
     * @param host the host to which the request is being submitted
     * @param port the port to which the request is being submitted 
     *  (currenlty ignored)
     * @param path the path to which the request is being submitted
     * @param secure <tt>true</tt> if the request is using a secure protocol
     * @param cookies an array of <tt>Cookie</tt>s to be matched
     *
     * @return <tt>true</tt> if the cookie should be submitted with a request 
     *  with given attributes, <tt>false</tt> otherwise.
     */
    Cookie[] match(String host, int port, String path, boolean secure, 
        final Cookie cookies[]);

    
Performs domain-match as defined by the cookie specification.
Params:
host – The target host.
domain – The cookie domain attribute.
Returns:
true if the specified host matches the given domain.
Since:
3.0/**
     * Performs domain-match as defined by the cookie specification.
     * @param host The target host.
     * @param domain The cookie domain attribute.
     * @return true if the specified host matches the given domain.
     * 
     * @since 3.0
     */
    boolean domainMatch(String host, String domain);

    
Performs path-match as defined by the cookie specification.
Params:
path – The target path.
topmostPath – The cookie path attribute.
Returns:
true if the paths match
Since:
3.0/**
     * Performs path-match as defined by the cookie specification.
     * @param path The target path.
     * @param topmostPath The cookie path attribute.
     * @return true if the paths match
     * 
     * @since 3.0
     */
    boolean pathMatch(String path, String topmostPath);

    
Create a "Cookie" header value for an array of cookies.
Params:
cookie – the cookie to be formatted as string
Returns:
a string suitable for sending in a "Cookie" header./**
     * Create a <tt>"Cookie"</tt> header value for an array of cookies.
     *
     * @param cookie the cookie to be formatted as string
     * @return a string suitable for sending in a <tt>"Cookie"</tt> header.
     */
    String formatCookie(Cookie cookie);

    
Create a "Cookie" header value for an array of cookies.
Params:
cookies – the Cookies to be formatted
Throws:
IllegalArgumentException – if an input parameter is illegal
Returns:
a string suitable for sending in a Cookie header./**
     * Create a <tt>"Cookie"</tt> header value for an array of cookies.
     *
     * @param cookies the Cookies to be formatted
     * @return a string suitable for sending in a Cookie header.
     * @throws IllegalArgumentException if an input parameter is illegal
     */
    String formatCookies(Cookie[] cookies) throws IllegalArgumentException;
    
    
Create a "Cookie" Header for an array of Cookies.
Params:
cookies – the Cookies format into a Cookie header
Throws:
IllegalArgumentException – if an input parameter is illegal
Returns:
a Header for the given Cookies./**
     * Create a <tt>"Cookie"</tt> Header for an array of Cookies.
     *
     * @param cookies the Cookies format into a Cookie header
     * @return a Header for the given Cookies.
     * @throws IllegalArgumentException if an input parameter is illegal
     */
    Header formatCookieHeader(Cookie[] cookies) throws IllegalArgumentException;

    
Create a "Cookie" Header for single Cookie.
Params:
cookie – the Cookie format as a Cookie header
Throws:
IllegalArgumentException – if an input parameter is illegal
Returns:
a Cookie header./**
     * Create a <tt>"Cookie"</tt> Header for single Cookie.
     *
     * @param cookie the Cookie format as a <tt>Cookie</tt> header
     * @return a Cookie header.
     * @throws IllegalArgumentException if an input parameter is illegal
     */
    Header formatCookieHeader(Cookie cookie) throws IllegalArgumentException;

}