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package java.net;

CookiePolicy implementations decide which cookies should be accepted and which should be rejected. Three pre-defined policy implementations are provided, namely ACCEPT_ALL, ACCEPT_NONE and ACCEPT_ORIGINAL_SERVER.

See RFC 2965 sec. 3.3 and 7 for more detail.

Author:Edward Wang
Since:1.6
/** * CookiePolicy implementations decide which cookies should be accepted * and which should be rejected. Three pre-defined policy implementations * are provided, namely ACCEPT_ALL, ACCEPT_NONE and ACCEPT_ORIGINAL_SERVER. * * <p>See RFC 2965 sec. 3.3 and 7 for more detail. * * @author Edward Wang * @since 1.6 */
public interface CookiePolicy {
One pre-defined policy which accepts all cookies.
/** * One pre-defined policy which accepts all cookies. */
public static final CookiePolicy ACCEPT_ALL = new CookiePolicy(){ public boolean shouldAccept(URI uri, HttpCookie cookie) { return true; } };
One pre-defined policy which accepts no cookies.
/** * One pre-defined policy which accepts no cookies. */
public static final CookiePolicy ACCEPT_NONE = new CookiePolicy(){ public boolean shouldAccept(URI uri, HttpCookie cookie) { return false; } };
One pre-defined policy which only accepts cookies from original server.
/** * One pre-defined policy which only accepts cookies from original server. */
public static final CookiePolicy ACCEPT_ORIGINAL_SERVER = new CookiePolicy(){ public boolean shouldAccept(URI uri, HttpCookie cookie) { if (uri == null || cookie == null) return false; return HttpCookie.domainMatches(cookie.getDomain(), uri.getHost()); } };
Will be called to see whether or not this cookie should be accepted.
Params:
  • uri – the URI to consult accept policy with
  • cookie – the HttpCookie object in question
Returns: true if this cookie should be accepted; otherwise, false
/** * Will be called to see whether or not this cookie should be accepted. * * @param uri the URI to consult accept policy with * @param cookie the HttpCookie object in question * @return {@code true} if this cookie should be accepted; * otherwise, {@code false} */
public boolean shouldAccept(URI uri, HttpCookie cookie); }