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package org.apache.http.cookie;

This interface represents a cookie attribute handler responsible for parsing, validating, and matching a specific cookie attribute, such as path, domain, port, etc. Different cookie specifications can provide a specific implementation for this class based on their cookie handling rules.
Since:4.0
/** * This interface represents a cookie attribute handler responsible * for parsing, validating, and matching a specific cookie attribute, * such as path, domain, port, etc. * * Different cookie specifications can provide a specific * implementation for this class based on their cookie handling * rules. * * * @since 4.0 */
public interface CookieAttributeHandler {
Parse the given cookie attribute value and update the corresponding Cookie property.
Params:
  • cookie – Cookie to be updated
  • value – cookie attribute value from the cookie response header
/** * Parse the given cookie attribute value and update the corresponding * {@link org.apache.http.cookie.Cookie} property. * * @param cookie {@link org.apache.http.cookie.Cookie} to be updated * @param value cookie attribute value from the cookie response header */
void parse(SetCookie cookie, String value) throws MalformedCookieException;
Peforms cookie validation for the given attribute value.
Params:
  • cookie – Cookie to validate
  • origin – the cookie source to validate against
Throws:
/** * Peforms cookie validation for the given attribute value. * * @param cookie {@link org.apache.http.cookie.Cookie} to validate * @param origin the cookie source to validate against * @throws MalformedCookieException if cookie validation fails for this attribute */
void validate(Cookie cookie, CookieOrigin origin) throws MalformedCookieException;
Matches the given value (property of the destination host where request is being submitted) with the corresponding cookie attribute.
Params:
  • cookie – Cookie to match
  • origin – the cookie source to match against
Returns:true if the match is successful; false otherwise
/** * Matches the given value (property of the destination host where request is being * submitted) with the corresponding cookie attribute. * * @param cookie {@link org.apache.http.cookie.Cookie} to match * @param origin the cookie source to match against * @return {@code true} if the match is successful; {@code false} otherwise */
boolean match(Cookie cookie, CookieOrigin origin); }