https://tomcat.apache.org/: Tomcat Connectors and HTTP parser 
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package org.apache.tomcat.util.http;

import java.nio.charset.Charset;

import javax.servlet.http.Cookie;

public interface CookieProcessor {

    
Parse the provided headers into server cookie objects.

Params:
  • headers –       The HTTP headers to parse
  • serverCookies – The server cookies object to populate with the
                     results of the parsing
/**
     * Parse the provided headers into server cookie objects.
     *
     * @param headers       The HTTP headers to parse
     * @param serverCookies The server cookies object to populate with the
     *                      results of the parsing
     */
    void parseCookieHeader(MimeHeaders headers, ServerCookies serverCookies);

    
Generate the Set-Cookie HTTP header value for the given Cookie. 
Params:
  • cookie – The cookie for which the header will be generated
Returns:The header value in a form that can be added directly to the
        response
/**
     * Generate the {@code Set-Cookie} HTTP header value for the given Cookie.
     *
     * @param cookie The cookie for which the header will be generated
     *
     * @return The header value in a form that can be added directly to the
     *         response
     */
    String generateHeader(Cookie cookie);

    
Obtain the character set that will be used when converting between bytes
and characters when parsing and/or generating HTTP headers for cookies.

Returns:The character set used for byte<->character conversions
/**
     * Obtain the character set that will be used when converting between bytes
     * and characters when parsing and/or generating HTTP headers for cookies.
     *
     * @return The character set used for byte&lt;-&gt;character conversions
     */
    Charset getCharset();
}