Interface CookieStore
public interface CookieStore
A CookieStore object represents a storage for cookie. Can store and retrieve cookies.
CookieManager
will call CookieStore.add
to save cookies for every incoming HTTP response, and call CookieStore.get
to retrieve cookie for every outgoing HTTP request. A CookieStore is responsible for removing HttpCookie instances which have expired.
- Since:
- 1.6
Method Summary
Modifier and Type | Method | Description |
---|---|---|
void | add(URI uri,
HttpCookie cookie) | Adds one HTTP cookie to the store. |
List<HttpCookie> | get(URI uri) | Retrieve cookies associated with given URI, or whose domain matches the given URI. |
List<HttpCookie> | getCookies() | Get all not-expired cookies in cookie store. |
List<URI> | getURIs() | Get all URIs which identify the cookies in this cookie store. |
boolean | remove(URI uri,
HttpCookie cookie) | Remove a cookie from store. |
boolean | removeAll() | Remove all cookies in this cookie store. |
Method Detail
add
void add(URI uri, HttpCookie cookie)
Adds one HTTP cookie to the store. This is called for every incoming HTTP response.
A cookie to store may or may not be associated with an URI. If it is not associated with an URI, the cookie's domain and path attribute will indicate where it comes from. If it is associated with an URI and its domain and path attribute are not specified, given URI will indicate where this cookie comes from.
If a cookie corresponding to the given URI already exists, then it is replaced with the new one.
- Parameters:
-
uri
- the uri this cookie associated with. ifnull
, this cookie will not be associated with an URI -
cookie
- the cookie to store - Throws:
-
NullPointerException
- ifcookie
isnull
- See Also:
get(java.net.URI)
get
List<HttpCookie> get(URI uri)
Retrieve cookies associated with given URI, or whose domain matches the given URI. Only cookies that have not expired are returned. This is called for every outgoing HTTP request.
- Parameters:
-
uri
- the uri associated with the cookies to be returned - Returns:
- an immutable list of HttpCookie, return empty list if no cookies match the given URI
- Throws:
-
NullPointerException
- ifuri
isnull
- See Also:
add(java.net.URI, java.net.HttpCookie)
getCookies
List<HttpCookie> getCookies()
Get all not-expired cookies in cookie store.
- Returns:
- an immutable list of http cookies; return empty list if there's no http cookie in store
getURIs
List<URI> getURIs()
Get all URIs which identify the cookies in this cookie store.
- Returns:
- an immutable list of URIs; return empty list if no cookie in this cookie store is associated with an URI
remove
boolean remove(URI uri, HttpCookie cookie)
Remove a cookie from store.
- Parameters:
-
uri
- the uri this cookie associated with. ifnull
, the cookie to be removed is not associated with an URI when added; if notnull
, the cookie to be removed is associated with the given URI when added. -
cookie
- the cookie to remove - Returns:
-
true
if this store contained the specified cookie - Throws:
-
NullPointerException
- ifcookie
isnull
removeAll
boolean removeAll()
Remove all cookies in this cookie store.
- Returns:
-
true
if this store changed as a result of the call