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Interface HTTPClient.CookiePolicyHandler

public interface CookiePolicyHandler
This is the interface that a cookie policy handler must implement. A policy handler allows you to control which cookies are accepted and which are sent.

Since:
V0.3
Version:
0.3 30/01/1998
Author:
Ronald Tschalär
See Also:
setCookiePolicyHandler

Method Index

o acceptCookie(Cookie, RoRequest, RoResponse)
This method is called for each cookie that a server tries to set via the Set-Cookie header.
o sendCookie(Cookie, RoRequest)
This method is called for each cookie that is eligible for sending with a request (according to the matching rules for the path, domain, protocol, etc).

Methods

o acceptCookie 
public abstract boolean acceptCookie(Cookie cookie,
                                     RoRequest req,
                                     RoResponse resp)
This method is called for each cookie that a server tries to set via the Set-Cookie header. This enables you to implement your own cookie acceptance policy.

Parameters:
cookie - the cookie in question
req - the request sent which prompted the response
resp - the response which is trying to set the cookie
Returns:
true if this cookie should be accepted, false if it is to be rejected.
o sendCookie 
public abstract boolean sendCookie(Cookie cookie,
                                   RoRequest req)
This method is called for each cookie that is eligible for sending with a request (according to the matching rules for the path, domain, protocol, etc). This enables you to control the sending of cookies.

Parameters:
cookie - the cookie in question
req - the request this cookie is to be sent with
Returns:
true if this cookie should be sent, false if it is to be ignored.
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