Java Server Pages

Name

Cookie

Synopsis

Class Name:	javax.servlet.http.Cookie
Extends:	None
Implements:	Cloneable
Implemented by:	Internal container-dependent class. Most containers use the reference implementation of the class (developed in the Apache Jakarta project).

Description

A Cookie object represents an HTTP cookie: a small amount of information sent by a servlet to a web browser, saved by the browser, and later sent back to the server with new requests. A cookie’s value can uniquely identify a client, so cookies are commonly used for session management. A cookie has a name, a single value, and optional attributes such as comments, path and domain qualifiers, a maximum age, and a version number.

This class supports both the Version (the informal specification first introduced by Netscape) and the Version 1 (formally defined by RFC 2109) cookie specifications. By default, cookies are created using Version to ensure the best interoperability.

Class Summary

public class Cookie implements Cloneable { // Constructor public Cookie(String name, String value); // Methods public Object clone( ); public String getComment( ); public String getDomain( ); public int getMaxAge( ); public String getName( ); public String getPath( ); public boolean getSecure( ); public String getValue( ); public int getVersion( ); public void setComment(String comment); public void setDomain(String domain); public void setMaxAge(int expiry); public void setPath(String uriPath); public void setSecure( ); public void setValue(String ...