Package java.net

Class CookieHandler

java.lang.Object

java.net.CookieHandler

Direct Known Subclasses:

CookieManager

public abstract class CookieHandler
extends Object

This class provides a way to manage cookies with a HTTP protocol handler.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
CookieHandler()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
abstract Map<String,List<String>>	get(URI uri, Map<String,List<String>> requestHeaders)	Gets all cookies for a specific URI from the cookie cache.
static CookieHandler	getDefault()	Returns the system-wide cookie handler or null if not set.
abstract void	put(URI uri, Map<String,List<String>> responseHeaders)	Sets all cookies of a specific URI in the responseHeaders into the cookie cache.
static void	setDefault(CookieHandler cHandler)	Sets the system-wide cookie handler.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Details

CookieHandler

public CookieHandler()

Method Details

getDefault

public static CookieHandler getDefault()

Returns the system-wide cookie handler or null if not set.

setDefault

public static void setDefault(CookieHandler cHandler)

Sets the system-wide cookie handler.

get

public abstract Map<String,List<String>> get(URI uri,
Map<String,List<String>> requestHeaders)
                                      throws IOException

Gets all cookies for a specific URI from the cookie cache.

Parameters:

uri - a URI to search for applicable cookies.

requestHeaders - a list of request headers.

Returns:

an unchangeable map of all appropriate cookies.

Throws:

IOException - if an error occurs during the I/O operation.

put

public abstract void put(URI uri,
Map<String,List<String>> responseHeaders)
                  throws IOException

Sets all cookies of a specific URI in the responseHeaders into the cookie cache.

Parameters:

uri - the origin URI of the cookies.

responseHeaders - a list of request headers.

Throws:

IOException - if an error occurs during the I/O operation.