Package org.apache.http.impl.cookie

Class BestMatchSpec

java.lang.Object

org.apache.http.impl.cookie.BestMatchSpec

All Implemented Interfaces:

CookieSpec

public class BestMatchSpec
extends Object
implements CookieSpec

'Meta' cookie specification that selects a cookie policy depending on the format of the cookie(s)

Since:

4.0

Author:

Oleg Kalnichevski

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
BestMatchSpec()
BestMatchSpec(String[] datepatterns, boolean oneHeader)

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
List<Header>	formatCookies(List<Cookie> cookies)	Create "Cookie" headers for an array of Cookies.
int	getVersion()	Returns version of the state management this cookie specification conforms to.
Header	getVersionHeader()	Returns a request header identifying what version of the state management specification is understood.
boolean	match(Cookie cookie, CookieOrigin origin)	Determines if a Cookie matches the target location.
List<Cookie>	parse(Header header, CookieOrigin origin)	Parse the "Set-Cookie" Header into an array of Cookies.
void	validate(Cookie cookie, CookieOrigin origin)	Validate the cookie according to validation rules defined by the cookie specification.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Details

BestMatchSpec

public BestMatchSpec(String[] datepatterns,
boolean oneHeader)

BestMatchSpec

public BestMatchSpec()

Method Details

parse

public List<Cookie> parse(Header header,
CookieOrigin origin)
                   throws MalformedCookieException

Description copied from interface: CookieSpec

Parse the "Set-Cookie" Header into an array of Cookies.

This method will not perform the validation of the resultant Cookies

Specified by:

parse in interface CookieSpec

Parameters:

header - the Set-Cookie received from the server

origin - details of the cookie origin

Returns:

an array of Cookies parsed from the header

Throws:

MalformedCookieException - if an exception occurs during parsing

See Also:

CookieSpec.validate(org.apache.http.cookie.Cookie, org.apache.http.cookie.CookieOrigin)

validate

public void validate(Cookie cookie,
CookieOrigin origin)
              throws MalformedCookieException

Description copied from interface: CookieSpec

Validate the cookie according to validation rules defined by the cookie specification.

Specified by:

validate in interface CookieSpec

Parameters:

cookie - the Cookie to validate

origin - details of the cookie origin

Throws:

MalformedCookieException - if the cookie is invalid

match

public boolean match(Cookie cookie,
CookieOrigin origin)

Description copied from interface: CookieSpec

Determines if a Cookie matches the target location.

Specified by:

match in interface CookieSpec

Parameters:

cookie - the Cookie to be matched

origin - the target to test against

Returns:

true if the cookie should be submitted with a request with given attributes, false otherwise.

formatCookies

public List<Header> formatCookies(List<Cookie> cookies)

Description copied from interface: CookieSpec

Create "Cookie" headers for an array of Cookies.

Specified by:

formatCookies in interface CookieSpec

Parameters:

cookies - the Cookies format into a Cookie header

Returns:

a Header for the given Cookies.

getVersion

public int getVersion()

Description copied from interface: CookieSpec

Returns version of the state management this cookie specification conforms to.

Specified by:

getVersion in interface CookieSpec

Returns:

version of the state management specification

getVersionHeader

public Header getVersionHeader()

Description copied from interface: CookieSpec

Returns a request header identifying what version of the state management specification is understood. May be null if the cookie specification does not support Cookie2 header.

Specified by:

getVersionHeader in interface CookieSpec