CookieStore
public
interface
CookieStore
| java.net.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.
Summary
Public methods | |
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abstract
void
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add(URI uri, HttpCookie cookie)
Adds one HTTP cookie to the store. |
abstract
List<HttpCookie>
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get(URI uri)
Retrieve cookies associated with given URI, or whose domain matches the given URI. |
abstract
List<HttpCookie>
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getCookies()
Get all not-expired cookies in cookie store. |
abstract
List<URI>
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getURIs()
Get all URIs which identify the cookies in this cookie store. |
abstract
boolean
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remove(URI uri, HttpCookie cookie)
Remove a cookie from store. |
abstract
boolean
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removeAll()
Remove all cookies in this cookie store. |
Public methods
add
public abstract 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 |
URI: the uri this cookie associated with.
if null, this cookie will not be associated
with an URI |
cookie |
HttpCookie: the cookie to store |
| Throws | |
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NullPointerException |
if cookie is null |
See also:
get
public abstract 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 | |
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uri |
URI: the uri associated with the cookies to be returned |
| Returns | |
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List<HttpCookie> |
an immutable list of HttpCookie, return empty list if no cookies match the given URI |
| Throws | |
|---|---|
NullPointerException |
if uri is null |
See also:
getCookies
public abstract List<HttpCookie> getCookies ()
Get all not-expired cookies in cookie store.
| Returns | |
|---|---|
List<HttpCookie> |
an immutable list of http cookies; return empty list if there's no http cookie in store |
getURIs
public abstract List<URI> getURIs ()
Get all URIs which identify the cookies in this cookie store.
| Returns | |
|---|---|
List<URI> |
an immutable list of URIs; return empty list if no cookie in this cookie store is associated with an URI |
remove
public abstract boolean remove (URI uri, HttpCookie cookie)
Remove a cookie from store.
| Parameters | |
|---|---|
uri |
URI: the uri this cookie associated with.
if null, the cookie to be removed is not associated
with an URI when added; if not null, the cookie
to be removed is associated with the given URI when added. |
cookie |
HttpCookie: the cookie to remove |
| Returns | |
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boolean |
true if this store contained the specified cookie |
| Throws | |
|---|---|
NullPointerException |
if cookie is null |
removeAll
public abstract boolean removeAll ()
Remove all cookies in this cookie store.
| Returns | |
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boolean |
true if this store changed as a result of the call |