Module java.base
Package java.net

Interface CookiePolicy

public interface CookiePolicy
CookiePolicy implementations decide which cookies should be accepted and which should be rejected. Three pre-defined policy implementations are provided, namely ACCEPT_ALL, ACCEPT_NONE and ACCEPT_ORIGINAL_SERVER.

See RFC 2965 sec. 3.3 and 7 for more detail.

Since:
1.6

  • Field Summary

    Fields 
    Modifier and Type Field Description
    static CookiePolicy ACCEPT_ALL
    One pre-defined policy which accepts all cookies.
    static CookiePolicy ACCEPT_NONE
    One pre-defined policy which accepts no cookies.
    static CookiePolicy ACCEPT_ORIGINAL_SERVER
    One pre-defined policy which only accepts cookies from original server.

  • Method Summary

    Modifier and Type Method Description
    boolean shouldAccept​(URI uri, HttpCookie cookie)
    Will be called to see whether or not this cookie should be accepted.

  • Field Details

  • Method Details

    • shouldAccept

      boolean shouldAccept​(URI uri, HttpCookie cookie)
      Will be called to see whether or not this cookie should be accepted.
      Parameters:
      uri - the URI to consult accept policy with
      cookie - the HttpCookie object in question
      Returns:
      true if this cookie should be accepted; otherwise, false