HttpCookie (Java Platform SE 8 )

java.lang.Object
- java.net.HttpCookie

All Implemented Interfaces:

Cloneable
```
public final class HttpCookie
extends Object
implements Cloneable
```
An HttpCookie object represents an HTTP cookie, which carries state information between server and user agent. Cookie is widely adopted to create stateful sessions.
There are 3 HTTP cookie specifications:
Netscape draft
RFC 2109 - http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2109.txt
RFC 2965 - http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2965.txt

HttpCookie class can accept all these 3 forms of syntax.

Since:

1.6

Constructor Summary

Constructors
Constructor Description

HttpCookie(String name, String value)
Constructs a cookie with a specified name and value.

Constructors
Constructor	Description
`HttpCookie(String name, String value)`	Constructs a cookie with a specified name and value.

Method Summary

All Methods Static Methods Instance Methods Concrete Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`Object`	`clone()`	Create and return a copy of this object.
`static boolean`	`domainMatches(String domain, String host)`	The utility method to check whether a host name is in a domain or not.
`boolean`	`equals(Object obj)`	Test the equality of two HTTP cookies.
`String`	`getComment()`	Returns the comment describing the purpose of this cookie, or `null` if the cookie has no comment.
`String`	`getCommentURL()`	Returns the comment URL describing the purpose of this cookie, or `null` if the cookie has no comment URL.
`boolean`	`getDiscard()`	Returns the discard attribute of the cookie
`String`	`getDomain()`	Returns the domain name set for this cookie.
`long`	`getMaxAge()`	Returns the maximum age of the cookie, specified in seconds.
`String`	`getName()`	Returns the name of the cookie.
`String`	`getPath()`	Returns the path on the server to which the browser returns this cookie.
`String`	`getPortlist()`	Returns the port list attribute of the cookie
`boolean`	`getSecure()`	Returns `true` if sending this cookie should be restricted to a secure protocol, or `false` if the it can be sent using any protocol.
`String`	`getValue()`	Returns the value of the cookie.
`int`	`getVersion()`	Returns the version of the protocol this cookie complies with.
`boolean`	`hasExpired()`	Reports whether this HTTP cookie has expired or not.
`int`	`hashCode()`	Returns the hash code of this HTTP cookie.
`boolean`	`isHttpOnly()`	Returns `true` if this cookie contains the HttpOnly attribute.
`static List<HttpCookie>`	`parse(String header)`	Constructs cookies from set-cookie or set-cookie2 header string.
`void`	`setComment(String purpose)`	Specifies a comment that describes a cookie's purpose.
`void`	`setCommentURL(String purpose)`	Specifies a comment URL that describes a cookie's purpose.
`void`	`setDiscard(boolean discard)`	Specify whether user agent should discard the cookie unconditionally.
`void`	`setDomain(String pattern)`	Specifies the domain within which this cookie should be presented.
`void`	`setHttpOnly(boolean httpOnly)`	Indicates whether the cookie should be considered HTTP Only.
`void`	`setMaxAge(long expiry)`	Sets the maximum age of the cookie in seconds.
`void`	`setPath(String uri)`	Specifies a path for the cookie to which the client should return the cookie.
`void`	`setPortlist(String ports)`	Specify the portlist of the cookie, which restricts the port(s) to which a cookie may be sent back in a Cookie header.
`void`	`setSecure(boolean flag)`	Indicates whether the cookie should only be sent using a secure protocol, such as HTTPS or SSL.
`void`	`setValue(String newValue)`	Assigns a new value to a cookie after the cookie is created.
`void`	`setVersion(int v)`	Sets the version of the cookie protocol this cookie complies with.
`String`	`toString()`	Constructs a cookie header string representation of this cookie, which is in the format defined by corresponding cookie specification, but without the leading "Cookie:" token.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
finalize, getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait,

Class HttpCookie

Constructor Summary

Method Summary

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object