HTTPClient

Interface CookiePolicyHandler

public interface CookiePolicyHandler

This is the interface that a cookie policy handler must implement. A policy handler allows you to control which cookies are accepted and which are sent.

Since:

V0.3

Author:

Ronald Tschalär

See Also:

CookieModule.setCookiePolicyHandler(HTTPClient.CookiePolicyHandler)

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
boolean	acceptCookie(Cookie cookie, RoRequest req, RoResponse resp) This method is called for each cookie that a server tries to set via the Set-Cookie header.
boolean	sendCookie(Cookie cookie, RoRequest req) This method is called for each cookie that is eligible for sending with a request (according to the matching rules for the path, domain, protocol, etc).

Method Detail

acceptCookie

boolean acceptCookie(Cookie cookie,
                   RoRequest req,
                   RoResponse resp)

This method is called for each cookie that a server tries to set via the Set-Cookie header. This enables you to implement your own cookie acceptance policy.

Parameters:

cookie - the cookie in question

req - the request sent which prompted the response

resp - the response which is trying to set the cookie

Returns:

true if this cookie should be accepted, false if it is to be rejected.

sendCookie

boolean sendCookie(Cookie cookie,
                 RoRequest req)

This method is called for each cookie that is eligible for sending with a request (according to the matching rules for the path, domain, protocol, etc). This enables you to control the sending of cookies.

Parameters:

cookie - the cookie in question

req - the request this cookie is to be sent with

Returns:

true if this cookie should be sent, false if it is to be ignored.