Package javax.ws.rs.core

Class NewCookie

java.lang.Object
javax.ws.rs.core.Cookie
javax.ws.rs.core.NewCookie
public class NewCookie extends Cookie
Used to create a new HTTP cookie, transferred in a response.
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  • Field Details

    • DEFAULT_MAX_AGE

      public static final int DEFAULT_MAX_AGE
      Specifies that the cookie expires with the current application/browser session.
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  • Constructor Details

    • NewCookie

      public NewCookie(String name, String value)
      Create a new instance.
      Parameters:
      name - the name of the cookie
      value - the value of the cookie
      Throws:
      IllegalArgumentException - if name is null

    • NewCookie

      public NewCookie(String name, String value, String path, String domain, String comment, int maxAge, boolean secure)
      Create a new instance.
      Parameters:
      name - the name of the cookie
      value - the value of the cookie
      path - the URI path for which the cookie is valid
      domain - the host domain for which the cookie is valid
      comment - the comment
      maxAge - the maximum age of the cookie in seconds
      secure - specifies whether the cookie will only be sent over a secure connection
      Throws:
      IllegalArgumentException - if name is null

    • NewCookie

      public NewCookie(String name, String value, String path, String domain, int version, String comment, int maxAge, boolean secure)
      Create a new instance.
      Parameters:
      name - the name of the cookie
      value - the value of the cookie
      path - the URI path for which the cookie is valid
      domain - the host domain for which the cookie is valid
      version - the version of the specification to which the cookie complies
      comment - the comment
      maxAge - the maximum age of the cookie in seconds
      secure - specifies whether the cookie will only be sent over a secure connection
      Throws:
      IllegalArgumentException - if name is null

    • NewCookie

      public NewCookie(Cookie cookie)
      Create a new instance copying the information in the supplied cookie.
      Parameters:
      cookie - the cookie to clone
      Throws:
      IllegalArgumentException - if cookie is null

    • NewCookie

      public NewCookie(Cookie cookie, String comment, int maxAge, boolean secure)
      Create a new instance supplementing the information in the supplied cookie.
      Parameters:
      cookie - the cookie to clone
      comment - the comment
      maxAge - the maximum age of the cookie in seconds
      secure - specifies whether the cookie will only be sent over a secure connection
      Throws:
      IllegalArgumentException - if cookie is null

  • Method Details

    • valueOf

      public static NewCookie valueOf(String value) throws IllegalArgumentException
      Creates a new instance of NewCookie by parsing the supplied string.
      Parameters:
      value - the cookie string
      Returns:
      the newly created NewCookie
      Throws:
      IllegalArgumentException - if the supplied string cannot be parsed or is null

    • getComment

      public String getComment()
      Get the comment associated with the cookie.
      Returns:
      the comment or null if none set

    • getMaxAge

      public int getMaxAge()
      Get the maximum age of the the cookie in seconds. Cookies older than the maximum age are discarded. A cookie can be unset by sending a new cookie with maximum age of 0 since it will overwrite any existing cookie and then be immediately discarded. The default value of -1 indicates that the cookie will be discarded at the end of the browser/application session.
      Returns:
      the maximum age in seconds

    • isSecure

      public boolean isSecure()
      Whether the cookie will only be sent over a secure connection. Defaults to false.
      Returns:
      true if the cookie will only be sent over a secure connection, false otherwise.

    • toCookie

      public Cookie toCookie()
      Obtain a new instance of a Cookie with the same name, value, path, domain and version as this NewCookie. This method can be used to obtain an object that can be compared for equality with another Cookie; since a Cookie will never compare equal to a NewCookie.
      Returns:
      a Cookie

    • toString

      public String toString()
      Convert the cookie to a string suitable for use as the value of the corresponding HTTP header.
      Overrides:
      toString in class Cookie
      Returns:
      a stringified cookie

    • hashCode

      public int hashCode()
      Generate a hashcode by hashing all of the properties
      Overrides:
      hashCode in class Cookie
      Returns:
      the hashcode

    • equals

      public boolean equals(Object obj)
      Compare for equality. Use toCookie() to compare a NewCookie to a Cookie considering only the common properties.
      Overrides:
      equals in class Cookie
      Parameters:
      obj -
      Returns:
      true if the object is a NewCookie with the same value for all properties, false otherwise.