Wed, 31 Dec 2014 07:22:50 +0100
Correct previous dual key logic pending first delivery installment.
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28 package ch.boye.httpclientandroidlib.cookie;
30 import java.util.Date;
32 /**
33 * Cookie interface represents a token or short packet of state information
34 * (also referred to as "magic-cookie") that the HTTP agent and the target
35 * server can exchange to maintain a session. In its simples form an HTTP
36 * cookie is merely a name / value pair.
37 *
38 * @since 4.0
39 */
40 public interface Cookie {
42 /**
43 * Returns the name.
44 *
45 * @return String name The name
46 */
47 String getName();
49 /**
50 * Returns the value.
51 *
52 * @return String value The current value.
53 */
54 String getValue();
56 /**
57 * Returns the comment describing the purpose of this cookie, or
58 * <tt>null</tt> if no such comment has been defined.
59 *
60 * @return comment
61 */
62 String getComment();
64 /**
65 * If a user agent (web browser) presents this cookie to a user, the
66 * cookie's purpose will be described by the information at this URL.
67 */
68 String getCommentURL();
70 /**
71 * Returns the expiration {@link Date} of the cookie, or <tt>null</tt>
72 * if none exists.
73 * <p><strong>Note:</strong> the object returned by this method is
74 * considered immutable. Changing it (e.g. using setTime()) could result
75 * in undefined behaviour. Do so at your peril. </p>
76 * @return Expiration {@link Date}, or <tt>null</tt>.
77 */
78 Date getExpiryDate();
80 /**
81 * Returns <tt>false</tt> if the cookie should be discarded at the end
82 * of the "session"; <tt>true</tt> otherwise.
83 *
84 * @return <tt>false</tt> if the cookie should be discarded at the end
85 * of the "session"; <tt>true</tt> otherwise
86 */
87 boolean isPersistent();
89 /**
90 * Returns domain attribute of the cookie. The value of the Domain
91 * attribute specifies the domain for which the cookie is valid.
92 *
93 * @return the value of the domain attribute.
94 */
95 String getDomain();
97 /**
98 * Returns the path attribute of the cookie. The value of the Path
99 * attribute specifies the subset of URLs on the origin server to which
100 * this cookie applies.
101 *
102 * @return The value of the path attribute.
103 */
104 String getPath();
106 /**
107 * Get the Port attribute. It restricts the ports to which a cookie
108 * may be returned in a Cookie request header.
109 */
110 int[] getPorts();
112 /**
113 * Indicates whether this cookie requires a secure connection.
114 *
115 * @return <code>true</code> if this cookie should only be sent
116 * over secure connections, <code>false</code> otherwise.
117 */
118 boolean isSecure();
120 /**
121 * Returns the version of the cookie specification to which this
122 * cookie conforms.
123 *
124 * @return the version of the cookie.
125 */
126 int getVersion();
128 /**
129 * Returns true if this cookie has expired.
130 * @param date Current time
131 *
132 * @return <tt>true</tt> if the cookie has expired.
133 */
134 boolean isExpired(final Date date);
136 }