Java example source code file (CookieAttributeHandler.java)

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The CookieAttributeHandler.java example source code

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package org.apache.http.cookie;

/**
 * This interface represents a cookie attribute handler responsible
 * for parsing, validating, and matching a specific cookie attribute, 
 * such as path, domain, port, etc.
 *
 * Different cookie specifications can provide a specific
 * implementation for this class based on their cookie handling
 * rules.
 *
 * 
 * @since 4.0
 */
public interface CookieAttributeHandler {

  /**
   * Parse the given cookie attribute value and update the corresponding
   * {@link org.apache.http.cookie.Cookie} property.
   *
   * @param cookie {@link org.apache.http.cookie.Cookie} to be updated
   * @param value cookie attribute value from the cookie response header
   */
  void parse(SetCookie cookie, String value)
          throws MalformedCookieException;

  /**
   * Peforms cookie validation for the given attribute value.
   *
   * @param cookie {@link org.apache.http.cookie.Cookie} to validate
   * @param origin the cookie source to validate against
   * @throws MalformedCookieException if cookie validation fails for this attribute
   */
  void validate(Cookie cookie, CookieOrigin origin)
          throws MalformedCookieException;

  /**
   * Matches the given value (property of the destination host where request is being
   * submitted) with the corresponding cookie attribute.
   *
   * @param cookie {@link org.apache.http.cookie.Cookie} to match
   * @param origin the cookie source to match against
   * @return <tt>true if the match is successful; false otherwise
   */
  boolean match(Cookie cookie, CookieOrigin origin);

}