Module java.base
Package java.net

Class CookieManager

  • public class CookieManager
extends CookieHandler
    CookieManager provides a concrete implementation of CookieHandler, which separates the storage of cookies from the policy surrounding accepting and rejecting cookies. A CookieManager is initialized with a CookieStore which manages storage, and a CookiePolicy object, which makes policy decisions on cookie acceptance/rejection.

    The HTTP cookie management in java.net package looks like: 

    
                  use
 CookieHandler <------- HttpURLConnection
       ^
       | impl
       |         use
 CookieManager -------> CookiePolicy
             |   use
             |--------> HttpCookie
             |              ^
             |              | use
             |   use        |
             |--------> CookieStore
                            ^
                            | impl
                            |
                  Internal in-memory implementation
    • CookieHandler is at the core of cookie management. User can call CookieHandler.setDefault to set a concrete CookieHandler implementation to be used.
    • CookiePolicy.shouldAccept will be called by CookieManager.put to see whether or not one cookie should be accepted and put into cookie store. User can use any of three pre-defined CookiePolicy, namely ACCEPT_ALL, ACCEPT_NONE and ACCEPT_ORIGINAL_SERVER, or user can define his own CookiePolicy implementation and tell CookieManager to use it.
    • CookieStore is the place where any accepted HTTP cookie is stored in. If not specified when created, a CookieManager instance will use an internal in-memory implementation. Or user can implements one and tell CookieManager to use it.
    • Currently, only CookieStore.add(URI, HttpCookie) and CookieStore.get(URI) are used by CookieManager. Others are for completeness and might be needed by a more sophisticated CookieStore implementation, e.g. a NetscapeCookieStore.

    There're various ways user can hook up his own HTTP cookie management behavior, e.g.

    • Use CookieHandler.setDefault to set a brand new CookieHandler implementation
    • Let CookieManager be the default CookieHandler implementation, but implement user's own CookieStore and CookiePolicy and tell default CookieManager to use them: 
             // this should be done at the beginning of an HTTP session
       CookieHandler.setDefault(new CookieManager(new MyCookieStore(), new MyCookiePolicy()));
    • Let CookieManager be the default CookieHandler implementation, but use customized CookiePolicy: 
             // this should be done at the beginning of an HTTP session
       CookieHandler.setDefault(new CookieManager());
       // this can be done at any point of an HTTP session
       ((CookieManager)CookieHandler.getDefault()).setCookiePolicy(new MyCookiePolicy());

    The implementation conforms to RFC 2965, section 3.3.

    Since:
    1.6
    See Also:
    CookiePolicy

    • Constructor Detail

      • CookieManager

        public CookieManager()
        Create a new cookie manager.

        This constructor will create new cookie manager with default cookie store and accept policy. The effect is same as CookieManager(null, null).

      • CookieManager

        public CookieManager​(CookieStore store,
                     CookiePolicy cookiePolicy)
        Create a new cookie manager with specified cookie store and cookie policy.
        Parameters:
        store - a CookieStore to be used by cookie manager. if null, cookie manager will use a default one, which is an in-memory CookieStore implementation.
        cookiePolicy - a CookiePolicy instance to be used by cookie manager as policy callback. if null, ACCEPT_ORIGINAL_SERVER will be used.

    • Method Detail

      • setCookiePolicy

        public void setCookiePolicy​(CookiePolicy cookiePolicy)
        To set the cookie policy of this cookie manager.

        A instance of CookieManager will have cookie policy ACCEPT_ORIGINAL_SERVER by default. Users always can call this method to set another cookie policy.

        Parameters:
        cookiePolicy - the cookie policy. Can be null, which has no effects on current cookie policy.

      • getCookieStore

        public CookieStore getCookieStore()
        To retrieve current cookie store.
        Returns:
        the cookie store currently used by cookie manager.