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1 /*
2  * $HeadURL: http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/httpcomponents/httpclient/trunk/module-client/src/main/java/org/apache/http/cookie/CookieSpec.java $
3  * $Revision: 603563 $
4  * $Date: 2007-12-12 03:17:55 -0800 (Wed, 12 Dec 2007) $
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31 
32 package org.apache.http.cookie;
33 
34 import java.util.List;
35 
36 import org.apache.http.Header;
37 
38 /**
39  * Defines the cookie management specification.
40  * <p>Cookie management specification must define
41  * <ul>
42  *   <li> rules of parsing "Set-Cookie" header
43  *   <li> rules of validation of parsed cookies
44  *   <li>  formatting of "Cookie" header
45  * </ul>
46  * for a given host, port and path of origin
47  *
48  * @author <a href="mailto:oleg at ural.ru">Oleg Kalnichevski</a>
49  * @author <a href="mailto:jsdever@apache.org">Jeff Dever</a>
50  *
51  * @since 4.0
52  */
53 public interface CookieSpec {
54 
55     /**
56      * Returns version of the state management this cookie specification
57      * conforms to.
58      *
59      * @return version of the state management specification
60      */
getVersion()61     int getVersion();
62 
63     /**
64       * Parse the <tt>"Set-Cookie"</tt> Header into an array of Cookies.
65       *
66       * <p>This method will not perform the validation of the resultant
67       * {@link Cookie}s</p>
68       *
69       * @see #validate
70       *
71       * @param header the <tt>Set-Cookie</tt> received from the server
72       * @param origin details of the cookie origin
73       * @return an array of <tt>Cookie</tt>s parsed from the header
74       * @throws MalformedCookieException if an exception occurs during parsing
75       */
parse(Header header, CookieOrigin origin)76     List<Cookie> parse(Header header, CookieOrigin origin) throws MalformedCookieException;
77 
78     /**
79       * Validate the cookie according to validation rules defined by the
80       *  cookie specification.
81       *
82       * @param cookie the Cookie to validate
83       * @param origin details of the cookie origin
84       * @throws MalformedCookieException if the cookie is invalid
85       */
validate(Cookie cookie, CookieOrigin origin)86     void validate(Cookie cookie, CookieOrigin origin) throws MalformedCookieException;
87 
88     /**
89      * Determines if a Cookie matches the target location.
90      *
91      * @param cookie the Cookie to be matched
92      * @param origin the target to test against
93      *
94      * @return <tt>true</tt> if the cookie should be submitted with a request
95      *  with given attributes, <tt>false</tt> otherwise.
96      */
match(Cookie cookie, CookieOrigin origin)97     boolean match(Cookie cookie, CookieOrigin origin);
98 
99     /**
100      * Create <tt>"Cookie"</tt> headers for an array of Cookies.
101      *
102      * @param cookies the Cookies format into a Cookie header
103      * @return a Header for the given Cookies.
104      * @throws IllegalArgumentException if an input parameter is illegal
105      */
formatCookies(List<Cookie> cookies)106     List<Header> formatCookies(List<Cookie> cookies);
107 
108     /**
109      * Returns a request header identifying what version of the state management
110      * specification is understood. May be <code>null</code> if the cookie
111      * specification does not support <tt>Cookie2</tt> header.
112      */
getVersionHeader()113     Header getVersionHeader();
114 
115 }
116