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org.apache.http.cookie</FONT>
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Interface CookieSpec</H2>
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<DT><B>All Known Implementing Classes:</B> <DD><A HREF="../../../../org/apache/http/impl/cookie/AbstractCookieSpec.html" title="class in org.apache.http.impl.cookie">AbstractCookieSpec</A>, <A HREF="../../../../org/apache/http/impl/cookie/BestMatchSpec.html" title="class in org.apache.http.impl.cookie">BestMatchSpec</A>, <A HREF="../../../../org/apache/http/impl/cookie/BrowserCompatSpec.html" title="class in org.apache.http.impl.cookie">BrowserCompatSpec</A>, <A HREF="../../../../org/apache/http/impl/cookie/CookieSpecBase.html" title="class in org.apache.http.impl.cookie">CookieSpecBase</A>, <A HREF="../../../../org/apache/http/impl/cookie/NetscapeDraftSpec.html" title="class in org.apache.http.impl.cookie">NetscapeDraftSpec</A>, <A HREF="../../../../org/apache/http/impl/cookie/RFC2109Spec.html" title="class in org.apache.http.impl.cookie">RFC2109Spec</A>, <A HREF="../../../../org/apache/http/impl/cookie/RFC2965Spec.html" title="class in org.apache.http.impl.cookie">RFC2965Spec</A></DD>
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<DT><PRE>public interface <B>CookieSpec</B></DL>
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Defines the cookie management specification.
 <p>Cookie management specification must define
 <ul>
   <li> rules of parsing "Set-Cookie" header
   <li> rules of validation of parsed cookies
   <li>  formatting of "Cookie" header 
 </ul>
 for a given host, port and path of origin
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<DT><B>Since:</B></DT>
  <DD>4.0</DD>
<DT><B>Author:</B></DT>
  <DD><a href="mailto:oleg at ural.ru">Oleg Kalnichevski</a>, <a href="mailto:jsdever@apache.org">Jeff Dever</a></DD>
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<CODE>&nbsp;java.util.List&lt;org.apache.http.Header&gt;</CODE></FONT></TD>
<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../org/apache/http/cookie/CookieSpec.html#formatCookies(java.util.List)">formatCookies</A></B>(java.util.List&lt;<A HREF="../../../../org/apache/http/cookie/Cookie.html" title="interface in org.apache.http.cookie">Cookie</A>&gt;&nbsp;cookies)</CODE>

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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Create <tt>"Cookie"</tt> headers for an array of Cookies.</TD>
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<CODE>&nbsp;int</CODE></FONT></TD>
<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../org/apache/http/cookie/CookieSpec.html#getVersion()">getVersion</A></B>()</CODE>

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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Returns version of the state management this cookie specification
 conforms to.</TD>
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<CODE>&nbsp;org.apache.http.Header</CODE></FONT></TD>
<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../org/apache/http/cookie/CookieSpec.html#getVersionHeader()">getVersionHeader</A></B>()</CODE>

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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Returns a request header identifying what version of the state management 
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<CODE>&nbsp;boolean</CODE></FONT></TD>
<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../org/apache/http/cookie/CookieSpec.html#match(org.apache.http.cookie.Cookie, org.apache.http.cookie.CookieOrigin)">match</A></B>(<A HREF="../../../../org/apache/http/cookie/Cookie.html" title="interface in org.apache.http.cookie">Cookie</A>&nbsp;cookie,
      <A HREF="../../../../org/apache/http/cookie/CookieOrigin.html" title="class in org.apache.http.cookie">CookieOrigin</A>&nbsp;origin)</CODE>

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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Determines if a Cookie matches the target location.</TD>
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<CODE>&nbsp;java.util.List&lt;<A HREF="../../../../org/apache/http/cookie/Cookie.html" title="interface in org.apache.http.cookie">Cookie</A>&gt;</CODE></FONT></TD>
<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../org/apache/http/cookie/CookieSpec.html#parse(org.apache.http.Header, org.apache.http.cookie.CookieOrigin)">parse</A></B>(org.apache.http.Header&nbsp;header,
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Parse the <tt>"Set-Cookie"</tt> Header into an array of Cookies.</TD>
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<CODE>&nbsp;void</CODE></FONT></TD>
<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../org/apache/http/cookie/CookieSpec.html#validate(org.apache.http.cookie.Cookie, org.apache.http.cookie.CookieOrigin)">validate</A></B>(<A HREF="../../../../org/apache/http/cookie/Cookie.html" title="interface in org.apache.http.cookie">Cookie</A>&nbsp;cookie,
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Validate the cookie according to validation rules defined by the 
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<A NAME="getVersion()"><!-- --></A><H3>
getVersion</H3>
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int <B>getVersion</B>()</PRE>
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<DD>Returns version of the state management this cookie specification
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<DT><B>Returns:</B><DD>version of the state management specification</DL>
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parse</H3>
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java.util.List&lt;<A HREF="../../../../org/apache/http/cookie/Cookie.html" title="interface in org.apache.http.cookie">Cookie</A>&gt; <B>parse</B>(org.apache.http.Header&nbsp;header,
                             <A HREF="../../../../org/apache/http/cookie/CookieOrigin.html" title="class in org.apache.http.cookie">CookieOrigin</A>&nbsp;origin)
                             throws <A HREF="../../../../org/apache/http/cookie/MalformedCookieException.html" title="class in org.apache.http.cookie">MalformedCookieException</A></PRE>
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<DD>Parse the <tt>"Set-Cookie"</tt> Header into an array of Cookies.

 <p>This method will not perform the validation of the resultant
 <A HREF="../../../../org/apache/http/cookie/Cookie.html" title="interface in org.apache.http.cookie"><CODE>Cookie</CODE></A>s</p>
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<DT><B>Parameters:</B><DD><CODE>header</CODE> - the <tt>Set-Cookie</tt> received from the server<DD><CODE>origin</CODE> - details of the cookie origin
<DT><B>Returns:</B><DD>an array of <tt>Cookie</tt>s parsed from the header
<DT><B>Throws:</B>
<DD><CODE><A HREF="../../../../org/apache/http/cookie/MalformedCookieException.html" title="class in org.apache.http.cookie">MalformedCookieException</A></CODE> - if an exception occurs during parsing<DT><B>See Also:</B><DD><A HREF="../../../../org/apache/http/cookie/CookieSpec.html#validate(org.apache.http.cookie.Cookie, org.apache.http.cookie.CookieOrigin)"><CODE>validate(org.apache.http.cookie.Cookie, org.apache.http.cookie.CookieOrigin)</CODE></A></DL>
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validate</H3>
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void <B>validate</B>(<A HREF="../../../../org/apache/http/cookie/Cookie.html" title="interface in org.apache.http.cookie">Cookie</A>&nbsp;cookie,
              <A HREF="../../../../org/apache/http/cookie/CookieOrigin.html" title="class in org.apache.http.cookie">CookieOrigin</A>&nbsp;origin)
              throws <A HREF="../../../../org/apache/http/cookie/MalformedCookieException.html" title="class in org.apache.http.cookie">MalformedCookieException</A></PRE>
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<DD>Validate the cookie according to validation rules defined by the 
  cookie specification.
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<DT><B>Parameters:</B><DD><CODE>cookie</CODE> - the Cookie to validate<DD><CODE>origin</CODE> - details of the cookie origin
<DT><B>Throws:</B>
<DD><CODE><A HREF="../../../../org/apache/http/cookie/MalformedCookieException.html" title="class in org.apache.http.cookie">MalformedCookieException</A></CODE> - if the cookie is invalid</DL>
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match</H3>
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boolean <B>match</B>(<A HREF="../../../../org/apache/http/cookie/Cookie.html" title="interface in org.apache.http.cookie">Cookie</A>&nbsp;cookie,
              <A HREF="../../../../org/apache/http/cookie/CookieOrigin.html" title="class in org.apache.http.cookie">CookieOrigin</A>&nbsp;origin)</PRE>
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<DD>Determines if a Cookie matches the target location.
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<DT><B>Parameters:</B><DD><CODE>cookie</CODE> - the Cookie to be matched<DD><CODE>origin</CODE> - the target to test against
<DT><B>Returns:</B><DD><tt>true</tt> if the cookie should be submitted with a request 
  with given attributes, <tt>false</tt> otherwise.</DL>
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formatCookies</H3>
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java.util.List&lt;org.apache.http.Header&gt; <B>formatCookies</B>(java.util.List&lt;<A HREF="../../../../org/apache/http/cookie/Cookie.html" title="interface in org.apache.http.cookie">Cookie</A>&gt;&nbsp;cookies)</PRE>
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<DD>Create <tt>"Cookie"</tt> headers for an array of Cookies.
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<DD><DL>
<DT><B>Parameters:</B><DD><CODE>cookies</CODE> - the Cookies format into a Cookie header
<DT><B>Returns:</B><DD>a Header for the given Cookies.
<DT><B>Throws:</B>
<DD><CODE>java.lang.IllegalArgumentException</CODE> - if an input parameter is illegal</DL>
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getVersionHeader</H3>
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org.apache.http.Header <B>getVersionHeader</B>()</PRE>
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<DD>Returns a request header identifying what version of the state management 
 specification is understood. May be <code>null</code> if the cookie 
 specification does not support <tt>Cookie2</tt> header.
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