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package org.apache.hc.client5.http.cookie;

import java.util.Date;

/**
 * Cookie interface represents a token or short packet of state information
 * (also referred to as "magic-cookie") that the HTTP agent and the target
 * server can exchange to maintain a session. In its simples form an HTTP
 * cookie is merely a name / value pair.
 *
 * @since 4.0
 */
public interface Cookie {

    String PATH_ATTR       = "path";
    String DOMAIN_ATTR     = "domain";
    String MAX_AGE_ATTR    = "max-age";
    String SECURE_ATTR     = "secure";
    String EXPIRES_ATTR    = "expires";

    /**
     * @since 5.0
     */
    String getAttribute(String name);

    /**
     * @since 5.0
     */
    boolean containsAttribute(String name);

    /**
     * Returns the name.
     *
     * @return String name The name
     */
    String getName();

    /**
     * Returns the value.
     *
     * @return String value The current value.
     */
    String getValue();

    /**
     * Returns the expiration {@link Date} of the cookie, or {@code null}
     * if none exists.
     * 

Note: the object returned by this method is * considered immutable. Changing it (e.g. using setTime()) could result * in undefined behaviour. Do so at your peril.

* @return Expiration {@link Date}, or {@code null}. */ Date getExpiryDate(); /** * Returns {@code false} if the cookie should be discarded at the end * of the "session"; {@code true} otherwise. * * @return {@code false} if the cookie should be discarded at the end * of the "session"; {@code true} otherwise */ boolean isPersistent(); /** * Returns domain attribute of the cookie. The value of the Domain * attribute specifies the domain for which the cookie is valid. * * @return the value of the domain attribute. */ String getDomain(); /** * Returns the path attribute of the cookie. The value of the Path * attribute specifies the subset of URLs on the origin server to which * this cookie applies. * * @return The value of the path attribute. */ String getPath(); /** * Indicates whether this cookie requires a secure connection. * * @return {@code true} if this cookie should only be sent * over secure connections, {@code false} otherwise. */ boolean isSecure(); /** * Returns true if this cookie has expired. * @param date Current time * * @return {@code true} if the cookie has expired. */ boolean isExpired(final Date date); /** * Returns creation time of the cookie. */ Date getCreationDate(); }




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