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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 {@code true} if the match is successful; {@code false} otherwise
*/
boolean match(Cookie cookie, CookieOrigin origin);
}