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package org.apache.http.cookie;
import java.util.List;
import org.apache.http.Header;
import org.apache.http.annotation.Obsolete;
/**
* Defines the cookie management specification.
* Cookie management specification must define
*
* - rules of parsing "Set-Cookie" header
*
- rules of validation of parsed cookies
*
- formatting of "Cookie" header
*
* for a given host, port and path of origin
*
* Please do not use methods marked as @Obsolete. They have been rendered
* obsolete by RFC 6265.
*
* @since 4.0
*/
public interface CookieSpec {
/**
* Returns version of the state management this cookie specification
* conforms to.
*
* @return version of the state management specification
*/
@Obsolete
int getVersion();
/**
* Parse the {@code "Set-Cookie"} Header into an array of Cookies.
*
*
This method will not perform the validation of the resultant
* {@link Cookie}s
*
* @see #validate
*
* @param header the {@code Set-Cookie} received from the server
* @param origin details of the cookie origin
* @return an array of {@code Cookie}s parsed from the header
* @throws MalformedCookieException if an exception occurs during parsing
*/
List parse(Header header, CookieOrigin origin) throws MalformedCookieException;
/**
* Validate the cookie according to validation rules defined by the
* cookie specification.
*
* @param cookie the Cookie to validate
* @param origin details of the cookie origin
* @throws MalformedCookieException if the cookie is invalid
*/
void validate(Cookie cookie, CookieOrigin origin) throws MalformedCookieException;
/**
* Determines if a Cookie matches the target location.
*
* @param cookie the Cookie to be matched
* @param origin the target to test against
*
* @return {@code true} if the cookie should be submitted with a request
* with given attributes, {@code false} otherwise.
*/
boolean match(Cookie cookie, CookieOrigin origin);
/**
* Create {@code "Cookie"} headers for an array of Cookies.
*
* @param cookies the Cookies format into a Cookie header
* @return a Header for the given Cookies.
* @throws IllegalArgumentException if an input parameter is illegal
*/
List formatCookies(List cookies);
/**
* Returns a request header identifying what version of the state management
* specification is understood. May be {@code null} if the cookie
* specification does not support {@code Cookie2} header.
*/
@Obsolete
Header getVersionHeader();
}