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package javax.servlet;
/**
* Class that may be used to configure various properties of cookies used for session tracking purposes.
*
*
* An instance of this class is acquired by a call to {@link ServletContext#getSessionCookieConfig}.
*
* @since Servlet 3.0
*/
public interface SessionCookieConfig {
/**
* Sets the name that will be assigned to any session tracking cookies created on behalf of the application
* represented by the ServletContext from which this SessionCookieConfig was acquired.
*
*
* NOTE: Changing the name of session tracking cookies may break other tiers (for example, a load balancing
* frontend) that assume the cookie name to be equal to the default JSESSIONID, and therefore should only
* be done cautiously.
*
* @param name the cookie name to use
*
* @throws IllegalStateException if the ServletContext from which this SessionCookieConfig was
* acquired has already been initialized
*/
public void setName(String name);
/**
* Gets the name that will be assigned to any session tracking cookies created on behalf of the application
* represented by the ServletContext from which this SessionCookieConfig was acquired.
*
*
* By default, JSESSIONID will be used as the cookie name.
*
* @return the cookie name set via {@link #setName}, or null if {@link #setName} was never called
*
* @see javax.servlet.http.Cookie#getName()
*/
public String getName();
/**
* Sets the domain name that will be assigned to any session tracking cookies created on behalf of the application
* represented by the ServletContext from which this SessionCookieConfig was acquired.
*
* @param domain the cookie domain to use
*
* @throws IllegalStateException if the ServletContext from which this SessionCookieConfig was
* acquired has already been initialized
*
* @see javax.servlet.http.Cookie#setDomain(String)
*/
public void setDomain(String domain);
/**
* Gets the domain name that will be assigned to any session tracking cookies created on behalf of the application
* represented by the ServletContext from which this SessionCookieConfig was acquired.
*
* @return the cookie domain set via {@link #setDomain}, or null if {@link #setDomain} was never called
*
* @see javax.servlet.http.Cookie#getDomain()
*/
public String getDomain();
/**
* Sets the path that will be assigned to any session tracking cookies created on behalf of the application
* represented by the ServletContext from which this SessionCookieConfig was acquired.
*
* @param path the cookie path to use
*
* @throws IllegalStateException if the ServletContext from which this SessionCookieConfig was
* acquired has already been initialized
*
* @see javax.servlet.http.Cookie#setPath(String)
*/
public void setPath(String path);
/**
* Gets the path that will be assigned to any session tracking cookies created on behalf of the application
* represented by the ServletContext from which this SessionCookieConfig was acquired.
*
*
* By default, the context path of the ServletContext from which this SessionCookieConfig was
* acquired will be used.
*
* @return the cookie path set via {@link #setPath}, or null if {@link #setPath} was never called
*
* @see javax.servlet.http.Cookie#getPath()
*/
public String getPath();
/**
* Sets the comment that will be assigned to any session tracking cookies created on behalf of the application
* represented by the ServletContext from which this SessionCookieConfig was acquired.
*
*
* As a side effect of this call, the session tracking cookies will be marked with a Version attribute
* equal to 1.
*
* @param comment the cookie comment to use
*
* @throws IllegalStateException if the ServletContext from which this SessionCookieConfig was
* acquired has already been initialized
*
* @see javax.servlet.http.Cookie#setComment(String)
* @see javax.servlet.http.Cookie#getVersion
*/
public void setComment(String comment);
/**
* Gets the comment that will be assigned to any session tracking cookies created on behalf of the application
* represented by the ServletContext from which this SessionCookieConfig was acquired.
*
* @return the cookie comment set via {@link #setComment}, or null if {@link #setComment} was never called
*
* @see javax.servlet.http.Cookie#getComment()
*/
public String getComment();
/**
* Marks or unmarks the session tracking cookies created on behalf of the application represented by the
* ServletContext from which this SessionCookieConfig was acquired as HttpOnly.
*
*
* A cookie is marked as HttpOnly by adding the HttpOnly attribute to it. HttpOnly cookies
* are not supposed to be exposed to client-side scripting code, and may therefore help mitigate certain kinds of
* cross-site scripting attacks.
*
* @param httpOnly true if the session tracking cookies created on behalf of the application represented by the
* ServletContext from which this SessionCookieConfig was acquired shall be marked
* as HttpOnly, false otherwise
*
* @throws IllegalStateException if the ServletContext from which this SessionCookieConfig was
* acquired has already been initialized
*
* @see javax.servlet.http.Cookie#setHttpOnly(boolean)
*/
public void setHttpOnly(boolean httpOnly);
/**
* Checks if the session tracking cookies created on behalf of the application represented by the
* ServletContext from which this SessionCookieConfig was acquired will be marked as
* HttpOnly.
*
* @return true if the session tracking cookies created on behalf of the application represented by the
* ServletContext from which this SessionCookieConfig was acquired will be marked as
* HttpOnly, false otherwise
*
* @see javax.servlet.http.Cookie#isHttpOnly()
*/
public boolean isHttpOnly();
/**
* Marks or unmarks the session tracking cookies created on behalf of the application represented by the
* ServletContext from which this SessionCookieConfig was acquired as secure.
*
*
* One use case for marking a session tracking cookie as secure, even though the request that initiated the
* session came over HTTP, is to support a topology where the web container is front-ended by an SSL offloading load
* balancer. In this case, the traffic between the client and the load balancer will be over HTTPS, whereas the
* traffic between the load balancer and the web container will be over HTTP.
*
* @param secure true if the session tracking cookies created on behalf of the application represented by the
* ServletContext from which this SessionCookieConfig was acquired shall be marked
* as secure even if the request that initiated the corresponding session is using plain HTTP
* instead of HTTPS, and false if they shall be marked as secure only if the request that
* initiated the corresponding session was also secure
*
* @throws IllegalStateException if the ServletContext from which this SessionCookieConfig was
* acquired has already been initialized
*
* @see javax.servlet.http.Cookie#setSecure(boolean)
* @see ServletRequest#isSecure()
*/
public void setSecure(boolean secure);
/**
* Checks if the session tracking cookies created on behalf of the application represented by the
* ServletContext from which this SessionCookieConfig was acquired will be marked as secure
* even if the request that initiated the corresponding session is using plain HTTP instead of HTTPS.
*
* @return true if the session tracking cookies created on behalf of the application represented by the
* ServletContext from which this SessionCookieConfig was acquired will be marked as
* secure even if the request that initiated the corresponding session is using plain HTTP instead of
* HTTPS, and false if they will be marked as secure only if the request that initiated the
* corresponding session was also secure
*
* @see javax.servlet.http.Cookie#getSecure()
* @see ServletRequest#isSecure()
*/
public boolean isSecure();
/**
* Sets the lifetime (in seconds) for the session tracking cookies created on behalf of the application represented
* by the ServletContext from which this SessionCookieConfig was acquired.
*
* @param maxAge the lifetime (in seconds) of the session tracking cookies created on behalf of the application
* represented by the ServletContext from which this SessionCookieConfig was
* acquired.
*
* @throws IllegalStateException if the ServletContext from which this SessionCookieConfig was
* acquired has already been initialized
*
* @see javax.servlet.http.Cookie#setMaxAge
*/
public void setMaxAge(int maxAge);
/**
* Gets the lifetime (in seconds) of the session tracking cookies created on behalf of the application represented
* by the ServletContext from which this SessionCookieConfig was acquired.
*
*
* By default, -1 is returned.
*
* @return the lifetime (in seconds) of the session tracking cookies created on behalf of the application
* represented by the ServletContext from which this SessionCookieConfig was acquired, or
* -1 (the default)
*
* @see javax.servlet.http.Cookie#getMaxAge
*/
public int getMaxAge();
}