CookieProcessor.java

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package org.apache.tomcat.util.http;

import java.nio.charset.Charset;

import javax.servlet.http.Cookie;

public interface CookieProcessor {

    /**
     * Parse the provided headers into server cookie objects.
     *
     * @param headers       The HTTP headers to parse
     * @param serverCookies The server cookies object to populate with the
     *                      results of the parsing
     */
    void parseCookieHeader(MimeHeaders headers, ServerCookies serverCookies);

    /**
     * Generate the {@code Set-Cookie} HTTP header value for the given Cookie.
     *
     * @param cookie The cookie for which the header will be generated
     *
     * @return The header value in a form that can be added directly to the
     *         response
     */
    String generateHeader(Cookie cookie);

    /**
     * Obtain the character set that will be used when converting between bytes
     * and characters when parsing and/or generating HTTP headers for cookies.
     *
     * @return The character set used for byte<->character conversions
     */
    Charset getCharset();
}