public Cookie(String name,
    String value) 
{
	if (!isToken(name)
		|| name.equalsIgnoreCase("Comment")	// rfc2019
		|| name.equalsIgnoreCase("Discard")	// 2019++
		|| name.equalsIgnoreCase("Domain")
		|| name.equalsIgnoreCase("Expires")	// (old cookies)
		|| name.equalsIgnoreCase("Max-Age")	// rfc2019
		|| name.equalsIgnoreCase("Path")
		|| name.equalsIgnoreCase("Secure")
		|| name.equalsIgnoreCase("Version")
		|| name.startsWith("$")
	    ) {
	    String errMsg = lStrings.getString("err.cookie_name_is_token");
	    Object[] errArgs = new Object[1];
	    errArgs[0] = name;
	    errMsg = MessageFormat.format(errMsg, errArgs);
	    throw new IllegalArgumentException(errMsg);
	}
	this.name = name;
	this.value = value;
}

Constructs a cookie with a specified name and value.

The name must conform to RFC 2109. That means it can contain only ASCII alphanumeric characters and cannot contain commas, semicolons, or white space or begin with a $ character. The cookie's name cannot be changed after creation.

The value can be anything the server chooses to send. Its value is probably of interest only to the server. The cookie's value can be changed after creation with the setValue method.

By default, cookies are created according to the Netscape cookie specification. The version can be changed with the setVersion method.

Parameters:

name - a String specifying the name of the cookie

value - a String specifying the value of the cookie

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - if the cookie name contains illegal characters (for example, a comma, space, or semicolon) or it is one of the tokens reserved for use by the cookie protocol

Also see:

setValue
setVersion

 public Object clone() 
{
	try {
	    return super.clone();
	} catch (CloneNotSupportedException e) {
	    throw new RuntimeException(e.getMessage());
	}
}

Overrides the standard java.lang.Object.clone method to return a copy of this cookie.

 public String getComment() 
{
	return comment;
}

Returns the comment describing the purpose of this cookie, or null if the cookie has no comment.

 public String getDomain() 
{
	return domain;
}

Returns the domain name set for this cookie. The form of the domain name is set by RFC 2109.

 public int getMaxAge() 
{
	return maxAge;
}

Returns the maximum age of the cookie, specified in seconds, By default, -1 indicating the cookie will persist until browser shutdown.

 public String getName() 
{
	return name;
}

Returns the name of the cookie. The name cannot be changed after creation.

 public String getPath() 
{
	return path;
}

Returns the path on the server to which the browser returns this cookie. The cookie is visible to all subpaths on the server.

 public boolean getSecure() 
{
	return secure;
}

Returns true if the browser is sending cookies only over a secure protocol, or false if the browser can send cookies using any protocol.

 public String getValue() 
{
	return value;
}

Returns the value of the cookie.

 public int getVersion() 
{
	return version;
}

Returns the version of the protocol this cookie complies with. Version 1 complies with RFC 2109, and version 0 complies with the original cookie specification drafted by Netscape. Cookies provided by a browser use and identify the browser's cookie version.

 public  void setComment(String purpose) 
{
	comment = purpose;
}

Specifies a comment that describes a cookie's purpose. The comment is useful if the browser presents the cookie to the user. Comments are not supported by Netscape Version 0 cookies.

 public  void setDomain(String pattern) 
{
	domain = pattern.toLowerCase();	// IE allegedly needs this
}

Specifies the domain within which this cookie should be presented.

The form of the domain name is specified by RFC 2109. A domain name begins with a dot (.foo.com) and means that the cookie is visible to servers in a specified Domain Name System (DNS) zone (for example, www.foo.com, but not a.b.foo.com). By default, cookies are only returned to the server that sent them.

 public  void setMaxAge(int expiry) 
{
	maxAge = expiry;
}

Sets the maximum age of the cookie in seconds.

A positive value indicates that the cookie will expire after that many seconds have passed. Note that the value is the maximum age when the cookie will expire, not the cookie's current age.

A negative value means that the cookie is not stored persistently and will be deleted when the Web browser exits. A zero value causes the cookie to be deleted.

 public  void setPath(String uri) 
{
	path = uri;
}

Specifies a path for the cookie to which the client should return the cookie.

The cookie is visible to all the pages in the directory you specify, and all the pages in that directory's subdirectories. A cookie's path must include the servlet that set the cookie, for example, /catalog, which makes the cookie visible to all directories on the server under /catalog.

Consult RFC 2109 (available on the Internet) for more information on setting path names for cookies.

 public  void setSecure(boolean flag) 
{
	secure = flag;
}

Indicates to the browser whether the cookie should only be sent using a secure protocol, such as HTTPS or SSL.

The default value is false.

 public  void setValue(String newValue) 
{
	value = newValue;
}

Assigns a new value to a cookie after the cookie is created. If you use a binary value, you may want to use BASE64 encoding.

With Version 0 cookies, values should not contain white space, brackets, parentheses, equals signs, commas, double quotes, slashes, question marks, at signs, colons, and semicolons. Empty values may not behave the same way on all browsers.

 public  void setVersion(int v) 
{
	version = v;
}

Sets the version of the cookie protocol this cookie complies with. Version 0 complies with the original Netscape cookie specification. Version 1 complies with RFC 2109.

Since RFC 2109 is still somewhat new, consider version 1 as experimental; do not use it yet on production sites.