package org.apache.turbine.util.parser;

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import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;
import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse;

import org.apache.turbine.util.uri.URI;

/**
 * CookieParser is an interface to a utility to to get and set values
 * of Cookies on the Client Browser. You can use CookieParser to convert
 * Cookie values to various types or to set Bean values with setParameters().
 * Servlet Spec for more information on Cookies.
 * <p>
 * Use set() or unset() to Create or Destroy Cookies.
 * <p>
 * NOTE: The name= portion of a name=value pair may be converted
 * to lowercase or uppercase when the object is initialized and when
 * new data is added.  This behaviour is determined by the url.case.folding
 * property in TurbineResources.properties.  Adding a name/value pair may
 * overwrite existing name=value pairs if the names match:
 *
 * <pre>
 * CookieParser cp = data.getCookies();
 * cp.add("ERROR",1);
 * cp.add("eRrOr",2);
 * int result = cp.getInt("ERROR");
 * </pre>
 *
 * In the above example, result is 2.
 *
 * @author <a href="mailto:ilkka.priha@simsoft.fi">Ilkka Priha</a>
 * @author <a href="mailto:leon@opticode.co.za">Leon Messerschmidt</a>
 * @version $Id$
 */
public interface CookieParser
        extends ValueParser
{
    int AGE_SESSION = -1;
    int AGE_DELETE = 0;

    /**
     * Gets the Request Object for this parser.
     *
     * @return the HttpServletRequest or null.
     */
    HttpServletRequest getRequest();

    /**
     * Sets Request and Response to be parsed.
     *
     * All previous cookies will be cleared.
     *
     * @param request The http request from the servlet
     * @param response The http reponse from the servlet
     */
    void setData(HttpServletRequest request,
            HttpServletResponse response);

    /**
     * Get the Path where cookies will be stored
     */
    URI getCookiePath();

    /**
     * Set the path for cookie storage
     */
    void setCookiePath(URI path);

    /**
     * Set a cookie that will be stored on the client for
     * the duration of the session.
     */
    void set(String name, String value);

    /**
     * Set a persisten cookie on the client that will expire
     * after a maximum age (given in seconds).
     */
    void set(String name, String value, int seconds_age);

    /**
     * Remove a previously set cookie from the client machine.
     */
    void unset(String name);
}