# Package org.apache.http.cookie

Client HTTP state management APIs.

See: Description

Interface Summary
Interface | Description
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ClientCookie | ClientCookie extends the standard `Cookie` interface with additional client specific functionality such ability to retrieve original cookie attributes exactly as they were specified by the origin server.
CommonCookieAttributeHandler | Extension of `CookieAttributeHandler` intended to handle one specific common attribute whose name is returned with `CommonCookieAttributeHandler.getAttributeName()` method.
Cookie | Cookie interface represents a token or short packet of state information (also referred to as "magic-cookie") that the HTTP agent and the target server can exchange to maintain a session.
CookieAttributeHandler | This interface represents a cookie attribute handler responsible for parsing, validating, and matching a specific cookie attribute, such as path, domain, port, etc.
CookieSpec | Defines the cookie management specification.
CookieSpecFactory | Deprecated (4.3) use `CookieSpecProvider`
CookieSpecProvider | Factory for `CookieSpec` implementations.
SetCookie | This interface represents a `Set-Cookie` response header sent by the origin server to the HTTP agent in order to maintain a conversational state.
SetCookie2 | This interface represents a `Set-Cookie2` response header sent by the origin server to the HTTP agent in order to maintain a conversational state.
SM | Constants and static helpers related to the HTTP state management.

Class Summary
Class | Description
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CookieIdentityComparator | This cookie comparator can be used to compare identity of cookies.
CookieOrigin | CookieOrigin class encapsulates details of an origin server that are relevant when parsing, validating or matching HTTP cookies.
CookiePathComparator | This cookie comparator ensures that multiple cookies satisfying a common criteria are ordered in the `Cookie` header such that those with more specific Path attributes precede those with less specific.
CookiePriorityComparator | This cookie comparator ensures that cookies with longer paths take precedence over cookies with shorter path.
CookieSpecRegistry | Deprecated (4.3) use `Registry`.

Exception Summary
Exception | Description
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CookieRestrictionViolationException | Signals that a cookie violates a restriction imposed by the cookie specification.
MalformedCookieException | Signals that a cookie is in some way invalid or illegal in a given context

## Package org.apache.http.cookie Description

Client HTTP state management APIs.