Methods in the Cookie API

getDomain/setDomain

Lets you specify domain to which cookie applies. Current 

host must be part of domain specified

getMaxAge/setMaxAge

Gets/sets the cookie expiration time (in seconds). If you 

fail to set this, cookie applies to current browsing session 

only. See LongLivedCookie helper class given earlier

getName/setName

Gets/sets the cookie name. For new cookies, you supply 

name to constructor, not to setName. For incoming 

cookie array, you use getName to find the cookie of 

interest

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getPath/setPath

Gets/sets the path to which cookie applies. If unspecified, 

cookie applies to URLs that are within or below directory 

containing current page

getSecure/setSecure

Gets/sets flag indicating whether cookie should apply 

only to SSL connections or to all connections

getValue/setValue

Gets/sets value associated with cookie. For new cookies, 

you supply value to constructor, not to setValue. For 

incoming cookie array, you use getName to find the 

cookie of interest, then call getValue on the result

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