Added in API level 9

CookieStore

interface CookieStore
java.net.CookieStore

A CookieStore object represents a storage for cookie. Can store and retrieve cookies.

CookieManager will call CookieStore.add to save cookies for every incoming HTTP response, and call CookieStore.get to retrieve cookie for every outgoing HTTP request. A CookieStore is responsible for removing HttpCookie instances which have expired.

Summary

Public methods
abstract Unit
add(uri: URI!, cookie: HttpCookie!)

Adds one HTTP cookie to the store.

abstract MutableList<HttpCookie!>!
get(uri: URI!)

Retrieve cookies associated with given URI, or whose domain matches the given URI.

abstract MutableList<HttpCookie!>!

Get all not-expired cookies in cookie store.

abstract MutableList<URI!>!

Get all URIs which identify the cookies in this cookie store.

abstract Boolean
remove(uri: URI!, cookie: HttpCookie!)

Remove a cookie from store.

abstract Boolean

Remove all cookies in this cookie store.

Public methods

add

Added in API level 9
abstract fun add(
    uri: URI!,
    cookie: HttpCookie!
): Unit

Adds one HTTP cookie to the store. This is called for every incoming HTTP response.

A cookie to store may or may not be associated with an URI. If it is not associated with an URI, the cookie's domain and path attribute will indicate where it comes from. If it is associated with an URI and its domain and path attribute are not specified, given URI will indicate where this cookie comes from.

If a cookie corresponding to the given URI already exists, then it is replaced with the new one.

Parameters
uri URI!: the uri this cookie associated with. if null, this cookie will not be associated with an URI
cookie HttpCookie!: the cookie to store
Exceptions
java.lang.NullPointerException if cookie is null

See Also

get

Added in API level 9
abstract fun get(uri: URI!): MutableList<HttpCookie!>!

Retrieve cookies associated with given URI, or whose domain matches the given URI. Only cookies that have not expired are returned. This is called for every outgoing HTTP request.

Parameters
uri URI!: the uri associated with the cookies to be returned
Return
MutableList<HttpCookie!>! an immutable list of HttpCookie, return empty list if no cookies match the given URI
Exceptions
java.lang.NullPointerException if uri is null

See Also

getCookies

Added in API level 9
abstract fun getCookies(): MutableList<HttpCookie!>!

Get all not-expired cookies in cookie store.

Return
MutableList<HttpCookie!>! an immutable list of http cookies; return empty list if there's no http cookie in store

getURIs

Added in API level 9
abstract fun getURIs(): MutableList<URI!>!

Get all URIs which identify the cookies in this cookie store.

Return
MutableList<URI!>! an immutable list of URIs; return empty list if no cookie in this cookie store is associated with an URI

remove

Added in API level 9
abstract fun remove(
    uri: URI!,
    cookie: HttpCookie!
): Boolean

Remove a cookie from store.

Parameters
uri URI!: the uri this cookie associated with. if null, the cookie to be removed is not associated with an URI when added; if not null, the cookie to be removed is associated with the given URI when added.
cookie HttpCookie!: the cookie to remove
Return
Boolean true if this store contained the specified cookie
Exceptions
java.lang.NullPointerException if cookie is null

removeAll

Added in API level 9
abstract fun removeAll(): Boolean

Remove all cookies in this cookie store.

Return
Boolean true if this store changed as a result of the call