CookiePolicy (Java Platform SE 8 )

```
public interface CookiePolicy
```
CookiePolicy implementations decide which cookies should be accepted and which should be rejected. Three pre-defined policy implementations are provided, namely ACCEPT_ALL, ACCEPT_NONE and ACCEPT_ORIGINAL_SERVER.
See RFC 2965 sec. 3.3 and 7 for more detail.

Since:

1.6

Field Summary

Fields
Modifier and Type	Field	Description
`static CookiePolicy`	`ACCEPT_ALL`	One pre-defined policy which accepts all cookies.
`static CookiePolicy`	`ACCEPT_NONE`	One pre-defined policy which accepts no cookies.
`static CookiePolicy`	`ACCEPT_ORIGINAL_SERVER`	One pre-defined policy which only accepts cookies from original server.

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`boolean`	`shouldAccept(URI uri, HttpCookie cookie)`	Will be called to see whether or not this cookie should be accepted.

- Field Detail
  - ACCEPT_ALL
```
static final CookiePolicy ACCEPT_ALL
```
    One pre-defined policy which accepts all cookies.
  - ACCEPT_NONE
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static final CookiePolicy ACCEPT_NONE
```
    One pre-defined policy which accepts no cookies.
  - ACCEPT_ORIGINAL_SERVER
```
static final CookiePolicy ACCEPT_ORIGINAL_SERVER
```
    One pre-defined policy which only accepts cookies from original server.
- Method Detail
  - shouldAccept
```
boolean shouldAccept(URI uri,
                     HttpCookie cookie)
```
    Will be called to see whether or not this cookie should be accepted.
    
    Parameters:
    
    uri - the URI to consult accept policy with
    
    cookie - the HttpCookie object in question
    
    Returns:
    
    true if this cookie should be accepted; otherwise, false

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Interface CookiePolicy

Field Summary

Method Summary

Field Detail

ACCEPT_ALL

ACCEPT_NONE

ACCEPT_ORIGINAL_SERVER

Method Detail

shouldAccept