Handling Client-Side Cookies

Dear Gentlemen,

	I find Jigsaw and Winie to be invaluable, thank you very much for sharing 
this work. I have studied all the posted resources, yet I still do not 
understand how to handle Client-Side cookies.

	Posted below is sourcecode ("CookieTest.java") and its output, that uses 
Client-Side Jigsaw components to send an HTTP.GET Request to 
www.netscape.com.  As indicated by output enumeration of the Reply Header 
Descriptions, the Reply contains a "set-cookie" header and applying the 
methods: getHeaderValue("set-cookie") and value.getValue() to the Reply does 
indeed returns an unparsed "set-cookie" value for the netscape.com Domain 
(as expected).

	However, the CookieFilter and HttpManager do not appear to process this 
information because a "cookie" header does is enumerated in the Request2 
headers (to the same URL: www.netscape.com).  Furthermore, applying the 
method: getSetCookie() to the Reply returns an empty SetCookieList.

	So, I would be extremely grateful if you could tell me what I am doing 
wrong.

Specifically:

	1.)	Why do CookieFilter and HttpManager appear not to process the 
"set-cookie" header in the Reply by not yielding a "cookie" header in 
Request2?

	2.)	Why does Reply.getSetCookie() generate an empty SetCookieList while 
getHeaderValue("set-cookie") and value.getValue() appear to find a cookie.

	3.)	And finally, is there any technical reason why CookieFilter has not 
been incorporated into Winie? (I can usually answer my own Client-Side 
questions by studying Winie sourcecode.)


	Truly yours,
	John Philip Anderson

	jpanderson_215@hotmail.com

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CookieTest.java OUTPUT::


Reply Header Descriptions:
date
transfer-encoding
set-cookie
content-type
server

Cooks Array Length:
0

SET-COOKIE header value:
uidc=24.19.89.21:0976303991:634295;domain=.netscape.com;path=/;expires=31-Dec-2010 
23:59:59 GMT

Request2 Header Descriptions:
date
accept
host
user-agent

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CookieTest.java SOURCECODE::


// CookieTest.java

import java.io.*;
import java.util.*;
import java.net.*;
import org.w3c.util.*;
import org.w3c.www.http.*;
import org.w3c.www.protocol.http.*;
import org.w3c.www.protocol.http.cookies.*;

public class CookieTest{

public static void main(String[] args) {
try {
	PrintStream out1 = new PrintStream(
	new BufferedOutputStream(
	new FileOutputStream("log.txt")), true);
	System.setOut(out1);

	HttpManager manager = HttpManager.getManager();							CookieFilter cfilter 
=  new CookieFilter();
	cfilter.initialize(manager);
	Request request1 = manager.createRequest();
	request1.setMethod("GET");


	String host = "http://www.netscape.com";
	request.setURL(new URL(host));
	Reply reply = manager.runRequest(request1);


System.out.println("Reply Header Descriptions:");
	Enumeration e = reply.enumerateHeaderDescriptions();
	while(e.hasMoreElements()){
System.out.println(((HeaderDescription) e.nextElement()).getName());
	}
System.out.println();


System.out.println("Cooks Array Length:");
	HttpSetCookieList list = reply.getSetCookie();
	if (list != null){
	HttpSetCookie[] cooks = list.getSetCookies();
System.out.println(cooks.length);
System.out.println();
	}


	HeaderValue value  = reply.getHeaderValue("set-cookie");
	HttpSetCookieList list1 = (HttpSetCookieList) value.getValue();
System.out.println("SET-COOKIE header value:");
System.out.println(list1.toString());
System.out.println();


	Request request2 = manager.createRequest();
	request2.setURL(new URL(host));
	manager.runRequest(request2);


System.out.println("Request2 Header Descriptions:");
	e = request2.enumerateHeaderDescriptions();
	while(e.hasMoreElements()){
System.out.println(((HeaderDescription) e.nextElement()).getName());
	}


	out1.close();

} catch(PropRequestFilterException prfexcpt) {
System.out.println("PropRequestFilterException : " + prfexcpt);

} catch(HttpException excpt) {
System.out.println("HttpException : " + excpt);

} catch(IOException e) {
System.out.println("IO Exception:" + e);

}

System.exit(0);

}

}



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Received on Friday, 8 December 2000 15:47:29 UTC