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## java.net
Interface CookiePolicy

    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 & 7 for more detail.

Since:
  1.6

Field Summary
`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
`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

    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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