Deal with the cookie
// cookieReader.jsp <%@ taglib uri="http://java.sun.com/jstl/core" prefix="c" %> <html> <body> <c:choose> <c:when test="${empty cookie}" > <h2>We did not find any cookies in the request</h2> </c:when> <c:otherwise> <h2>The name and value of each found cookie</h2> <c:forEach var="cookieVal" items="${cookie}"> <strong>Cookie name:</strong> <c:out value="${cookieVal.key}" /><br> <strong>Cookie value:</strong> <c:out value="${cookieVal.value.value}" /><br><br> </c:forEach> </c:otherwise> </c:choose> </body> </html> // cookieSetter.jsp <jsp:useBean id="cookieBean" class="com.java2s.CookieBean" /> <jsp:setProperty name="cookieBean" property="name" value="bakedcookie" /> <jsp:setProperty name="cookieBean" property="maxAge" value="<%=(365*24*60*60) %>" /> <jsp:setProperty name="cookieBean" property="path" value="<%= request.getContextPath() %>" /> <jsp:setProperty name="cookieBean" property="cookieHeader" value="<%= response %>" /> <html> <head><title>Cookie Maker</title></head> <body> <h2>Here is information about the new cookie</h2> Name: <jsp:getProperty name="cookieBean" property="name" /><br> Value: <jsp:getProperty name="cookieBean" property="value" /><br> Path: <jsp:getProperty name="cookieBean" property="path" /> </body> </html> // put the class file to WEB-INF/classes/com/java2s //CookieBean.java package com.java2s; import javax.servlet.http.Cookie; import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse; public class CookieBean { private Cookie cookie = null; public CookieBean() { } public void setName(String name) { if (name == null || (name.equals(""))) throw new IllegalArgumentException("Invalid cookie name set in: " + getClass().getName()); cookie = new Cookie(name, "" + new java.util.Date().getTime()); } public void setValue(String value) { if (value == null || (value.equals(""))) throw new IllegalArgumentException("Invalid cookie value set in: " + getClass().getName()); if (cookie != null) cookie.setValue(value); } public void setMaxAge(int maxAge) { if (cookie != null) cookie.setMaxAge(maxAge); } public void setPath(String path) { if (path == null || (path.equals(""))) throw new IllegalArgumentException("Invalid cookie path set in: " + getClass().getName()); if (cookie != null) cookie.setPath(path); } public void setCookieHeader(HttpServletResponse response) { if (response == null) throw new IllegalArgumentException( "Invalid HttpServletResponse set in: " + getClass().getName()); if (cookie != null) response.addCookie(cookie); } public String getName() { if (cookie != null) return cookie.getName(); else return "unavailable"; } public String getValue() { if (cookie != null) return cookie.getValue(); else return "unavailable"; } public String getPath() { if (cookie != null) return cookie.getPath(); else return "unavailable"; } }