Java tutorial
import java.io.BufferedReader; import java.io.InputStream; import java.io.InputStreamReader; import java.net.CookieHandler; import java.net.CookieManager; import java.net.CookiePolicy; import java.net.CookieStore; import java.net.HttpCookie; import java.net.URI; import java.net.URL; import java.net.URLConnection; import java.util.ArrayList; import java.util.Collection; import java.util.HashMap; import java.util.List; import java.util.Map; import java.util.Set; public class WebClient { public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception { CookieStore store = new MyCookieStore(); CookiePolicy policy = new MyCookiePolicy(); CookieManager handler = new CookieManager(store, policy); CookieHandler.setDefault(handler); URL url = new URL("http://localhost:8080/cookieTest.jsp"); URLConnection conn = url.openConnection(); InputStream in = conn.getInputStream(); BufferedReader reader = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(in)); String input; while ((input = reader.readLine()) != null) { System.out.println(input); } reader.close(); } } class MyCookiePolicy implements CookiePolicy { public boolean shouldAccept(URI uri, HttpCookie cookie) { // String host = uri.getHost(); // return host.equals("localhost"); return true; } } class MyCookieStore implements CookieStore { private Map<URI, List<HttpCookie>> map = new HashMap<URI, List<HttpCookie>>(); public void add(URI uri, HttpCookie cookie) { List<HttpCookie> cookies = map.get(uri); if (cookies == null) { cookies = new ArrayList<HttpCookie>(); map.put(uri, cookies); } cookies.add(cookie); } public List<HttpCookie> get(URI uri) { List<HttpCookie> cookies = map.get(uri); if (cookies == null) { cookies = new ArrayList<HttpCookie>(); map.put(uri, cookies); } return cookies; } public List<HttpCookie> getCookies() { Collection<List<HttpCookie>> values = map.values(); List<HttpCookie> result = new ArrayList<HttpCookie>(); for (List<HttpCookie> value : values) { result.addAll(value); } return result; } public List<URI> getURIs() { Set<URI> keys = map.keySet(); return new ArrayList<URI>(keys); } public boolean remove(URI uri, HttpCookie cookie) { List<HttpCookie> cookies = map.get(uri); if (cookies == null) { return false; } return cookies.remove(cookie); } public boolean removeAll() { map.clear(); return true; } } The cookieTest.jsp page <% Cookie cookie = new Cookie("username", "guest"); cookie.setMaxAge(100);response.addCookie(cookie);%><html><head><title>HttpCookie Demo</title></head><body> Add cookie. Cookie name = <%=cookie.getName () +". Cookie value = " + cookie.getValue () %> </body> </html> //Reference: //Java 6 New Features: A Tutorial //by Budi Kurniawan //Brainy Software Corp. 2006 //Chapter 4 - Networking //# ISBN-10: 0975212885 //# ISBN-13: 978-0975212882