org.apache.velocity.tools.view.tools
Class CookieTool

java.lang.Object
  org.apache.velocity.tools.view.tools.CookieTool

All Implemented Interfaces:

ViewTool

public class CookieTool

extends java.lang.Object

implements ViewTool

View tool for convenient cookie access and creation.

 Template example(s):
  $cookie.foo.value
  $cookie.add("bar",'woogie')

 Toolbox configuration:
 <tool>
   <key>cookie</key>
   <scope>request</scope>
   <class>org.apache.velocity.tools.view.tools.CookieTool</class>
 </tool>
 

This class is only designed for use as a request-scope tool.

Since:

VelocityTools 1.1

Version:

$Id: CookieTool.java 71982 2004-02-18 20:11:07Z nbubna $

Author:

Dmitri Colebatch, Nathan Bubna

Field Summary

protected javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest	request
protected javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse	response

Constructor Summary

CookieTool()

Method Summary

void	add(java.lang.String name, java.lang.String value) Adds a new Cookie with the specified name and value to the HttpServletResponse.
void	add(java.lang.String name, java.lang.String value, int maxAge) Convenience method to add a new Cookie to the response and set an expiry time for it.
javax.servlet.http.Cookie	get(java.lang.String name) Returns the Cookie with the specified name, if it exists.
javax.servlet.http.Cookie[]	getAll() Expose array of Cookies for this request to the template.
void	init(java.lang.Object obj) Initializes this instance for the current request.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

request

protected javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest request

response

protected javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse response

Constructor Detail

CookieTool

public CookieTool()

Method Detail

init

public void init(java.lang.Object obj)

Initializes this instance for the current request.

Specified by:

init in interface ViewTool

Parameters:

obj - the ViewContext of the current request

getAll

public javax.servlet.http.Cookie[] getAll()

Expose array of Cookies for this request to the template.

This is equivalent to $request.cookies.

Returns:

array of Cookie objects for this request

get

public javax.servlet.http.Cookie get(java.lang.String name)

Returns the Cookie with the specified name, if it exists.

So, if you had a cookie named 'foo', you'd get it's value by $cookies.foo.value or it's max age by $cookies.foo.maxAge

add

public void add(java.lang.String name,
                java.lang.String value)

Adds a new Cookie with the specified name and value to the HttpServletResponse. This does *not* add a Cookie to the current request.

Parameters:

name - the name to give this cookie

value - the value to be set for this cookie

add

public void add(java.lang.String name,
                java.lang.String value,
                int maxAge)

Convenience method to add a new Cookie to the response and set an expiry time for it.

Parameters:

name - the name to give this cookie

value - the value to be set for this cookie

maxAge - the expiry to be set for this cookie