CookiePolicy (Java SE 26 & JDK 26)
Description: declaration: module: java.base, package: java.net, interface: CookiePolicy
Keywords: java.net.CookiePolicy interface

# 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 and 7 for more detail.

Since:
  1.6

- ## Field Summary

  Fields
  Modifier and Type
  Field
  Description
  `static final CookiePolicy`
  `ACCEPT_ALL`
  One pre-defined policy which accepts all cookies.
  `static final CookiePolicy`
  `ACCEPT_NONE`
  One pre-defined policy which accepts no cookies.
  `static final CookiePolicy`
  `ACCEPT_ORIGINAL_SERVER`
  One pre-defined policy which only accepts cookies from original server.

- ## Method Summary

  Modifier and Type
  Method
  Description
  `boolean`
  `shouldAccept(URI uri, HttpCookie cookie)`
  Will be called to see whether or not this cookie should be accepted.

- ## Field Details

  - ### 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 Details

  - ### 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`