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+/*
+ * $HeadURL: http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/httpcomponents/httpclient/trunk/module-client/src/main/java/org/apache/http/cookie/CookieAttributeHandler.java $
+ * $Revision: 558519 $
+ * $Date: 2007-07-22 11:19:49 -0700 (Sun, 22 Jul 2007) $
+ *
+ * ====================================================================
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ * ====================================================================
+ *
+ * This software consists of voluntary contributions made by many
+ * individuals on behalf of the Apache Software Foundation.  For more
+ * information on the Apache Software Foundation, please see
+ * <http://www.apache.org/>.
+ *
+ */
+package org.apache.http.cookie;
+
+/**
+ * Ths interface represents a cookie attribute handler responsible
+ * for parsing, validating, and matching a specific cookie attribute, 
+ * such as path, domain, port, etc.
+ *
+ * Different cookie specifications can provide a specific
+ * implementation for this class based on their cookie handling
+ * rules.
+ *
+ * @author jain.samit@gmail.com (Samit Jain)
+ * 
+ * @since 4.0
+ */
+public interface CookieAttributeHandler {
+
+  /**
+   * Parse the given cookie attribute value and update the corresponding
+   * {@link org.apache.http.cookie.Cookie} property.
+   *
+   * @param cookie {@link org.apache.http.cookie.Cookie} to be updated
+   * @param value cookie attribute value from the cookie response header
+   */
+  void parse(SetCookie cookie, String value)
+          throws MalformedCookieException;
+
+  /**
+   * Peforms cookie validation for the given attribute value.
+   *
+   * @param cookie {@link org.apache.http.cookie.Cookie} to validate
+   * @param origin the cookie source to validate against
+   * @throws MalformedCookieException if cookie validation fails for this attribute
+   */
+  void validate(Cookie cookie, CookieOrigin origin)
+          throws MalformedCookieException;
+
+  /**
+   * Matches the given value (property of the destination host where request is being
+   * submitted) with the corresponding cookie attribute.
+   *
+   * @param cookie {@link org.apache.http.cookie.Cookie} to match
+   * @param origin the cookie source to match against
+   * @return <tt>true</tt> if the match is successful; <tt>false</tt> otherwise
+   */
+  boolean match(Cookie cookie, CookieOrigin origin);
+
+}