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package org.apache.http.cookie;

/**
 * ClientCookie extends the standard {@link Cookie} interface with
 * additional client specific functionality such ability to retrieve
 * original cookie attributes exactly as they were specified by the
 * origin server. This is important for generating the <tt>Cookie</tt>
 * header because some cookie specifications require that the
 * <tt>Cookie</tt> header should include certain attributes only if
 * they were specified in the <tt>Set-Cookie</tt> header.
 *
 *
 * @since 4.0
 */
public interface ClientCookie extends Cookie {

    // RFC2109 attributes
    public static final String VERSION_ATTR    = "version";
    public static final String PATH_ATTR       = "path";
    public static final String DOMAIN_ATTR     = "domain";
    public static final String MAX_AGE_ATTR    = "max-age";
    public static final String SECURE_ATTR     = "secure";
    public static final String COMMENT_ATTR    = "comment";
    public static final String EXPIRES_ATTR    = "expires";

    // RFC2965 attributes
    public static final String PORT_ATTR       = "port";
    public static final String COMMENTURL_ATTR = "commenturl";
    public static final String DISCARD_ATTR    = "discard";

    String getAttribute(String name);

    boolean containsAttribute(String name);

}
