Hi, I think Carlos is right here.
Cookies are also limited in total number and a much smaller limit (20)
for a given server, and browsers should silently strip them off.
Someone should not operate intensively on cookies.
Otherwise will invite to ... well... "cookie abuse" when a few
servlets (let say 5) set each 5 cookies, the older 5 are silently cut
off by browser, an every servlet gets confused why it is not getting them
back..
It is safer to keep cookies within the servlet-engine, web-server or
app-server kitchen, not to encourage developers using them for each possible
application-level variable that can be kept more efficiently in session.
Cezar.
On Thu, 22 Apr 1999, Carlos Amengual wrote:
> I disagree to include cookies, as this breaks the "domain barrier"
> between cookies and parameters, so it could break existing code:
>
> 1) There may be code that relies on the list of parameters as provided
> by the API, and would get confused by extra parameters.
>
> 2) A cookie parameter set months ago (possibly by someone else) could
> inadvertently have the same name as a form parameter. You may get false
> not-nulls, etc.
>
> 3) In general, an application could be interfered by cookies set for
> another appl. but that got sent to the same domain, host, or tree.
>
>
> Carlos
>
>
> jon * wrote:
> >
> > I vote that it should be GPC (get/post/cookies) by default and it should
> > also be configurable on a per/request (ie: local) basis.
>
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