>>>>Are you getting any IllegalArgumentException's?
No! No exceptions! req.getCookies() just returns a zero length array!!
I am currently in the process of crafting MY OWN getCookies(req)
that sidesteps this problem.
I've got clients screaming that their stuff does not work!... :-((
--Olu E.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Milt Epstein [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Thursday, June 24, 1999 3:57 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: Zero length array!
>
> On Thu, 24 Jun 1999, Emuleomo, Olu (PME) wrote:
>
> > Actually, I have found the Bug!!!
> > The problem is this.
> > The user agent (Netscape 4.6) is sending me 2 cookies.
> > One called "SITEFOO" value "ID=abcdefg"
> > and another, the session cookie with value "somevaluefof"
> > Now, req.getCookies() returns a ZERO LENGTH array because the value in
> the
> > 1st cookie (ID=abcdefg) contains an equals sign!!! (=)
> > Now, If i shutdown the browser and I edit the cookies file and change
> the
> > cookie value to ID1abcdefg (ie, I replace the = sign with a 1)
> > EVERYTHING WORKS fine!
> >
> > So, the bug is in req.getCookies()
>
> Well, depending on what version of cookies you're using, certain
> characters are not allowed in cookie values. I had a problem with
> this some time back. By Netscape's original spec (version 0), most
> characters are allowed (with the exception of a few, like ' ' and ',',
> I don't recall exactly). With the new cookie spec (RFC 2109, version
> 1), there are many more disallowed characters, including "=" (the
> restrictions amount to saying that the cookie value must be a valid
> HTTP 1.1 "token"). Technically, the JSDK was supposed to allow
> cookies of both types (and even had a "version" parameter), but it did
> have some problems with that -- it would throw
> IllegalArgumentException's when encountering cookies with the
> disallowed characters. If you take a look at the Cookie.java source,
> you can see all this. Although, I don't know whether this problem has
> been addressed in more recent JSDK versions. Are you getting any
> IllegalArgumentException's?
>
>
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Chris Pratt [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > > Sent: Wednesday, June 23, 1999 10:58 PM
> > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > Subject: Re: Zero length array!
> > >
> > > Not according to the documentation. It doesn't say anything about
> > > getCookies returning null, so I'd assume it should return a Zero
> Length
> > > Array.
> > > (*Chris*)
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: Emuleomo, Olu (PME) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > Sent: Wednesday, June 23, 1999 3:49 PM
> > > Subject: Zero length array!
> > >
> > >
> > > > Hi,
> > > >
> > > > Does anybody know why req.getCookies() returns a zero length array?
> > > > ie. Cookies ck[] = req.getCookies();
> > > >
> > > > ck.length == 0 !!
> > > > I am trying to list the cookies in a HttpServletRequest.
> > > > If there are no cookies present, shouldnt it return null?
> > > >
> > > > --Olu E.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > > From: Emuleomo, Olu (PME) [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > > > > Sent: Wednesday, June 23, 1999 3:40 PM
> > > > > To: 'A mailing list for discussion about Sun Microsystem's Java
> > > Servlet
> > > > > API Technology.'
> > > > > Cc: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'; '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'
> > > > > Subject: A bug in the session API?
> > > > >
> > > > > Hi,
> > > > >
> > > > > I believe this may be a bug in the session api.
> > > > > req.getSession(true)
> > > > >
> > > > > creates a cookie with name "session", value =
> > > [SIW3DZIAAAAAFET3MEFAAAA]
> > > > > but the domain is NULL and the path is NULL.
> > > > > Now, this is not a problem if you dont have cookies with the
> domain of
> > > > > your
> > > > > server
> > > > > (the server that generated the cookie) already stored in your
> cookies
> > > > > file.
> > > > > However, if you do, the user agent i.e. Netscape/IE does not send
> the
> > > > > cooie
> > > > > called
> > > > > "session" to your servler, so the servlet ALWAYS THINKS YOU DONT
> HAVE
> > > A
> > > > > SESSION
> > > > > and creates a new one!
> > > > >
> > > > > Sun staff, can you verify this? I believe this may be a bug since
> I
> > > expect
> > > > > the domain to be ".foo.com" or
> > > > > something along those lines, but NOT null.
> > > > >
> > > > > --Olu E.
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
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