HttpCookie getMaxAge() in Java

getMaxAge(): This method is available in the java.net.HttpCookie class of Java.

Syntax:

long java.net.HttpCookie.getMaxAge()

This method returns the maximum age of the cookie, specified in seconds. By default, -1 indicates the cookie will persist until the browser shutdown. 

Parameters: NA

Returns: an integer specifying the maximum age of the cookie in seconds.

Exceptions: NA

Approach

Java

package com.HttpCookie;

import java.net.HttpCookie;

public class HttpCookiegetMaxAge {
    public static void main(String[] args) {

        HttpCookie httpCookie = new HttpCookie("name", "value");

        System.out.println(httpCookie.getMaxAge());
    }
}

Output:

-1

Some other methods of HttpCookie class

HttpCookie(String, String): This method constructs a cookie with a specified name and value.

clone(): This method creates and returns a copy of this object.

HttpCookie.domainMatches(String, String): The utility method to check whether a hostname is in a domain or not.

equals(Object): This method tests the equality of two HTTP cookies.

getComment(): This method returns the comment describing the purpose of this cookie, or null if the cookie has no comment.

getCommentURL(): This method returns the comment URL describing the purpose of this cookie, or null if the cookie has no comment URL.

getDiscard(): This method returns the discard attribute of the cookie.

getDomain(): This method returns the domain name set for this cookie. The form of the domain name is set by RFC 2965.

getMaxAge(): This method returns the maximum age of the cookie, specified in seconds.

getName(): This method returns the name of the cookie.

getPath(): This method returns the path on the server to which the browser returns this cookie. The cookie is visible to all subpaths on the server.

getPortlist(): This method returns the port list attribute of the cookie.

getSecure(): This method returns true if sending this cookie should be restricted to a secure protocol, or false if it can be sent using any protocol.

getValue(): This method returns the value of the cookie.

getVersion(): This method returns the version of the protocol this cookie complies with.

hasExpired(): This method reports whether this HTTP cookie has expired or not.

hashCode(): This method returns the hash code of this HTTP cookie.

isHttpOnly(): This method returns true if this cookie contains the HttpOnly attribute.

HttpCookie.parse(String): This method constructs cookies from the set-cookie or set-cookie2 header string.

setComment(String): This method specifies a comment that describes a cookie's purpose.

setCommentURL(String): This method specifies a comment URL that describes a cookie's purpose.

setDiscard(boolean): This method specifies whether the user agent should discard the cookie unconditionally.

setDomain(String): This method specifies the domain within which this cookie should be presented.

setHttpOnly(boolean): This method indicates whether the cookie should be considered HTTP Only. If set to true it means the cookie should not be accessible to scripting engines like javascript.

setMaxAge(long): This method sets the maximum age of the cookie in seconds.

setPath(String): This method specifies a path for the cookie to which the client should return the cookie.

setPortlist(String): This method specifies the port list of the cookie, which restricts the port(s) to which a cookie may be sent back in a Cookie header.

setSecure(boolean): This method indicates whether the cookie should only be sent using a secure protocol, such as HTTPS or SSL.

setValue(String): This method assigns a new value to a cookie after the cookie is created. If you use a binary value, you may want to use BASE64 encoding.

setVersion(int): This method sets the version of the cookie protocol this cookie complies with.

toString(): This method constructs a cookie header string representation of this cookie, which is in the format defined by the corresponding cookie specification, but without the leading "Cookie:" token.