[jetty-discuss] Cookie.getSecure

[Frederick N. B. <fb...@mu...>]

Perhaps I am misunderstanding how Cookies work and the Javadoc API does 
seem a worded strangely.  My function is examining a Cookie received in 
a secure request.  The problem is that I think getSecure() should return 
true, and it is returning false.  The Cookie was set earlier as secure, 
and FireFox (the browser) shows the stored cookie as being "Server 
Secure: yes".  Cookie.getSecure() says:

"Returns |true| if the browser is sending cookies only over a secure 
protocol, or |false| if the browser can send cookies using any protocol."

Why is it plural "cookies" for a Cookie class?  I would think the 
wording should be "Returns true if the browser will only send this 
cookie over a secure protocol, or false if the browser can send it using 
any protocol."  I am really confused.  Thank you for any help.

Frederick N. Brier


I am using Jetty 4.2.14 and