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* This comparator assumes that Path attributes of two cookies * path-match a commmon request-URI. Otherwise, the result of the * comparison is undefined. *
* * @author Oleg Kalnichevski */ public class CookiePathComparator implements Comparator { private String normalizePath(final Cookie cookie) { String path = cookie.getPath(); if (path == null) { path = "/"; } if (!path.endsWith("/")) { path = path + "/"; } return path; } public int compare(final Object o1, final Object o2) { Cookie c1 = (Cookie) o1; Cookie c2 = (Cookie) o2; String path1 = normalizePath(c1); String path2 = normalizePath(c2); if (path1.equals(path2)) { return 0; } else if (path1.startsWith(path2)) { return -1; } else if (path2.startsWith(path1)) { return 1; } else { // Does not really matter return 0; } } }