com.jcorporate.expresso.core.misc
Class CookieUtil

java.lang.Object
  com.jcorporate.expresso.core.misc.CookieUtil

public class CookieUtil

extends Object

A utility class for encoding and decoding cookies before sending them to the browser

Since:

Expresso 3.0

Author:

Michael Rimov

Constructor Summary

CookieUtil()

Method Summary

static String	cookieDecode(String data) cookieDecode - given a string, encrypt it to block plaintext snooping traffic to catch user ids and passwords.
static String	cookieEncode(String data) cookieEncode - given a string, encrypt it to block plaintext snooping traffic to catch user ids and passwords.
static void	test()

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

CookieUtil

public CookieUtil()

Method Detail

cookieDecode

public static String cookieDecode(String data)
                           throws Exception

cookieDecode - given a string, encrypt it to block plaintext snooping traffic to catch user ids and passwords.

Parameters:

data - The data to decrypt.

Returns:

String the decoded string or "" if it doesn't decode.

Throws:

Exception - if there are problems with loading the crypto routines

cookieEncode

public static String cookieEncode(String data)
                           throws ChainedException

cookieEncode - given a string, encrypt it to block plaintext snooping traffic to catch user ids and passwords. Also Base64 Encodes the ciphertext so that the result is standard Ascii string handling.

Parameters:

data - The data to encrypt.

Returns:

String the encode string or "" if it doesn't encode.

Throws:

ChainedException - if there are problems with loading the crypto routines

test

public static void test()