/*
 * $HeadURL: http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/httpcomponents/httpclient/trunk/module-client/src/main/java/org/apache/http/cookie/SetCookie2.java $
 * $Revision: 578408 $
 * $Date: 2007-09-22 04:53:57 -0700 (Sat, 22 Sep 2007) $
 *
 * ====================================================================
 * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
 * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
 * distributed with this work for additional information
 * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
 * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
 * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
 * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
 *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 *
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
 * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
 * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
 * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
 * specific language governing permissions and limitations
 * under the License.
 * ====================================================================
 *
 * This software consists of voluntary contributions made by many
 * individuals on behalf of the Apache Software Foundation.  For more
 * information on the Apache Software Foundation, please see
 * <http://www.apache.org/>.
 *
 */

package org.apache.http.cookie;

/**
 * This interface represents a <code>SetCookie2</code> response header sent by the 
 * origin server to the HTTP agent in order to maintain a conversational state.
 * 
 * @author <a href="mailto:oleg at ural.ru">Oleg Kalnichevski</a>
 * 
 * @since 4.0
 */
public interface SetCookie2 extends SetCookie {

    /**
     * If a user agent (web browser) presents this cookie to a user, the
     * cookie's purpose will be described by the information at this URL.
     */
    void setCommentURL(String commentURL);
    
    /**
     * Sets the Port attribute. It restricts the ports to which a cookie
     * may be returned in a Cookie request header.
     */
    void setPorts(int[] ports);
    
    /**
     * Set the Discard attribute.
     *
     * Note: <tt>Discard</tt> attribute overrides <tt>Max-age</tt>.
     *
     * @see #isPersistent()
     */
    void setDiscard(boolean discard);
    
}