cookie-properties Element (Sun Java System Web Server 7.0 Update 3 Developer's Guide to Java Web Applications)

Sun Java System Web Server 7.0 Update 3 Developer's Guide to Java Web Applications

This element specifies session cookie properties.

The following table describes the property subelement for the cookie-properties element.

Table A–18 cookie-properties Subelement


Element	Required	Description
`property` Element	zero or more	Specifies a property, which has a name and a value

none

The following table describes properties for the cookie-properties element.

Table A–19 cookie-properties Properties


Property Name	Default Value	Description
`cookiePath`	Context path at which the web application is installed.	Specifies the path name that is set when the session tracking cookie is created. The browser sends the cookie if the path name for the request contains this path name. If set to `/` (root), the browser sends cookies to all URLs served by the Web Server. You can set the path to a narrower mapping to limit the request URLs to which the browser sends cookies.
`cookieMaxAgeSeconds`	`-1`	Specifies the expiration time (in seconds) after which the browser expires the cookie. The default value of `-1` indicates that the cookie never expires.
`cookieDomain`	unset	Specifies the domain for which the cookie is valid.
`cookieComment`	Sun Java System Web Server session tracking cookie	Specifies the comment that identifies the session tracking cookie in the cookie file. Applications can provide a more specific comment for the cookie.