Oracle GlassFish Server 3.0.1 Application Deployment Guide

cookie-properties

Specifies session cookie properties.


Note –

If cookie settings are defined declaratively in the web.xml file or programmatically using javax.servlet.SessionCookieConfig methods, those cookie settings take precedence over the cookie properties defined here.


Superelements

session-config (sun-web.xml)

Subelements

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

Table C–44 cookie-properties Subelements

Element 

Required 

Description 

property (with attributes)

zero or more 

Specifies a property, which has a name and a value. 

Properties

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

Table C–45 cookie-properties Properties

Property 

Default 

Description 

cookiePath

Context path at which the web module is installed. 

Specifies the pathname that is set when the cookie is created. The browser sends the cookie if the pathname for the request contains this pathname. If set to / (slash), the browser sends cookies to all URLs served by GlassFish 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. 

cookieDomain

(unset) 

Specifies the domain for which the cookie is valid. 

cookieComment

Sun GlassFish Enterprise 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. 

cookieSecure

dynamic

Sets the Secure attribute of any JSESSIONID cookies associated with the web application. Allowed values are as follows:

  • true — Sets Secure to true.

  • false — Sets Secure to false.

  • dynamic — The JSESSIONID cookie inherits the Secure setting of the request that initiated the session.

To set the Secure attribute of a JSESSIONIDSSO cookie, use the ssoCookieSecure virtual-server property. For details, see create-virtual-server(1).