Not according to the documentation. It doesn't say anything about
getCookies returning null, so I'd assume it should return a Zero Length
Array.
(*Chris*)
----- Original Message -----
From: Emuleomo, Olu (PME) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, June 23, 1999 3:49 PM
Subject: Zero length array!
> Hi,
>
> Does anybody know why req.getCookies() returns a zero length array?
> ie. Cookies ck[] = req.getCookies();
>
> ck.length == 0 !!
> I am trying to list the cookies in a HttpServletRequest.
> If there are no cookies present, shouldnt it return null?
>
> --Olu E.
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Emuleomo, Olu (PME) [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > Sent: Wednesday, June 23, 1999 3:40 PM
> > To: 'A mailing list for discussion about Sun Microsystem's Java
Servlet
> > API Technology.'
> > Cc: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'; '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'
> > Subject: A bug in the session API?
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > I believe this may be a bug in the session api.
> > req.getSession(true)
> >
> > creates a cookie with name "session", value =
[SIW3DZIAAAAAFET3MEFAAAA]
> > but the domain is NULL and the path is NULL.
> > Now, this is not a problem if you dont have cookies with the domain of
> > your
> > server
> > (the server that generated the cookie) already stored in your cookies
> > file.
> > However, if you do, the user agent i.e. Netscape/IE does not send the
> > cooie
> > called
> > "session" to your servler, so the servlet ALWAYS THINKS YOU DONT HAVE A
> > SESSION
> > and creates a new one!
> >
> > Sun staff, can you verify this? I believe this may be a bug since I
expect
> > the domain to be ".foo.com" or
> > something along those lines, but NOT null.
> >
> > --Olu E.
>
>
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