Multiple Cookies

[HugeBob]

Hi All,

Why does the following code generate multiple cookies:

Cookie c = new Cookie("bgColor", bgColor);
c.setMaxAge(300); // Five minutes
c.setPath("/");
response.addCookie(c);

I added the c.setPath() command thinking that that was the issue. But
I was wrong. I would think that the cookie would be overwritten.
Also, FireFox says the cookies expire "at end of session" when it
should end in 5 minutes.

 

[John B. Matthews]

Why does the following code generate multiple cookies:

Cookie c = new Cookie("bgColor", bgColor);
c.setMaxAge(300); // Five minutes
c.setPath("/");
response.addCookie(c);

I added the c.setPath() command thinking that that was the issue.
But I was wrong. I would think that the cookie would be overwritten.
Also, FireFox says the cookies expire "at end of session" when it
should end in 5 minutes.

Does your servlet container perhaps use a cookie for session tracking? I
recall being surprised that mine did so by default.