wok-6.x diff perl-http-cookies/description.txt @ rev 24218
updated perl-http-cookies (6.08 -> 6.10)
author | Hans-G?nter Theisgen |
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date | Fri Dec 31 16:37:13 2021 +0100 (2021-12-31) |
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1.1 --- /dev/null Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000 1.2 +++ b/perl-http-cookies/description.txt Fri Dec 31 16:37:13 2021 +0100 1.3 @@ -0,0 +1,18 @@ 1.4 +This class is for objects that represent a "cookie jar" -- that is, 1.5 +a database of all the HTTP cookies that a given LWP::UserAgent 1.6 +object knows about. 1.7 + 1.8 +Cookies are a general mechanism which server side connections can 1.9 +use to both store and retrieve information on the client side of 1.10 +the connection. 1.11 +For more information about cookies refer to Cookie Spec and Cookie 1.12 +Central. 1.13 +This module also implements the new style cookies described in 1.14 +RFC 2965. The two variants of cookies are supposed to be able to 1.15 +coexist happily. 1.16 + 1.17 +Instances of the class HTTP::Cookies are able to store a collection 1.18 +of Set-Cookie2: and Set-Cookie: headers and are able to use this 1.19 +information to initialize Cookie-headers in HTTP::Request objects. 1.20 +The state of a HTTP::Cookies object can be saved in and restored 1.21 +from files.