how to create a cookie and add to http response from inside my service layer?

Question

I am creating a custom authentication service in my spring mvc application:

@Service
public class AuthenticationServiceImpl implements AuthenticationService          


        

Answer 1

Following @Aravind's answer with more details

@RequestMapping("/myPath.htm")
public ModelAndView add(HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response) throws Exception{
    myServiceMethodSettingCookie(request, response);        //Do service call passing the response
    return new ModelAndView("CustomerAddView");
}

// service method
void myServiceMethodSettingCookie(HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response){
    final String cookieName = "my_cool_cookie";
    final String cookieValue = "my cool value here !";  // you could assign it some encoded value
    final Boolean useSecureCookie = false;
    final int expiryTime = 60 * 60 * 24;  // 24h in seconds
    final String cookiePath = "/";

    Cookie cookie = new Cookie(cookieName, cookieValue);

    cookie.setSecure(useSecureCookie);  // determines whether the cookie should only be sent using a secure protocol, such as HTTPS or SSL

    cookie.setMaxAge(expiryTime);  // A negative value means that the cookie is not stored persistently and will be deleted when the Web browser exits. A zero value causes the cookie to be deleted.

    cookie.setPath(cookiePath);  // The cookie is visible to all the pages in the directory you specify, and all the pages in that directory's subdirectories

    response.addCookie(cookie);
}

Related docs:

http://docs.oracle.com/javaee/7/api/javax/servlet/http/Cookie.html

http://docs.spring.io/spring-security/site/docs/3.0.x/reference/springsecurity.html