Java HttpCookie equals() Method

The equals(Object obj) method of HttpCookie class is invoked to test the equality of two HTTP cookies. The result is returned as true if the two cookies come from the same domain, having the same name and the same path.

Syntax

Parameter

The above method requires only one parameter:

obj - which denotes the reference object with which the comparison takes place.

Return

The above method is used to return true if the two HTTP cookies are equal. Otherwise, returns false.

Example 1

import java.net.HttpCookie;
public class JavaHttpCookieEqualsExample1 {
  public static void main(String[] args) {
	HttpCookie  cookie1 = new HttpCookie("Student1", "10");
	HttpCookie  cookie2 = new HttpCookie("Student1", "10");
 //Return true if the two HTTP cookies are equal.
	boolean bool = cookie1.equals(cookie2);
	if(bool) {
		System.out.println("Both cookies come from same path and same domain.");
	}
	else {
		System.out.println("Cookies are diiferent.");
	}
}
}

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Output:

Both cookies come from same path and same domain.

Example 2

import java.net.HttpCookie;
public class JavaHttpCookieEqualsExample2 {
	public static void main(String[] args) {
	HttpCookie  cookie1 = new HttpCookie("Employee", "01");
	HttpCookie  cookie2 = new HttpCookie("Student", "10");
	boolean bool = cookie1.equals(cookie2);
	if(bool) {
		System.out.println("Both cookies come from same path and same domain.");
	}
	else {
		System.out.println("Cookies are different.");
	}
}
}

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Output:

Cookies are different.

Example 3

import java.net.HttpCookie;
public class JavaHttpCookieEqualsExample3 {
	public static void main(String[] args) {
		HttpCookie  cookie1 = new HttpCookie("Employee", "01");
		HttpCookie  cookie2 = new HttpCookie("Employee", "01");
		HttpCookie  cookie3 = new HttpCookie("Employee1", "20");
		HttpCookie  cookie4 = new HttpCookie("Employee2", "30");
	// Return true if the two HTTP cookies are equal.
System.out.println("Checks the first and second cookies if they are equal: "+cookie1.equals(cookie2));
	// Return false if the two HTTP cookies are not equal.
System.out.println("Checks the third and fourth cookies if they are equal: "+cookie3.equals(cookie4));
		
	}
}

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Output:

Checks the first and second cookies if they are equal: true
Checks the third and fourth cookies if they are equal: false

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