org.springframework.web.bind.annotation
Annotation Type CookieValue

@Target(value=PARAMETER)
@Retention(value=RUNTIME)
@Documented
public @interface CookieValue

Annotation which indicates that a method parameter should be bound to an HTTP cookie. Supported for annotated handler methods in Servlet and Portlet environments.

The method parameter may be declared as type Cookie or as cookie value type (String, int, etc).

Since:

3.0

Author:

Juergen Hoeller

See Also:

RequestMapping, RequestParam, RequestHeader, RequestMapping, AnnotationMethodHandlerAdapter, AnnotationMethodHandlerAdapter

Optional Element Summary

String	defaultValue The default value to use as a fallback.
boolean	required Whether the header is required.
String	value The name of the cookie to bind to.

value

public abstract String value

The name of the cookie to bind to.

Default:

""

required

public abstract boolean required

Whether the header is required.

Default is true, leading to an exception being thrown in case the header is missing in the request. Switch this to false if you prefer a null in case of the missing header.

Alternatively, provide a defaultValue, which implicitly sets this flag to false.

Default:

true

defaultValue

public abstract String defaultValue

The default value to use as a fallback. Supplying a default value implicitly sets required() to false.

Default:

""