Obsolete since Gecko 2 (Firefox 4 / Thunderbird 3.3 / SeaMonkey 2.1)
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This interface represents the storage repository for cookies.

modules/plugin/base/public/nsICookieStorage.idlNot scriptable
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  Last changed in Gecko 1.7

Inherits from: nsISupports

Method overview

void getCookie(in string aCookieURL, in voidPtr aCookieBuffer, in PRUint32Ref aCookieSize);
void setCookie(in string aCookieURL, in constVoidPtr aCookieBuffer, in unsigned long aCookieSize);

Methods

getCookie()

Retrieves a cookie from the browser's persistent cookie store.

 void getCookie(
   in string aCookieURL,
   in voidPtr aCookieBuffer,
   in PRUint32Ref aCookieSize
 );
Parameters
aCookieURL
URL string to look up cookie with..
aCookieBuffer
Buffer large enough to accommodate cookie data.
aCookieSize
On input, size of the cookie buffer, on output cookie's size.

setCookie()

Stores a cookie in the browser's persistent cookie store.

 void setCookie(
   in string aCookieURL,
   in constVoidPtr aCookieBuffer,
   in unsigned long aCookieSize
 );
Parameters
aCookieURL
URL string to look up cookie with..
aCookieBuffer
Buffer containing cookie data.
aCookieSize
Specifies size of cookie data.

See also