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 * $Date: 2008-02-04 07:51:19 -0800 (Mon, 04 Feb 2008) $
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package org.apache.http.cookie;

import java.io.Serializable;
import java.util.Comparator;

/**
 * This cookie comparator can be used to compare identity of cookies.
 *  
 * <p>
 *  Cookies are considered identical if their names are equal and 
 *  their domain attributes match ignoring case.
 * </p>
 * 
 * @author <a href="mailto:oleg at ural.ru">Oleg Kalnichevski</a>
 *
 * @deprecated Please use {@link java.net.URL#openConnection} instead.
 *     Please visit <a href="http://android-developers.blogspot.com/2011/09/androids-http-clients.html">this webpage</a>
 *     for further details.
 */
@Deprecated
public class CookieIdentityComparator implements Serializable, Comparator<Cookie> {

    private static final long serialVersionUID = 4466565437490631532L;

    public int compare(final Cookie c1, final Cookie c2) {
        int res = c1.getName().compareTo(c2.getName());
        if (res == 0) {
            // do not differentiate empty and null domains 
            String d1 = c1.getDomain();
            if (d1 == null) {
                d1 = "";
            }
            String d2 = c2.getDomain();
            if (d2 == null) {
                d2 = "";
            }
            res = d1.compareToIgnoreCase(d2);
        }
        return res;
    }

}