Question

I want to develop a java servlet able to authenticate via HTTP protocol on an other server. That server sends back a cookie to my servlet and i want to forward back to the browser that cookie and redirect the browser to another url.

I can not figure out how to intercept and sendBack cookie via servlet.

Do you have any suggestions on method or class to be used?

Answer 1

I didn’t catch what you mean ‘intercept cookie’, but sending back cookie is quite simple just add cookie to response object.

Cookie cookie = new Cookie("name", value);
response.addCookie(cookie);

And then forward your request:

request.getRequestDispatcher(path).forward(request, response)

Hope it’s helpful for you.