Java – using cookie persistence improvement

My guy, I'm using modification, and I want to know how to handle session cookies transparently

Client client = new ApacheClient() {
    final CookieStore cookieStore = new BasicCookieStore();
    @Override
    protected HttpResponse execute(HttpClient client,HttpUriRequest request) throws IOException {
        // BasicHttpContext is not thread safe 
        // CookieStore is thread safe
        BasicHttpContext httpContext = new BasicHttpContext();
        httpContext.setAttribute(ClientContext.COOKIE_STORE,cookieStore);
        return client.execute(request,httpContext);
    }
};

RestAdapter restAdapter = new RestAdapter.Builder()
    .setServer(API_URL)
    .setClient(client)
    .build();

Is there a better way to do this with the built-in modification API (no httpclient extension)?

Solution

Starting with API 9, you can use Java net. Cookie manager and can set system wide cookie handlers:

CookieManager cookieManager = new CookieManager();
cookieManager.setCookiePolicy(CookiePolicy.ACCEPT_ALL);
CookieHandler.setDefault(cookieManager);

Yes, the Apache HTTP client uses its own cookie handling mechanism But it should not be a problem, because httpurlconnection is the recommended HTTP client from API 9 If you use square square's Retro fit, you may also like their okhttp lib – a custom urlconnection implementation with many useful features