Name: rlT66838 Date: 01/27/2000


jdk 1.2/jdk 1.3

Just wanted to point out something misleading in the documentation for using
cookies with the plug-in,
http://java.sun.com/products/plugin/1.2/docs/cookie.html.

The following paragraph and table are incorrect:

"There is another limitation when using cookie support in Java Plug-in. When
using Java Plug-in in Netscape Navigator, cookie support will work only if the
document base of the HTML page is part of the codebase of the applets or
JavaBeans. For example:

Document base Codebase Will it work?
..."

  From what I understand, the issue is *not* the codebase of the applet but the
requested URL. (An entry in the plug-in FAQ is much more accurate on this). Your
docs should read "...cookie support work only if the document base of the HTML
page [which serves the applet] is a subset of the requested URL...". And the
table headers should be changed to

Applet Document base Requested URL Will it work?

..."

Hope this helps any other unfortunate developer who stumbles onto this...
(Review ID: 100374)
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