[HTTPCLIENT-1327] BrowserCompatSpec double quotes cookie value when cookie has "expires" attribute

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 4.3 Alpha1
• Fix Version/s: 4.2.4, 4.3 Beta1
• Component/s: HttpClient (classic)
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Francois-Xavier Bonnet
• Created: 22/Feb/13 09:22
• Updated: 05/Oct/13 19:41
• Resolved: 02/Apr/13 13:03

Description

When receiving this header:
Set-Cookie: test="test"; Version=1; Max-Age=1000; Expires=Mon, 11-Feb-2013 10:39:19 GMT; Path=/

If you parse and format again the cookie you get:
Cookie: test="\"test\""

I tested with the last versions of Firefox, Chrome and Internet Explorer and you always get:
Cookie: test="test"

You can easily get such a cookie with Tomcat:
Cookie tomcatCookie = new Cookie("test", "test");
tomcatCookie.setPath("/");
tomcatCookie.setMaxAge(1000);
response.addCookie(tomcatCookie);

The problem is that BrowserCompatSpec considers it as a Netscape style cookie because of expires attribute so the quotes are considered as being part of the value.