Index: D:/projects/httpclient-3/src/java/org/apache/commons/httpclient/cookie/IgnoreCookiesSpec.java =================================================================== --- D:/projects/httpclient-3/src/java/org/apache/commons/httpclient/cookie/IgnoreCookiesSpec.java (revision 169789) +++ D:/projects/httpclient-3/src/java/org/apache/commons/httpclient/cookie/IgnoreCookiesSpec.java (working copy) @@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ /** * A cookie spec that does nothing. Cookies are neither parsed, formatted nor matched. + * It can be used to effectively disable cookies altogether. * * @since 3.0 */ Index: D:/projects/httpclient-3/src/java/org/apache/commons/httpclient/params/DefaultHttpParamsFactory.java =================================================================== --- D:/projects/httpclient-3/src/java/org/apache/commons/httpclient/params/DefaultHttpParamsFactory.java (revision 169789) +++ D:/projects/httpclient-3/src/java/org/apache/commons/httpclient/params/DefaultHttpParamsFactory.java (working copy) @@ -137,6 +137,8 @@ params.setCookiePolicy(CookiePolicy.NETSCAPE); } else if ("RFC2109".equalsIgnoreCase(defaultCookiePolicy)) { params.setCookiePolicy(CookiePolicy.RFC_2109); + } else if ("IGNORE_COOKIES".equalsIgnoreCase(defaultCookiePolicy)) { + params.setCookiePolicy(CookiePolicy.IGNORE_COOKIES); } }