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Enhance HC4CookieHandler to Support Multiple Cookies with Individual Expiry Times
Description
This change enhances the HC4CookieHandler.java to support handling multiple cookies, each with its own configurable expiry time (via Max-Age). It ensures cookies are properly invalidated and removed after expiry so that new cookies are issued on subsequent requests.
Motivation and Context
The original implementation supported a single cookie with expiry. This enhancement allows testing of multiple cookie scenarios with different lifetimes, which is critical for applications simulating real-world session behavior or user tracking. It helps validate cookie expiration handling in downstream systems using Apache JMeter’s HTTP components.
How Has This Been Tested?
Manual testing via a custom Spring Boot application that sets multiple cookies with varying Max-Age values. JMeter was used to trigger requests and verify that cookies expired and were reissued correctly. Verified cookie storage and expiry via debug logs and inspection of request headers.
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Types of changes
- New feature (non-breaking change which adds functionality)
Checklist:
- [x] My code follows the code style of this project.
- [x] I have updated the documentation accordingly.
