CookieReader class - a little quirky, but better than what we've got

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I wrote this out of necessity, and unfortunately I wrote it in VB. I thought someone other than me could benefit from it. I hope to change this to act more like a datatable, soon, but I needed something fast. Enjoy! Imports System.Web Imports System.Web.UI Imports System.Collections.Specialized Public Class CookieReader Private Sub New() End Sub #Region "[ Normal Cookies ]" '''

''' Gets a cookie from the client browser. '''

'''Cookie name. ''' ''' The value of the cookie as a String. ''' Public Shared Function GetValue(ByVal Name As String) As String If Not CookieReader.Get(Name) Is Nothing Then If Not CookieReader.Get(Name).Value Is Nothing Then Return CookieReader.Get(Name).Value Else Return String.Empty End If End If End Function '''

''' Sets a cookie on the client browser '''

'''Cookie name. '''Cookie value. Public Shared Sub [Set](ByVal Name As String, ByVal Value As String) CookieReader.Set(Name, Value, Nothing, String.Empty) End Sub '''Cookie name. '''Cookie value. '''Cookie path. Public Shared Sub [Set](ByVal Name As String, ByVal Value As String, ByVal Path As String) CookieReader.Set(Name, Value, Nothing, Path) End Sub '''Cookie name. '''Cookie value. '''Cookie expiration date. Public Shared Sub [Set](ByVal Name As String, ByVal Value As String, ByVal Expires As DateTime) CookieReader.Set(Name, Value, Expires, String.Empty) End Sub '''Cookie name. '''Cookie value. '''Cookie expiration date. '''Cookie path. Public Shared Sub [Set](ByVal Name As String, ByVal Value As String, ByVal Expires As DateTime, ByVal Path As String) Dim cookie As HttpCookie Dim isNew As Boolean = False If HttpContext.Current.Request.Cookies(Name) Is Nothing Then cookie = New HttpCookie(Name) isNew = True Else cookie = HttpContext.Current.Request.Cookies(Name) End If With cookie .Value = Value .Expires = Expires .Path = Path End With If isNew Then HttpContext.Current.Response.Cookies.Add(cookie) Else HttpContext.Current.Response.Cookies(Name).Value = Value End If End Sub '''

''' Removes the cookie from the client browser. '''

Public Shared Sub Remove(ByVal Name As String) If Not HttpContext.Current.Request.Cookies(Name) Is Nothing Then HttpContext.Current.Request.Cookies(Name).Expires.AddDays(-1) HttpContext.Current.Request.Cookies.Remove(Name) End If End Sub #End Region #Region "[ Nested Cookies ]" Public Shared Function GetValue(ByVal ParentCookie As HttpCookie, ByVal Name As String) As String If ParentCookie.Values.Count > 0 Then If Not ParentCookie.Values.Get(Name) Is Nothing Then Return ParentCookie.Values.Get(Name) End If End If End Function Public Shared Sub [Set](ByVal ParentCookieName As String, ByVal Cookies As HttpCookie()) CookieReader.Set(ParentCookieName, Cookies, Nothing, String.Empty) End Sub Public Shared Sub [Set](ByVal ParentCookieName As String, ByVal Cookies As HttpCookie(), ByVal Expires As DateTime) CookieReader.Set(ParentCookieName, Cookies, Expires, String.Empty) End Sub Public Shared Sub [Set](ByVal ParentCookieName As String, ByVal Cookies As HttpCookie(), ByVal Path As String) CookieReader.Set(ParentCookieName, Cookies, Nothing, Path) End Sub Public Shared Sub [Set](ByVal ParentCookieName As String, ByVal Cookies As HttpCookie(), ByVal Expires As DateTime, ByVal Path As String) Dim parentCookie As HttpCookie Dim childCookie As HttpCookie Dim currentCookie As HttpCookie Dim isNewCookie As Boolean ' create or retrieve cookies If CookieReader.Get(ParentCookieName) Is Nothing Then parentCookie = New HttpCookie(ParentCookieName) isNewCookie = True Else parentCookie = CookieReader.Get(ParentCookieName) isNewCookie = False End If ' set expiration and path parentCookie.Expires = Expires parentCookie.Path = Path ' set the cookies For Each currentCookie In Cookies If parentCookie.Values.Get(currentCookie.Name) Is Nothing Then parentCookie.Values.Add(currentCookie.Name, currentCookie.Value) Else parentCookie.Values.Set(currentCookie.Name, currentCookie.Value) End If Next ' apply cookies If isNewCookie Then HttpContext.Current.Response.Cookies.Add(parentCookie) End Sub Public Shared Function [Get](ByVal ParentCookieName As String) As HttpCookie If Not HttpContext.Current.Request.Cookies(ParentCookieName) Is Nothing Then Return HttpContext.Current.Request.Cookies(ParentCookieName) End If End Function #End Region End Class