cookie.getMaxAge reads -1

[martin brow]

Hello,

I'm using cookies for my site, and for debugging I need to see how long cookies are alive to determine whether I should extend their life time or not. The code to create a cookie: (in a login.java)

Cookie cookie = new Cookie(userName, "true");
cookie.setMaxAge(60); //60 seconds
cookie.setPath("/")
res.addCookie(cookie);

And to read it out:

Cookie list[] = request.getCookies();

for(int i=0; i<list.length; i++) {
Cookie c = list[i];
int age = c.getMaxAge();
String path = c.getPath();
out.println("<li>"+c.getName+":"+age+":"+c.getMaxAge()+":"+c.getValue()+":"+path+":"+c.getPath());
}

But, age reads always -1 (it does die however after 60 seconds, so the setMaxAge(60) works) and path reads "null". The getName and getValue do work, and I can adjust them perfectly... What is wrong with my getPath and getmaxAge()?

thanks for any help!