ChunkedCookieHandler Constructor (Int32)

Article
10/05/2012

[Starting with the .NET Framework 4.5, Windows Identity Foundation (WIF) has been fully integrated into the .NET Framework. The version of WIF addressed by this topic, WIF 3.5, is deprecated and should only be used when developing against the .NET Framework 3.5 SP1 or the .NET Framework 4. For more information about WIF in the .NET Framework 4.5, also known as WIF 4.5, see the Windows Identity Foundation documentation in the .NET Framework 4.5 Development Guide.]

Initializes a new instance of the ChunkedCookieHandler class with a specified chunk size.

Namespace: Microsoft.IdentityModel.Web
Assembly: Microsoft.IdentityModel (in Microsoft.IdentityModel.dll)

Usage

'Usage
Dim chunkSize As Integer

Dim instance As New ChunkedCookieHandler(chunkSize)

Syntax

'Declaration
Public Sub New ( _
    chunkSize As Integer _
)

public ChunkedCookieHandler (
    int chunkSize
)

public:
ChunkedCookieHandler (
    int chunkSize
)

public ChunkedCookieHandler (
    int chunkSize
)

public function ChunkedCookieHandler (
    chunkSize : int
)

Parameters

chunkSize
Chunk size of the cookie.

Exceptions

Exception type	Condition
ArgumentOutOfRangeException	The 'chunkSize' is less than the minimum chunk size of 1000.

Remarks

Care must be taken when adjusting the chunk size. Web browsers have different limits on the size of cookies and number domain. The original Netscape specification stipulated these limits: 300 cookies total, 4096 bytes per cookie header (including metadata, not just the cookie value), and 20 cookies per domain.

Platforms

Target Platforms

Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Vista SP2, Windows Server 2008 SP2, Windows Server 2003 SP2 (32-bit or 64-bit)