Is it possible to know if browser has cookies enabled on the very first access

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Published on 2010-05-19T13:22:58Z Indexed on 2010/05/19 13:30 UTC
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Hello

On a very first access to a website, is it possible to know if browser cookies are activated thanks to the GET request?

Is it possible particularly in a J2EE context? On the server side (no ajax/js solution)

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