} catch (final Exception e) {
                            logger.warn("Failed to deserialize search parameters from cookie.", e);
                            return new RequestParameter[0];
                        }
                    }
                }
            }
            return new RequestParameter[0];

        }

        /**
         * Parses the HTTP request to create a RequestParameter object.
         * @param request The HTTP servlet request containing the parameters
         * @return A new RequestParameter object with parsed values
         */
        protected static RequestParameter parse(final HttpServletRequest request) {
            final String query = request.getParameter("q");