}

    /**
     * Gets the current time as a Date object.
     *
     * @return The current time.
     */
    public Date getCurrentTime() {
        return new Date(getCurrentTimeAsLong());
    }

    /**
     * Gets the current time in milliseconds.
     *
     * @return The current time in milliseconds.
     */
    public long getCurrentTimeAsLong() {

        searchRequestParamsRewriters[searchRequestParamsRewriters.length - 1] = rewriter;
    }

    /**
     * Stores current search parameters in a browser cookie for later retrieval.
     *
     * This method serializes the current request parameters, compresses them using GZIP,
     * encodes them with Base64, and stores them in a secure HTTP cookie.
     */
    public void storeSearchParameters() {