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027package org.apache.http.client;
028
029import org.apache.http.HttpHost;
030import org.apache.http.auth.AuthScheme;
031
032/**
033 * Abstract {@link AuthScheme} cache. Initialized {@link AuthScheme} objects
034 * from this cache can be used to preemptively authenticate against known
035 * hosts.
036 *
037 * @since 4.1
038 */
039public interface AuthCache {
040
041    void put(HttpHost host, AuthScheme authScheme);
042
043    AuthScheme get(HttpHost host);
044
045    void remove(HttpHost host);
046
047    void clear();
048
049}