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Builds the httpclient. Requires the commons logging to be built first and be excluded from any other poms requiring it.

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package org.apache.http.client;

import java.util.Date;
import java.util.List;

import org.apache.http.cookie.Cookie;

/**
 * This interface represents an abstract store for {@link Cookie}
 * objects.
 *
 * @since 4.0
 */
public interface CookieStore {

    /**
     * Adds an {@link Cookie}, replacing any existing equivalent cookies.
     * If the given cookie has already expired it will not be added, but existing
     * values will still be removed.
     *
     * @param cookie the {@link Cookie cookie} to be added
     */
    void addCookie(Cookie cookie);

    /**
     * Returns all cookies contained in this store.
     *
     * @return all cookies
     */
    List getCookies();

    /**
     * Removes all of {@link Cookie}s in this store that have expired by
     * the specified {@link java.util.Date}.
     *
     * @return true if any cookies were purged.
     */
    boolean clearExpired(Date date);

    /**
     * Clears all cookies.
     */
    void clear();

}