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package org.apache.http.client.cache;

import org.apache.http.HttpHost;
import org.apache.http.HttpRequest;
import org.apache.http.HttpResponse;

/**
 * Given a particular HttpRequest, flush any cache entries that this request
 * would invalidate.
 *
 * @since 4.3
 */
public interface HttpCacheInvalidator {

    /**
     * Remove cache entries from the cache that are no longer fresh or have been
     * invalidated in some way.
     *
     * @param host
     *            The backend host we are talking to
     * @param req
     *            The HttpRequest to that host
     */
    void flushInvalidatedCacheEntries(HttpHost host, HttpRequest req);

    /**
     * Flushes entries that were invalidated by the given response received for
     * the given host/request pair.
     */
    void flushInvalidatedCacheEntries(HttpHost host, HttpRequest request, HttpResponse response);

}