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27  package org.apache.http.client;
28  
29  import org.apache.http.auth.AuthScope;
30  import org.apache.http.auth.Credentials;
31  
32  /**
33   * Abstract credentials provider that maintains a collection of user
34   * credentials.
35   * <p>
36   * Implementations of this interface must be thread-safe. Access to shared
37   * data must be synchronized as methods of this interface may be executed
38   * from multiple threads.
39   *
40   * @since 4.0
41   */
42  public interface CredentialsProvider {
43  
44      /**
45       * Sets the {@link Credentials credentials} for the given authentication
46       * scope. Any previous credentials for the given scope will be overwritten.
47       *
48       * @param authscope the {@link AuthScope authentication scope}
49       * @param credentials the authentication {@link Credentials credentials}
50       * for the given scope.
51       *
52       * @see #getCredentials(AuthScope)
53       */
54      void setCredentials(AuthScope authscope, Credentials credentials);
55  
56      /**
57       * Get the {@link Credentials credentials} for the given authentication scope.
58       *
59       * @param authscope the {@link AuthScope authentication scope}
60       * @return the credentials
61       *
62       * @see #setCredentials(AuthScope, Credentials)
63       */
64      Credentials getCredentials(AuthScope authscope);
65  
66      /**
67       * Clears all credentials.
68       */
69      void clear();
70  
71  }