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+<?php
+
+/*
+ * This file is part of the Symfony package.
+ *
+ * (c) Fabien Potencier <fabien@symfony.com>
+ *
+ * This code is partially based on the Rack-Cache library by Ryan Tomayko,
+ * which is released under the MIT license.
+ *
+ * For the full copyright and license information, please view the LICENSE
+ * file that was distributed with this source code.
+ */
+
+namespace Symfony\Component\HttpKernel\HttpCache;
+
+use Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\Request;
+use Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\Response;
+
+/**
+ * Interface implemented by HTTP cache stores.
+ *
+ * @author Fabien Potencier <fabien@symfony.com>
+ */
+interface StoreInterface
+{
+ /**
+ * Locates a cached Response for the Request provided.
+ *
+ * @param Request $request A Request instance
+ *
+ * @return Response|null A Response instance, or null if no cache entry was found
+ */
+ public function lookup(Request $request);
+
+ /**
+ * Writes a cache entry to the store for the given Request and Response.
+ *
+ * Existing entries are read and any that match the response are removed. This
+ * method calls write with the new list of cache entries.
+ *
+ * @param Request $request A Request instance
+ * @param Response $response A Response instance
+ *
+ * @return string The key under which the response is stored
+ */
+ public function write(Request $request, Response $response);
+
+ /**
+ * Invalidates all cache entries that match the request.
+ *
+ * @param Request $request A Request instance
+ */
+ public function invalidate(Request $request);
+
+ /**
+ * Locks the cache for a given Request.
+ *
+ * @param Request $request A Request instance
+ *
+ * @return bool|string true if the lock is acquired, the path to the current lock otherwise
+ */
+ public function lock(Request $request);
+
+ /**
+ * Releases the lock for the given Request.
+ *
+ * @param Request $request A Request instance
+ *
+ * @return bool False if the lock file does not exist or cannot be unlocked, true otherwise
+ */
+ public function unlock(Request $request);
+
+ /**
+ * Returns whether or not a lock exists.
+ *
+ * @param Request $request A Request instance
+ *
+ * @return bool true if lock exists, false otherwise
+ */
+ public function isLocked(Request $request);
+
+ /**
+ * Purges data for the given URL.
+ *
+ * @param string $url A URL
+ *
+ * @return bool true if the URL exists and has been purged, false otherwise
+ */
+ public function purge($url);
+
+ /**
+ * Cleanups storage.
+ */
+ public function cleanup();
+}