pt 1 in reviving the android build (copied from pm 28a1, wish me luck)

mobile/android/thirdparty/ch/boye/httpclientandroidlib/client/RequestDirector.java

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+/*
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+
+package ch.boye.httpclientandroidlib.client;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+
+import ch.boye.httpclientandroidlib.HttpException;
+import ch.boye.httpclientandroidlib.HttpHost;
+import ch.boye.httpclientandroidlib.HttpRequest;
+import ch.boye.httpclientandroidlib.HttpResponse;
+import ch.boye.httpclientandroidlib.protocol.HttpContext;
+
+/**
+ * A client-side request director.
+ * The director decides which steps are necessary to execute a request.
+ * It establishes connections and optionally processes redirects and
+ * authentication challenges. The director may therefore generate and
+ * send a sequence of requests in order to execute one initial request.
+ *
+ * @since 4.0
+ *
+ * @deprecated (4.3) No longer used
+ */
+@Deprecated
+public interface RequestDirector {
+
+
+    /**
+     * Executes a request.
+     * <br/><b>Note:</b>
+     * For the time being, a new director is instantiated for each request.
+     * This is the same behavior as for <code>HttpMethodDirector</code>
+     * in HttpClient 3.
+     *
+     * @param target    the target host for the request.
+     *                  Implementations may accept <code>null</code>
+     *                  if they can still determine a route, for example
+     *                  to a default target or by inspecting the request.
+     * @param request   the request to execute
+     * @param context   the context for executing the request
+     *
+     * @return  the final response to the request.
+     *          This is never an intermediate response with status code 1xx.
+     *
+     * @throws HttpException            in case of a problem
+     * @throws IOException              in case of an IO problem
+     *                                     or if the connection was aborted
+     */
+    HttpResponse execute(HttpHost target, HttpRequest request, HttpContext context)
+        throws HttpException, IOException;
+
+}