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19  package org.apache.commons.compress.parallel;
20  
21  import java.io.IOException;
22  
23  /**
24   * Supplies {@link ScatterGatherBackingStore} instances.
25   *
26   * @since 1.10
27   */
28  public interface ScatterGatherBackingStoreSupplier {
29      /**
30       * Constructs a ScatterGatherBackingStore.
31       *
32       * @return a ScatterGatherBackingStore, not null
33       * @throws IOException when something fails
34       */
35      ScatterGatherBackingStore get() throws IOException;
36  }