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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 }