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package com.hazelcast.spi;
import com.hazelcast.nio.serialization.IdentifiedDataSerializable;
/**
* A Factory for creating {@link Operation} instances.
* The operations that will be sent to all partitions causes redundant serialization and network overhead.
* An {@link com.hazelcast.spi.OperationFactory} instance is sent to each {@link com.hazelcast.core.Member} (node) instead to
* improve the performance.
* {@link OperationService} uses this factory to create {@link Operation}s for each partition by calling
* {@link #createOperation()}
*
*/
public interface OperationFactory extends IdentifiedDataSerializable {
/**
* Creates the operation.
*
* @return the created operation.
*/
Operation createOperation();
}