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package delight.concurrency.factories;

import delight.concurrency.wrappers.SimpleExecutor;

public interface ExecutorFactory {

    /**
     * Assures that only one thread is executed concurrently.
     * 
     * @return
     */
    public abstract SimpleExecutor newSingleThreadExecutor(Object owner);

    /**
     * Runs operations asynchronously.
     * 
     * @param owner
     * @return
     */
    public abstract SimpleExecutor newAsyncExecutor(Object owner);

    /**
     * Will execute commands in a number of parallel threads.
     * 
     * 
     * @param maxParallelThreads
     * @return
     */
    public abstract SimpleExecutor newParallelExecutor(int maxParallelThreads, final Object owner);

    public abstract SimpleExecutor newParallelExecutor(int minThreads, int maxParallelThreads, final Object owner);

    /**
     * Will execute all commands immediately as part of the thread which calls
     * this executor.
     * 
     * @return
     */
    public abstract SimpleExecutor newImmideateExecutor();

}