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package org.teamapps.util.threading;
import java.util.concurrent.ExecutorService;
/**
* Creates {@link ExecutorService}s that will guarantee the sequential execution of submitted tasks.
* Note that this guarantee is NOT given with {@link java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor}.
*
* The most naive implementation will just return {@link java.util.concurrent.Executors#newSingleThreadExecutor()},
* but most operating systems have limits on the number of threads allowed, so this is not a good solution,
* and not a good idea for other reasons, too.
*/
public interface SequentialExecutorFactory {
CloseableExecutor createExecutor(String name);
}