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package org.apache.commons.compress.parallel;

import java.io.IOException;

Supplies ScatterGatherBackingStore instances. 
Since:
1.10/**
 * Supplies {@link ScatterGatherBackingStore} instances.
 *
 * @since 1.10
 */
public interface ScatterGatherBackingStoreSupplier {
    
Create a ScatterGatherBackingStore.
Throws:
IOException – when something fails
Returns:
a ScatterGatherBackingStore, not null/**
     * Create a ScatterGatherBackingStore.
     *
     * @return a ScatterGatherBackingStore, not null
     * @throws IOException when something fails
     */
    ScatterGatherBackingStore get() throws IOException;
}