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package org.sonar.ce.taskprocessor;

import java.util.Set;

/**
 * A factory that will create the CeWorkerFactory with an UUID
 */
public interface CeWorkerFactory {
  /**
   * Create a new CeWorker object with the specified ordinal.
   * Each {@link CeWorker} returned by this method will have a different UUID from the others.
   * All returned {@link CeWorker} will be returned by {@link #getWorkers()}.
   *
   * @return the CeWorker
   */
  CeWorker create(int ordinal);

  /**
   * @return each {@link CeWorker} object returned by {@link #create}.
   */
  Set<CeWorker> getWorkers();
}
