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#ifndef __ETCHPOOL_H__
#define __ETCHPOOL_H__

#include "common/EtchObject.h"
#include "support/EtchPoolRunnable.h"

/**
  * Interface to a pool of runnables.
  */
class EtchPool
  : public EtchObject {
public:

  /**
   * EtchObjectType for EtchPool.
   */
  static const EtchObjectType* TYPE();

  /**
   * Creates a new instance of the EtchPool-Class.
   */
  EtchPool() {
    addObjectType(TYPE());
  }

  /**
   * Creates a copy of the EtchPool-Class.
   */
  EtchPool(const EtchObject& other)
   : EtchObject(other) {
  }
  /**
   * Destructure.
   */
  virtual ~EtchPool() {}

  /**
   * scheduling the runnable to run
   * @param runnable the thing to run.
   * @return error if there is a problem scheduling the
   *         runnable to run
   */
  virtual status_t add(capu::SmartPointer<EtchPoolRunnable> runnable) = 0;

};
#endif /* __ETCHPOOL_H__ */