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+#ifndef _JOB_QUEUE_H_
+#define _JOB_QUEUE_H_
+
+#include "executor.h"
+
+typedef struct JobQueue JobQueue;
+
+/* A job queue has the property that no more than one
+ * job will be active at the same time. So if the currently
+ * running task knows that some object will only be touched by itself
+ * and other tasks in the same queue, it doesn't have to lock it.
+ *
+ * Also, the task can safely cancel other jobs in the queue. The
+ * pointer you get back is guaranteed to be valid until the corresponding
+ * task has returned
+ */
+JobQueue *job_queue_new (Executor *executor);
+gpointer  job_queue_add (JobQueue *queue,
+			 ExecutorJob job,
+			 gpointer data);
+void	  job_queue_remove (JobQueue *queue,
+			    gpointer  job);
+void      job_queue_free (JobQueue *queue);
+
+#endif
+