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	    <h1>Welcome to CFConcurrent</h1>
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	    	CFConcurrent simplifies the use of the Java Concurrency Framework
			(<a href="http://docs.oracle.com/javase/tutorial/essential/concurrency/executors.html">java tutorial</a> | <a href="http://docs.oracle.com/javase/7/docs/api/java/util/concurrent/package-summary.html">javadoc</a>)
			in ColdFusion applications.
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			Although CFThread is suitable for management-free fire-and-forget concurrency, robust production applications
			require higher-level abstractions and a greater degree of control.
			The Java Concurrency Framework (JCF) provides such improvements.
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			You create CFCs that act as "tasks" that return results.
			You submit those tasks to the JCF for execution.
			You can then retrieve the execution results immediately when they are available,
			or you can create a periodic "polling" task which processes the completed results.

			In addition, you can easily create cancelable, pausable scheduled tasks directly in your code (think: heartbeats, daemons),
			freeing you from the 1-minute limitation of ColdFusion's scheduled task implementation.
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			Finally, because the JCF manages its own pool of threads, you are no longer beholden to CFThread limits;
			in fact, you customize the number of max concurrent processes at the <i>service level</i>, not the server level.
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			CFConcurrent's goals are:

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				<li>Simplify Java object and proxy creation</li>
				<li>Expose common patterns as generic services</li>
				<li>Expose extensible base components</li>
				<li>Do not over-reach</li>
				<li>Limit protectionist tendencies</li>
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			Run the examples in the left menu to get started. See the actual code in /cfconcurrent/examples/. Read docs on <a href="https://github.com/marcesher/cfconcurrent/wiki" target="_blank">the wiki</a>.
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	   <p><a class="btn btn-primary btn-large" href="https://github.com/marcesher/cfconcurrent" target="_blank">Learn more &raquo;</a></p>
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