reintegrated my changes back into chronicle map ( manually ) as the merge caused issues and was rolled back, these changes also are less ambitious and as such are not so risky

src/main/java/net/openhft/chronicle/map/ChannelFactory.java

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+/*
+ * Copyright 2014 Higher Frequency Trading
+ *
+ * http://www.higherfrequencytrading.com
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package net.openhft.chronicle.map;
+
+/**
+ * Created by Rob Austin
+ */
+public interface ChannelFactory {
+    void createChannel(short channelID);
+}