if (assertionsEnabled && taskRunner.lock.isHeldByCurrentThread) {
      throw AssertionError("Thread ${Thread.currentThread().name} MUST NOT hold lock on $this")
    }
  }

  val logger = Logger.getLogger("TaskFaker." + instance++)

  /** Though this executor service may hold many threads, they are not executed concurrently. */
  private val tasksExecutor = Executors.newCachedThreadPool(threadFactory("TaskFaker"))