diff --git a/blobstore/src/main/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/strategy/internal/FetchBlobMetadata.java b/blobstore/src/main/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/strategy/internal/FetchBlobMetadata.java
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+/**
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2009 Cloud Conscious, LLC. <info@cloudconscious.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 org.jclouds.blobstore.strategy.internal;
+
+import static com.google.common.base.Preconditions.checkState;
+import static org.jclouds.concurrent.ConcurrentUtils.awaitCompletion;
+
+import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.Set;
+import java.util.concurrent.ExecutionException;
+import java.util.concurrent.ExecutorService;
+
+import javax.annotation.Resource;
+import javax.annotation.concurrent.NotThreadSafe;
+import javax.inject.Named;
+
+import org.jclouds.Constants;
+import org.jclouds.blobstore.AsyncBlobStore;
+import org.jclouds.blobstore.domain.PageSet;
+import org.jclouds.blobstore.domain.StorageMetadata;
+import org.jclouds.blobstore.domain.StorageType;
+import org.jclouds.blobstore.domain.internal.PageSetImpl;
+import org.jclouds.blobstore.internal.BlobRuntimeException;
+import org.jclouds.blobstore.reference.BlobStoreConstants;
+import org.jclouds.http.handlers.BackoffLimitedRetryHandler;
+import org.jclouds.logging.Logger;
+
+import com.google.common.base.Function;
+import com.google.common.base.Throwables;
+import com.google.common.collect.Maps;
+import com.google.common.collect.Sets;
+import com.google.common.util.concurrent.Executors;
+import com.google.common.util.concurrent.ListenableFuture;
+import com.google.inject.Inject;
+
+/**
+ * Retrieves all blobmetadata in the list as efficiently as possible
+ * 
+ * @author Adrian Cole
+ */
+@NotThreadSafe
+public class FetchBlobMetadata implements
+         Function<PageSet<? extends StorageMetadata>, PageSet<? extends StorageMetadata>> {
+
+   protected final BackoffLimitedRetryHandler retryHandler;
+   protected final AsyncBlobStore ablobstore;
+   protected final ExecutorService userExecutor;
+   @Resource
+   @Named(BlobStoreConstants.BLOBSTORE_LOGGER)
+   protected Logger logger = Logger.NULL;
+
+   private String container;
+   /**
+    * maximum duration of an blob Request
+    */
+   @Inject(optional = true)
+   @Named(Constants.PROPERTY_REQUEST_TIMEOUT)
+   protected Long maxTime;
+
+   @Inject
+   FetchBlobMetadata(@Named(Constants.PROPERTY_USER_THREADS) ExecutorService userExecutor,
+            AsyncBlobStore ablobstore, BackoffLimitedRetryHandler retryHandler) {
+      this.userExecutor = userExecutor;
+      this.ablobstore = ablobstore;
+      this.retryHandler = retryHandler;
+   }
+
+   public FetchBlobMetadata setContainerName(String container) {
+      this.container = container;
+      return this;
+   }
+
+   public PageSet<? extends StorageMetadata> apply(PageSet<? extends StorageMetadata> in) {
+      checkState(container != null, "container name should be initialized");
+      Map<? extends StorageMetadata, Exception> exceptions = Maps.newHashMap();
+      final Set<StorageMetadata> metadata = Sets.newHashSet();
+      Map<StorageMetadata, ListenableFuture<?>> responses = Maps.newHashMap();
+      for (StorageMetadata md : in) {
+         if (md.getType() == StorageType.BLOB) {
+            final ListenableFuture<? extends StorageMetadata> future = ablobstore.blobMetadata(
+                     container, md.getName());
+            future.addListener(new Runnable() {
+               @Override
+               public void run() {
+                  try {
+                     metadata.add(future.get());
+                  } catch (InterruptedException e) {
+                     Throwables.propagate(e);
+                  } catch (ExecutionException e) {
+                     Throwables.propagate(e);
+                  }
+               }
+            }, Executors.sameThreadExecutor());
+            responses.put(md, future);
+         } else {
+            metadata.add(md);
+         }
+      }
+      exceptions = awaitCompletion(responses, userExecutor, maxTime, logger, String.format(
+               "getting metadata from containerName: %s", container));
+      if (exceptions.size() > 0)
+         throw new BlobRuntimeException(String.format("errors getting from container %s: %s",
+                  container, exceptions));
+      return new PageSetImpl<StorageMetadata>(metadata, in.getNextMarker());
+   }
+}
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