org.sadun.util
Class UniqueIdGenerator

java.lang.Object
  org.sadun.util.UniqueIdGenerator

public class UniqueIdGenerator

extends java.lang.Object

A generator of IDs unique even across different machines.

Author:

Cristiano Sadun

Constructor Summary

protected

UniqueIdGenerator()

Method Summary

static UniqueIdGenerator	getInstance() Return the JVM-unique instance of the generator.
java.lang.String	getNextId()
java.lang.String	getNextId(java.lang.String hint)
static void	main(java.lang.String[] args)

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

UniqueIdGenerator

protected UniqueIdGenerator()

Method Detail

getInstance

public static UniqueIdGenerator getInstance()

Return the JVM-unique instance of the generator.

Returns:

the JVM-unique instance of the generator.

getNextId

public java.lang.String getNextId(java.lang.String hint)

getNextId

public java.lang.String getNextId()

main

public static void main(java.lang.String[] args)