de.lehmannet.om.util
Class UIDGenerator

java.lang.Object
  de.lehmannet.om.util.UIDGenerator

All Implemented Interfaces:

IIDGenerator

public class UIDGenerator
extends java.lang.Object
implements IIDGenerator

The UIDGenerator implements the IIDGenerator interface by using java.rmi.server.UID, which creates pretty exact unique IDs.

Since:

1.0

Author:

doergn@users.sourceforge.net

Constructor Summary

UIDGenerator()

Method Summary

java.lang.String

generateUID() Creates a unique ID that can be used to identify and link several schema elements.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

UIDGenerator

public UIDGenerator()

Method Detail

generateUID

public java.lang.String generateUID()

Creates a unique ID that can be used to identify and link several schema elements.
All elements inside a XML file need to have a unique ID.

Specified by:

generateUID in interface IIDGenerator

Returns:

Returns a unique ID that can be used to identify a schema element and to link several schema elements