org.apache.ws.addressing.uuid
Interface UUIdGenerator

All Known Implementing Classes:

AxisUUIdGenerator, JugUUIdGenerator

public interface UUIdGenerator

Provides the ability to generate Universally Unique IDentifiers (UUIDs). Use UUIdGeneratorFactory.getGenerator() to obtain a singleton instance.

Author:

Ian P. Springer, Rodrigo Ruiz

Method Summary

java.lang.String

generateUUId() Generate a Universally Unique IDentifier (UUID).

Method Detail

generateUUId

java.lang.String generateUUId()

Generate a Universally Unique IDentifier (UUID).

IMPORTANT: This method must be thread-safe.

Returns:

a Universally Unique IDentifier (UUID)