org.apache.commons.id
Interface IdentifierGenerator

All Known Subinterfaces:

LongIdentifierGenerator, StringIdentifierGenerator

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractLongIdentifierGenerator, AbstractStringIdentifierGenerator, AlphanumericGenerator, CompositeIdentifierGenerator, ConstantIdentifierGenerator, LongGenerator, NumericGenerator, PrefixedAlphanumericGenerator, PrefixedLeftPaddedNumericGenerator, PrefixedNumericGenerator, SessionIdGenerator, TimeBasedAlphanumericIdentifierGenerator, VersionFourGenerator, VersionOneGenerator

public interface IdentifierGenerator

IdentifierGenerator defines a simple interface for identifier generation.

Version:

$Id: IdentifierGenerator.java 480488 2006-11-29 08:57:26Z bayard $

Author:

Commons-Id team

Method Summary

java.lang.Object

nextIdentifier() Gets the next identifier in the sequence.

Method Detail

nextIdentifier

java.lang.Object nextIdentifier()

Gets the next identifier in the sequence.

Returns:

the next identifier in sequence