org.apache.ode.utils.uuid

Class UUIDGen

java.lang.Object

org.apache.ode.utils.uuid.UUIDGen

public class UUIDGen
extends java.lang.Object

Used to create new universally unique identifiers or UUID's (sometimes called GUID's). UDDI UUID's are allways formmated according to DCE UUID conventions.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
UUIDGen()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
java.lang.String	nextUUID() Creates a new UUID.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

UUIDGen

public UUIDGen()

Method Detail

nextUUID

public java.lang.String nextUUID()

Creates a new UUID. The algorithm used is the one in UUID, the open group algorithm took too damn long.

Returns:

a new "globally" unique identifier