org.apache.commons.betwixt.io

Interface IDGenerator

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractIDGenerator, RandomIDGenerator, SequentialIDGenerator

public interface IDGenerator

Interface allowing pluggable ID attribute value generators.

IDGenerator's are used to generate ID attribute values by BeanWriter. A user can specify the generation mechanism by passing an implementation to AbstractBeanWriter.setIdGenerator(org.apache.commons.betwixt.io.IDGenerator).

Standard implementations are included with that supply random and sequantial values.

Version:

$Revision: 1.4 $

Author:

Robert Burrell Donkin

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
String	getLastId() Get the last ID value generated.
String	nextId() Generate a new ID attribute value.

Method Detail

getLastId

String getLastId()

Get the last ID value generated.

Returns:

the last value generated

nextId

String nextId()

Generate a new ID attribute value.

Returns:

next value