org.apache.ode.utils.uuid
Class UUIDGen

java.lang.Object
  extended by 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
UUIDGen()
           
 
Method Summary
 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