Package com.sun.jini.reggie

Class UuidGenerator

java.lang.Object

com.sun.jini.reggie.UuidGenerator

public class UuidGenerator
extends Object

Class for generating Uuid instances. By default, Reggie uses instances of this class to generate Uuids; this behavior can be customized by providing as configuration entry values instances of subclasses which override the generate() method of this class.

Since:

2.0

Author:

Sun Microsystems, Inc.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
UuidGenerator()	Creates new UuidGenerator instance.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
Uuid	generate()	Generates a new Uuid.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Details

UuidGenerator

public UuidGenerator()

Creates new UuidGenerator instance.

Method Details

generate

public Uuid generate()

Generates a new Uuid. The default implementation of this method returns the result of calling UuidFactory.generate(); subclasses can override this method to customize Uuid generation.

Returns:

newly generated Uuid