sunlabs.brazil.util

Class Guid

java.lang.Object

sunlabs.brazil.util.Guid

public class Guid
extends java.lang.Object

Utility to generate GUID's (Globally Unique Identifiers). We'll fill in more methods as needed.

Version:

2.2

Author:

Stephen Uhler

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
Guid()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
protected java.lang.String	getGuidString() Return a GUID as a string.
static java.lang.String	getString() Return a GUID as a string.
static void	setGuidImpl(Guid factory) Allow global replacement of the GUID generator.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

Guid

public Guid()

Method Detail

setGuidImpl

public static void setGuidImpl(Guid factory)

Allow global replacement of the GUID generator. Applications wishing to install their own GUID generators should sub-class Guid, override the getGuid() method, and use this method to install their generator.

getString

public static java.lang.String getString()

Return a GUID as a string.

getGuidString

protected java.lang.String getGuidString()

Return a GUID as a string. This is completely arbitrary, and returns the hexification of a random value followed by a timestamp.