sunlabs.brazil.util
Class Guid

java.lang.Object
  sunlabs.brazil.util.Guid

public class Guid
extends 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

Guid()

Method Summary

protected String	getGuidString() Return a GUID as a string.
static 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 String getString()

Return a GUID as a string.

getGuidString

protected String getGuidString()

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