be.ac.ulg.montefiore.run.totem.util
Class IdGenerator

java.lang.Object
  be.ac.ulg.montefiore.run.totem.util.IdGenerator

public class IdGenerator
extends java.lang.Object

IdGenerator is a singleton used to generate unique id. It uses the java.util.Random random number generator.

Creation date: 02-Feb-2005 11:05:40

Author:

Fabian Skivee (skivee@run.montefiore.ulg.ac.be)

Method Summary

int	generateIntId() Return a int Id uniformely distributed between 0 and Integer.MAX_VALUE
int	generateIntId(int n) Return a int Id uniformely distributed between 0 and n (exclusive)
java.lang.String	generateStringId(java.lang.String prefix) Return a String id composed by the prefix given and a random number between 0 and Integer.MAX_VALUE
static IdGenerator	getInstance() Get IdGenerator unique instance

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Method Detail

getInstance

public static IdGenerator getInstance()

Get IdGenerator unique instance

Returns:

generateIntId

public int generateIntId()

Return a int Id uniformely distributed between 0 and Integer.MAX_VALUE

Returns:

generateIntId

public int generateIntId(int n)

Return a int Id uniformely distributed between 0 and n (exclusive)

Parameters:

n - : max int Id

Returns:

generateStringId

public java.lang.String generateStringId(java.lang.String prefix)

Return a String id composed by the prefix given and a random number between 0 and Integer.MAX_VALUE

Returns:

String id