ca.uhn.hl7v2.util.idgenerator

Class NanoTimeGenerator

java.lang.Object

ca.uhn.hl7v2.util.idgenerator.NanoTimeGenerator

All Implemented Interfaces:

IDGenerator

public class NanoTimeGenerator
extends Object
implements IDGenerator

ID generator that simply returns the return value of System.nanoTime(). If ID generation happens too fast, there may be duplicate IDs, therefore the generation is delayed by 1ms.

Author:

Christian Ohr

Nested Class Summary

Nested classes/interfaces inherited from interface ca.uhn.hl7v2.util.idgenerator.IDGenerator

IDGenerator.Ordered, IDGenerator.OrderedSupport

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
NanoTimeGenerator()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
String	getID() Generates and returns a new ID.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

NanoTimeGenerator

public NanoTimeGenerator()

Method Detail

getID

public String getID()
             throws IOException

Description copied from interface: IDGenerator

Generates and returns a new ID. Note: This method must be implemented to be thread-safe.

Specified by:

getID in interface IDGenerator

Returns:

a new ID.

Throws:

IOException