ca.uhn.hl7v2.util.idgenerator

Class UUIDGenerator

java.lang.Object

ca.uhn.hl7v2.util.idgenerator.UUIDGenerator

All Implemented Interfaces:

IDGenerator

public class UUIDGenerator
extends Object
implements IDGenerator

ID generator that simply return random UUIDs as message IDs.

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
UUIDGenerator()

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

UUIDGenerator

public UUIDGenerator()

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