ubiware.util
Class UniqueInstanceGenerator

java.lang.Object
  ubiware.util.Counter
      ubiware.util.UniqueInstanceGenerator

Direct Known Subclasses:

IDGenerator

public class UniqueInstanceGenerator
extends Counter

This class implements an ID generator, every time getNewID is called, a new uninque ID is generated. The id's are in the "http://www.ubiware.jyu.fi/id#" namespace

Since:

18.3.2010

Author:

Michael Cochez for UBIWARE project

Constructor Summary

UniqueInstanceGenerator(java.lang.String prefixForID, java.net.URI namespace)
Create an IDGenerator which uses the given prefix.

Method Summary

java.lang.String	getNewID() Returns a new unique ID.
Resource	getNewResource()

Methods inherited from class ubiware.util.Counter

getNextNumber

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

UniqueInstanceGenerator

public UniqueInstanceGenerator(java.lang.String prefixForID,
                               java.net.URI namespace)

Create an IDGenerator which uses the given prefix.

Parameters:

prefixForID - the prefix for the IDs

Method Detail

getNewResource

public Resource getNewResource()

getNewID

public java.lang.String getNewID()

Returns a new unique ID.

Returns:

the ID